2016 IndyCar Series

Teams and drivers

Team	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	14	Takuma Sato	All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	35	Alex Tagliani	5–6
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	41	Jack Hawksworth	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	26	Carlos Muñoz	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	27	Marco Andretti	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	29	Townsend Bell	6
Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian	Honda	98	Alexander Rossi	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	8	Max Chilton	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	9	Scott Dixon	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	10	Tony Kanaan	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	42	Charlie Kimball	6
Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	83	Charlie Kimball	1–5, 7–16
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	18	Conor Daly	1-12, 14-16
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	88	Conor Daly	13
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	19	Luca Filippi	1–4, 11
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	19	Gabby Chaves	5–10, 14
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	19	RC Enerson	12, 15-16
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	19	Pippa Mann	13
Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	63	Pippa Mann	6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	24	Sage Karam	6
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	6	J. R. Hildebrand	5–6
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	Ed Carpenter	2, 6, 10, 13–14
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	Spencer Pigot	7–9, 11–12, 15–16
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	21	Josef Newgarden	All
Jonathan Byrd's Racing	Honda	88	Bryan Clauson	6
KVSH Racing	Chevrolet	11	Sébastien Bourdais	All
KVSH Racing	Chevrolet	25	Stefan Wilson	6
Lazier Burns Racing	Chevrolet	4	Buddy Lazier	6
Pirtek Team Murray	Chevrolet	61	Matthew Brabham	5–6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	16	Spencer Pigot	1, 5–6
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	5	James Hinchcliffe	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	7	Mikhail Aleshin	All
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	77	Oriol Servià	6
Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	All
Team Penske	Chevrolet	3	Hélio Castroneves	All
Team Penske	Chevrolet	12	Oriol Servià	1
Team Penske	Chevrolet	12	Will Power	2–16
Team Penske	Chevrolet	22	Simon Pagenaud	All

Schedule

Rd.	Date	Race Name	Track	City
1	March 13	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
2	April 2	Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona
3	April 17	42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California
4	April 24	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama
5	May 14	Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
6	May 29	100th Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
7	June 4	Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Presented by Quicken Loans	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan
8	June 5	Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Presented by Quicken Loans	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan
9	June 26	Kohler Grand Prix	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10	July 10	Iowa Corn 300	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa
11	July 17	Honda Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario
12	July 31	Honda Indy 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio
13	August 22*	ABC Supply 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania
14*	June 12/August 27*	Firestone 600	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas
15	September 4	Grand Prix at The Glen	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York
16	September 18	GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sonoma Raceway	Sears Point, California

Schedule changes and notes

• 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 Boston Seaport District. On April 29, 2016, Boston newspapers reported that the race had been canceled.
• St. Petersburg was run on March 11–13.
• Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez was also rumored to start the 2016 season with a race in February, but did not materialize.
• IndyCar did not return to NOLA Motorsports Park and the Milwaukee Mile in 2016 following financial difficulties exposed shortly after the 2015 running of the former event. Auto Club Speedway at Fontana was also dropped for 2016, which means that the IndyCar Triple Crown would not be contested.
• Toronto returned to its original July date as a single race weekend.
• Road America's return to an open-wheel calendar was announced on August 8, 2015. The race was run on June 26, 2016.
• IndyCar returned to Phoenix International Raceway for the first time since 2005.
• IndyCar officials explored the possibility of returning to Gateway Motorsports Park; a deal was eventually reached for the track to return for the 2017 season.
• Texas Motor Speedway confirmed that the Verizon IndyCar Series would run on June 11, 2016. However, the race was postponed to the following afternoon due to persistent rain. It was further halted after 71 laps due to more rain and the rest of the race was postponed until August 27. The 248 lap race resumed starting at lap 72. This would lead to updates for the track regarding drainage and repaving in time for 2017's events.
• IndyCar returned to Pocono Raceway on August 21. However, due to rain, the race was postponed until Monday at 12:09 PM EST. It marked the first that Indycar Series ran a race on Monday since the 2011 Sao Paulo Indy 300 and the first time it started and completed on Monday since the 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
• In an interview with Mark Miles, Iowa Speedway was said to be set for July 10.
• In a November 2 press release, IndyCar announced a two-day promoter test at Phoenix International Raceway, scheduled for February 26–27, in preparation for the series’ return to the 1-mile oval. The Phoenix promoter test in February was the only one not in conjunction with a typical race weekend schedule. The other promoter test days were: March 11 at St. Petersburg, April 22 at Barber Motorsports Park, May 12 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, June 24 at Road America, July 29 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and September 16 at Sonoma Raceway.
• 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. On May 13, 2016, IndyCar announced that Watkins Glen would replace Boston.

  Season summary

Race results

Driver standings

• One championship point is awarded to each driver who leads at least one race lap. Two additional championship points are awarded to the driver who leads most laps during a race.
• At all races except the Indy 500, the number 1 qualifier earns one point.
• Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engines reach their required distance run will result in the loss of ten points.
• Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

  Manufacturer standings

• The top three finishing drivers from each manufacturer in each race/qualifying score championship points for their respective manufacturer, provided they were using one of their four allotted engines.
• Two additional points are awarded to the manufacturer if one of their entrants leads most laps of a race.
• At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualifies on pole earns one point.
• Manufacturers will earn ten points for each engine reaching the 2500-mile change-out threshold. Manufacturers will lose twenty points for each engine failing to reach the change-out threshold, or for a non-minor repair requiring a component change.
• Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.

  Footnotes