IndyCar: 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix entry list
By Asher Fair
A total of 24 drivers are set to compete in the fifth race on the 2019 IndyCar schedule, the IndyCar Grand Prix. Here is the entry list for this race.
The fifth race on the 17-race 2019 IndyCar schedule, the IndyCar Grand Prix, is scheduled to take place this Saturday, May 11 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
A total of 24 drivers are set to compete in this 85-lap race around the 13-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway natural terrain road course in Speedway, Indiana.
Among these drivers are the 20 full-time drivers and four part-time drivers. All 20 of the full-time drivers have competed in each of the season’s first four races while two of the part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race have also done so.
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The two part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race after competing in each of the season’s first four races are Ed Carpenter Racing’s Ed Jones and Meyer Shank Racing’s Jack Harvey.
Of the two part-time drivers who are set to compete in this race but have not competed in all of the season’s first four races, only one has competed in any races so far this season. That lone driver is Carlin rookie Patricio O’Ward, who has competed in three of the season’s first four races. The lone part-time driver who is set to compete in this race but has not yet competed in any races this season is Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves.
Here is a list of the 20 full-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
NOTE: Rookies are listed in italics.
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine
1 – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
2 – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
3 – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
4 – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
5 – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
6 – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
7 – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
8 – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
9 – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
10 – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
11 – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
12 – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
13 – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
14 – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
15 – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
16 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
17 – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
18 – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet
19 – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda
20 – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
Here is a list of the four part-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
NOTE: Rookies are listed in italics.
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine
1 – Helio Castroneves – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
2 – Ed Jones – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
3 – Patricio O’Ward – #31, Carlin, Chevrolet
4 – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
NBC is set to air the IndyCar Grand Prix live from Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET this Saturday, May 11, so be sure not to miss the 2019 IndyCar season’s fifth race.