2016 IndyCar Series: Difference between revisions

|series_name = [[Verizon]] IndyCar Series

The '''2016 Verizon IndyCar Series''' was the 21st season of the [[IndyCar Series]] and the 105th season of [[American open wheel racing]]. It included the [[2016 Indianapolis 500|100th]] running of the [[Indianapolis 500]]. [[Scott Dixon]] entered as the reigning Drivers' Champion, while [[Chevrolet]] entered the season as the reigning Manufacturer's Champion. Upon season's end, [[Simon Pagenaud]] was crowned Drivers' Champion, while Chevrolet retained the Manufacturer's Championship. Simon Pagenaud was the first [[Europe]]an driver to win IndyCar Series driver's title since [[Great Britain|British]] driver [[Dario Franchitti]] in [[2011 IndyCar Series|2011 season]].

|rowspan=3| [[Honda Indy V6|Honda]]

| rowspan="5" | [[Honda Indy V6|Honda]]

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexander Rossi (racing driver)|Alexander Rossi]] {{color box|orange|R|border=silver}} <ref name="IndyCar: Alexander Rossi confirmed at Andretti">{{cite web|last=Reiman|first=Samuel|title=IndyCar: Alexander Rossi confirmed at Andretti|url=http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/indycar-alexander-rossi-andretti-after-f1-falls-through-022316|website=[[Foxsports.com]]|publisher=[[Fox Sports Digital Media]]|access-date=February 23, 2016|date=February 23, 2016}}</ref>

| rowspan="4" | [[Chevrolet Indy V6|Chevrolet]]

| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Max Chilton]] {{color box|orange|R|border=silver}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Straw|first=Edd|title=Ex-F1 driver Max Chilton joins Ganassi for 2016 IndyCar season|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122655|website=[[Autosport]].com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group]]|access-date=February 1, 2016|date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>

| rowspan="7" | [[Honda Indy V6|Honda]]

| |{{Tooltip|18|Raced as #88 for the Pocono race in honor of Bryan Clauson, who had died on August 6 during the USAC Belleville Midget Nationals.}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Conor Daly]] {{color box|orange|R|border=silver}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Malsher|first=David|title=Dale Coyne signs Conor Daly and Bryan Clauson|url=http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/dale-coyne-signs-conor-daly-and-bryan-clauson/|website=[[Motorsport.com]]|publisher=Motorsport Network, LLC.|access-date=December 11, 2015|date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>{{refn|name=IndyRookie|group=N|Not considered rookie for Indy 500.}}

| 12, 15-1615–16

| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bryan Clauson]] {{color box|orange|R|border=silver}} {{refn|name=IndyRookie|group=N}}

|rowspan=1| [[Chevrolet Indy V6|Chevrolet]]

|rowspan=4| [[Chevrolet Indy V6|Chevrolet]]

| rowspan="3" | [[Chevrolet Indy V6|Chevrolet]]

|rowspan=1| [[Chevrolet Indy V6|Chevrolet]]

|rowspan=2| [[Honda Indy V6|Honda]]

| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arrow McLaren|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports]]

| rowspan=3| [[Honda Indy V6|Honda]]

| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Aleshin]]<ref>{{cite web|title=INDYCAR: Aleshin confirmed at Schmidt|url=http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/124389-indycar-aleshin-confirmed-at-schmidt|website=Racer.com|publisher=Racer Media & Marketing, Inc.|access-date=December 8, 2015|date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212191151/http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/124389-indycar-aleshin-confirmed-at-schmidt|archive-date=December 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Arrow McLaren|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports]] with Marotti Autosport

|rowspan=5| [[Chevrolet Indy V6|Chevrolet]]

* On February 18, [[Bryan Herta Autosport]] confirmed their alliance with fellow [[Honda Performance Development|Honda]] team [[Andretti Autosport]]. The team was run out of Andretti's shop in Indianapolis.<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Robin|author-link=Robin Miller (journalist)|title=INDYCAR: BHA forms alliance with Andretti|url=http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/126226-indycar-bha-forms-alliance-with-andretti|website=Racer.com|publisher=Racer Media & Marketing, Inc.|access-date=February 18, 2016|date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219102255/http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/126226-indycar-bha-forms-alliance-with-andretti|archive-date=February 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Separately, due to a sponsor default, the team was unable to retain 2014 Indy Lights Champion [[Gabby Chaves]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pruett|first=Marshall|title=INDYCAR: Chaves vows to rebound after losing BHA seat|url=http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/126229-indycar-chaves-vows-to-rebound-after-losing-bha-seat|website=Racer.com|publisher=Racer Media & Marketing, Inc.|access-date=February 19, 2016|date=February 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219103751/http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/126229-indycar-chaves-vows-to-rebound-after-losing-bha-seat|archive-date=February 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The team would confirm former [[Caterham F1|Caterham]] and [[Manor Racing]] driver [[Alexander Rossi (racing driver)|Alexander Rossi]] to drive the No. 98 for the season.<ref name="IndyCar: Alexander Rossi confirmed at Andretti" />

