Andretti Global look poised to trim their involvement in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES from four full-time cars to three for the 2024 season.
The team, who have Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood and Marcus Ericsson signed on multi-year contracts were expected to run a fourth full-time entry for Tatiana Calderon in partnership with Paretta Autosport and Bryan Herta Autosport but Paddock Eye understands that the door on the opportunity has closed.
Devlin DeFrancesco’s name has been linked with a vacancy at Dale Coyne Racing while Enzo Fittipaldi who tested for the team this is unlikely to join his brother in the series as he has other racing commitments but time will tell.
Sting Ray Robb has already confirmed that he will not return to Dale Coyne Racing with his potential destination being AJ Foyt Racing alongside Santino Ferrucci but the team will not be drawn on their plans for 2024.
While Andretti Global are contracted to run four cars full-time, that Honda Performance Development lease could conceivably be moved across to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to run Juri Vips in a fourth full-time entry.
There is still a long way to go before all of the seats are filled but here is what we know.
AJ Foyt Racing
14 Santino Ferrucci TBC
55 Sting Ray Robb TBC
Andretti Autosport
26 Colton Herta
27 Kyle Kirkwood
28 Marcus Ericsson
Arrow McLaren
5 Pato O’Ward
6 David Malukas
7 Alexander Rossi
Chip Ganassi Racing
8 Linus Lundqvist
9 Scott Dixon
10 Alex Palou
11 Marcus Armstrong
Number TBC – Kyffin Simpson
Dale Coyne Racing
18 TBC Devlin DeFrancesco?
51 TBC
Ed Carpenter Racing
20 Christian Rasmussen (RS) Ed Carpenter (O)
21 Rinus VeeKay
Juncos Hollinger Racing
77 Romain Grosjean
78 Agustin Canapino
Meyer Shank Racing
Tom Blomqvist
Felix Rosenqvist
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing:
15 Graham Rahal (deal done, waiting for confirmation)
30 Pietro Fittipaldi
45 Christian Lundgaard
44 Juri Vips (pending engine availability and sponsorship)
Team Penske
2 Josef Newgarden
3 Scott McLaughlin
12 Will Power
Team Penske
Honda 14 Chevrolet 9
When the merry go round is complete we will have a larger car count in 2024 compared to last season with Ganassi and Rahal adding cars.