IndyCar: Preseason 2019 Team Power Rankings

How do the 10 IndyCar teams with at least one full-time driver rank against one another with the 2019 season scheduled to get underway this weekend?

The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is scheduled to open up the 2019 IndyCar season this weekend upon the conclusion of a nearly six-month offseason.

The streets of St. Petersburg, Florida are set to play host to this race, which is the first of 17 races on the 2019 schedule. Sunday, March 10 is the date on which this race is scheduled to take place.

Shortly after the year 2018 came to a close and the year 2019 , we published our Way-too-early Driver Power Rankings for the 2019 IndyCar season, which is scheduled to last until September.

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We analyzed each of the 10 teams in the sport that have at least one full-time driver who is set to compete in the 2019 season and we ranked them against their competitors in the article with these power rankings.

These power rankings were released more than two months ago. However, as a result of the fact that the same offseason that was in progress at that time is still in progress, the Preseason Team Power Rankings contain just a simple list of rankings instead of a full-length slideshow containing an in-depth analysis for each team.

Here is a link to the Way-too-early Team Power Rankings for the 2019 season if you are interested in reading an in-depth analysis for each of the 10 teams that have at least one full-time driver who is set to compete in the 2019 season.

The Preseason IndyCar Team Power Rankings are slightly different than the Way-too-early Team Power Rankings. The lone change in these power rankings from January until now is that Harding Steinbrenner Racing moved ahead of Dale Coyne Racing to be ranked at #6 while Dale Coyne Racing have dropped to #7.

This took place as a result of the exceptional pace that Harding Steinbrenner Racing’s lone driver, rookie Colton Herta, showed in the Spring Training test sessions at Circuit of the Americas. The team did not move up higher than #6 since these were, in fact, just test sessions.

Here are the Preseason IndyCar Team Power Rankings for the 2019 season. This is how these rankings are set to look as the season begins.

Rank – Team, Manufacturer
1st – Andretti Autosport, Honda
2nd – Team Penske, Chevrolet
3rd – Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
4th – Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
5th – Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
6th – Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda
7th – Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
8th – Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
9th – A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
10th – Carlin, Chevrolet

For a description of how the IndyCar Team Power Rankings are set to be calculated throughout the 2019 season, click here.

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