*On May 15, 2016, information was revealed that [[Charlie Kimball]] would be using car number 42 instead of his usual 83 for the Indianapolis 500. This came as a promotion by [[Novo Nordisk]] and [[Chip Ganassi Racing]] that also involved [[Kyle Larson]] and Ganassi's NASCAR team. The official announcement came May 16, 2016.

| [[Streets of St. Petersburg]] {{colorColor box|LightBluepeachpuff|RS|border=silver}} [[Streets of St. Petersburg]]

| [[Phoenix International Raceway]] {{color box|transparent|O|border=silver}} [[Phoenix International Raceway]]

| [[Grand{{Color Prix ofbox|peachpuff|S|border=silver}} [[Long Beach|42nd, Toyota Grand PrixCalifornia|Streets of Long Beach]]

| [[Barber Motorsports Park]] {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}} [[Barber Motorsports Park]]

| {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}} [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway#GMR Grand Prix|Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course]] {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}}

| [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] {{color box|transparent|O|border=silver}} [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]]

| {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}} [[Road America]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Kallmann|first=Dave|title=Road America will get IndyCar race in 2016|url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/autoracing/road-america-will-get-indycar-race-in-2016-b99552827z1-321118821.html|access-date=August 7, 2015|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=August 7, 2015}}</ref> {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}}

| [[Iowa Speedway]] {{color box|transparent|O|border=silver}} [[Iowa Speedway]]

| [[Exhibition Place]] {{colorColor box|lightbluepeachpuff|RS|border=silver}} [[Exhibition Place]]

| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto, Ontario]]

| [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]] {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}} [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course]]

| [[Pocono Raceway]] {{color box|transparent|O|border=silver}} [[Pocono Raceway]]

| [[Texas Motor Speedway]] {{color box|transparent|O|border=silver}} [[Texas Motor Speedway]]

| [[Watkins Glen International]] {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}} [[Watkins Glen International]]

| [[Sonoma Raceway]] {{color box|lightblue|R|border=silver}} [[Sonoma Raceway]]

*The [[Grand Prix of Boston]] was announced in late May 2015. The race was scheduled to be run on Labor Day Weekend on September 4, 2016. The proposed street circuit was based in the [[South Boston|Boston Seaport District]]. On April 29, 2016, Boston newspapers reported that the race had been canceled.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Golen|first=Jimmy|title=Scheduled IndyCar race on streets of Boston cancelled|url=http://racing.ap.org/article/scheduled-indycar-race-streets-boston-canceled|access-date=April 29, 2016|work=Associated Press|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=AP Sports|date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501111634/http://racing.ap.org/article/scheduled-indycar-race-streets-boston-canceled|archive-date=May 1, 2016|location=[[Boston]]}}</ref>

*In an interview with [[Mark Miles (sports executive)|Mark Miles]], [[Iowa Speedway]] was said to be set for July 10.<ref name="New events, extended season highlight 2016" />

*IndyCar CEO Mark Miles said in an interview that IndyCar was working on replacing the Boston race on Labor Day and specifically stated that [[Gateway Motorsports Park]] and [[Watkins Glen International]] were being considered as replacement venues.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Bruce|title=IndyCar lines up Watkins Glen or Gateway to replace Boston race|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/124110|website=[[Autosport]].com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group]]|access-date=May 5, 2016|date=May 5, 2016}}</ref> On May 13, 2016, IndyCar announced that Watkins Glen would replace Boston.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|last=Cavin|first=Curt|title=IndyCar series to race at Watkins Glen|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2016/05/13/indycar-series-race-watkins-glen/84322496/|access-date=May 13, 2016|work=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=May 13, 2016|location=[[Indianapolis]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; white-space: nowrap;"

!rowspan=2|RoundRd.

| [[Honda Performance Development|Honda]]

| [[Honda Performance Development|Honda]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pos

