The 2023 NTT IndyCar Series season gets underway in exactly seven weeks from TODAY with the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg.
Spring training will take place in California next month and as we look ahead to the new season we are waiting for some dominos to fall.
Here is what we know.
Andretti Autosport
26 – Colton Herta
27 Kyle Kirkwood
28 Romain Grosjean
29 Devlin DeFrancesco
Arrow McLaren
5 Pato O’Ward
6 Felix Rosenqvist
7 Alexander Rossi
AJ Foyt Racing
4 Benjamin Pedersen (R)
14 Santino Ferrucci
Chip Ganassi Racing
8 Marcus Ericsson
9 Scott Dixon
10 Alex Palou
11 Marcus Armstrong (R), road and street course events.
Dale Coyne Racing
18 David Malukus
51 TBC (Paddock Eye understands that Sting Ray Robb will drove the No.51 Nurtec ODT Honda in 2023 with Takuma Sato expected to run ovals for Chip Ganassi Racing).
Ed Carpenter Racing
20 Conor Daly
21 Rinus VeeKay
33 Ed Carpenter (Ovals)
Juncos Hollinger Racing
77 Callum Ilott
78 Agustin Canapino (R)
Meyer Shank Racing
06 Helio Castroneves
60 Simon Pagenaud
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
15 Graham Rahal
30 Jack Harvey
45 Christian Lundgaard
Team Penske
2 Josef Newgarden
3 Scott McLaughlin
12 Will Power
There are still a number of puzzle pieces to fall into place over the next few weeks in relation to this season, for example, will Simona De Silvestro and Paretta Autosport be back with ECR and what races will the team do?
What we do know is that Stefan Wilson and Cusick Motorsports will return to the Indianapolis 500 after striking a deal with Dreyer and Reinbold Racing.
We also know that Arrow McLaren will run four cars at the Greatest Spectacle In Racing with Tony Kanaan joining the team.