IndyCar drivers driving for different teams in 2019 season

Several IndyCar are set to drive for teams in the 2019 season for which they did not drive in the 2018 season. Here is where these drivers are set to drive in 2019.

Several IndyCar drivers, 16 to be exact, are set to drive for the same teams for which they drove in the 2018 season in the 2019 season.

This means that four of the 20 drivers who are set to compete full-time this season are set to drive for teams for which they did not drive last season. Also, one additional driver who competed full-time last season is set to compete full-time in the road and street course races this season for a team for which he did not drive last season.

However, of these five drivers, the one who is set to compete full-time in the road and street course races this season is the only one who actually competed in IndyCar last season and therefore has switched teams from last season.

Meanwhile, the other four drivers did not compete in IndyCar on a full-time basis last season and therefore have not technically “switched teams” from the 2018 season to the 2019 season.

Here is a quick rundown of these five drivers, in alphabetical order.

Marcus Ericsson

Marcus Ericsson is set to drive for Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports as the replacement for the injured Robert Wickens behind the wheel of the #7 Honda, as the #6 Honda is reserved for Wickens if and when he is able to return to competition. He has never previously competed in IndyCar.

Santino Ferrucci

Santino Ferrucci is set to drive for Dale Coyne Racing as the replacement for Zachary Claman DeMelo and Pietro Fittipaldi behind the wheel of the #19 Honda. He has never previously competed in IndyCar on a full-time basis.

Colton Herta

Colton Herta is set to drive for Harding Steinbrenner Racing as the replacement for Gabby Chaves behind the wheel of the #88 Chevrolet-turned-Honda. He has never previously competed in IndyCar on a full-time basis.

Ed Jones

Ed Jones is set to drive for Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa as the replacement for Jordan King as the team’s road and street course race driver behind the wheel of the #20 Chevrolet after driving the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in the 2019 season. He is set to be replaced by Felix Rosenqvist.

Felix Rosenqvist

Felix Rosenqvist is set to drive for Chip Ganassi Racing as the replacement for Ed Jones behind the wheel of the #10 Honda. He has never previously competed in IndyCar.

On a side note…

There are five drivers who competed in IndyCar in the 2018 season but are not set to return to the sport for the 2019 season. These drivers are Harding Racing’s Gabby Chaves, Dale Coyne Racing’s Zachary Claman DeMelo and Pietro Fittipaldi, Ed Carpenter Racing’s Jordan King and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ Robert Wickens.

None of these five drivers competed in all 17 of the 2018 season’s races. Only King is set to return to IndyCar in the 2019 season. He is set to drive in just the Indianapolis 500, and he is set to do so driving the #42 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda.

The 16 drivers who are set to stay put from the 2018 season to the 2019 season are Andretti Autosport teammates Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi and Zach Veach, A.J. Foyt Enterprises teammates Tony Kanaan and Matheus Leist, Team Penske teammates Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Will Power, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing teammates Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato, Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais, Carlin’s Max Chilton, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe and Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot.

Also, Patricio O’Ward was set to drive for Harding Steinbrenner Racing on a full-time basis as the driver of the #8 Chevrolet-turned-Honda for the 2019 season after having never previously competed full-time in IndyCar. However, he and the team parted ways a few weeks ago, and he has not yet landed a full-time or even a part-time ride for 2019.

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The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is the first of 17 races on the 2019 IndyCar schedule. This race is set to get the 2019 season underway on Sunday, March 10 on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, so be sure not to miss it. Also be sure not to miss any of the other 16 races on this year’s schedule, which you can see here.