! valign="middle" rowspan=2| Driver

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix|PHX]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama|ALA]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[IndyCar Grand Prix|IGP]]

!colspan=2|[[2016 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]

!valign=middle rowspancolspan="2" colspanvalign=2"middle" |[[Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar)|DET]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Kohler Grand Prix|ROA]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Iowa Corn 300|IOW]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Honda Indy 200|MDO]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[ABC Supply 500|POC]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[DXC Technology 600|TEX]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Grand Prix at The Glen|WATWGI]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma|SONSNM]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|Pts

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 19⁸

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 10⁶

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11⁹

| style="background:#CFCFFFFFDF9F;" | 3²

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14²⁶

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 8¹³

| style="background:#CFCFFFDFFFDF;" | 4¹⁸

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 33¹⁷

| style="background:#CFCFFFDFFFDF;" | 5¹⁶

| style="background:#CFCFFFDFDFDF;" | 2⁵

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexander Rossi (racing driver)|Alexander Rossi]] {{Color box|yellow|RY|border=silver}}

| style="background:#CFCFFFFFFFBF;" | ''1''¹¹

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 24*³

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | '''7'''¹

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 9¹⁹

| align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Aleshin]]

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 27⁷

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13¹⁴

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 26¹²

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 29²⁴

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 15²²

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 16³¹

| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Spencer Pigot]] {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 25²⁹

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 15

| style="background:#EFCFFF;" | 22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 20²¹

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 6¹⁵

| align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Oriol Servià]]

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 12¹⁰

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 31²⁰

| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Filippi]]

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 21⁴

! 29

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 18²⁵

! 30

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 22²⁶

! 31

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 17³³

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 32²³

| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bryan Clauson]] {{color box|orange|R|border=silver}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 23²⁸

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 28³⁰

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 30³²

|- valign="top"

! valign="middle" | Pos

! valign="middle" | Driver

!colspan=2|[[2016 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]

! colspan="2" |[[Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar)|DET]]

!|[[Grand Prix at The Glen|WGLWGI]]

! valign="middle" |Pts

| style="background:#F2F2F2;" align="center" |^11–33

| style="background:#F2F2F2;" align="center" |QualifyingIndy canceled500 qualifying results,<br />nowith bonuspoints as follows:<br />42 points for 1st<br />40 points for 2nd<br />and so on down to<br />1 point awardedfor 33rd.

! valign="middle" rowspan=2| Pos

! valign="middle" rowspan=2| Driver

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg|STP]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix|PHX]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama|ALA]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[IndyCar Grand Prix|IGP]]

!colspan=2|[[2016 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]

!valign=middle rowspancolspan="2" colspanvalign=2"middle" |[[Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar)|DET]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Kohler Grand Prix|ROA]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Iowa Corn 300|IOW]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Honda Indy Toronto|TOR]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Honda Indy 200|MDO]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[ABC Supply 500|POC]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[DXC Technology 600|TEX]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[Grand Prix at The Glen|WATWGI]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|[[GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma|SONSNM]]

! valign="middle" rowspan=2|Pts

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 19⁸

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 10⁶

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 11⁹

| style="background:#CFCFFFFFDF9F;" | 3²

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 14²⁶

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 8¹³

| style="background:#CFCFFFDFFFDF;" | 4¹⁸

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 33¹⁷

| style="background:#CFCFFFDFFFDF;" | 5¹⁶

| style="background:#CFCFFFDFDFDF;" | 2⁵

| align="left" |#98 [[Andretti Autosport|Andretti]] [[Bryan Herta Autosport|Herta Autosport]] with [[Curb Agajanian Performance Group|Curb Agajanian]]

| style="background:#CFCFFFFFFFBF;" | ''1''¹¹

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 24*³

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | '''7'''¹

| style="background:#CFCFFFCFEAFF;" | 9¹⁹

| align="left" |#7 [[Arrow McLaren SP|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports]]

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 27⁷

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 13¹⁴

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 26¹²

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 29²⁴

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 15²²

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 20²¹

| style="background:#CFCFFF;" | 16³¹

| style="background:#CFCFFFEFCFFF;" | 31²⁰

|- valign="top"

! valign="middle" | Pos

! valign="middle" | Driver

!colspan=2|[[2016 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]

! colspan="2" |[[Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar)|DET]]

!|[[Grand Prix at The Glen|WGLWGI]]

! valign="middle" |Pts

!|[[Grand Prix at The Glen|WGLWGI]]

|rowspan=4 align="left"| [[Honda Performance Development|Honda]]