IndyCar: Post-season silly season rundown for 2022 campaign

With the 2021 IndyCar season in the books, take a look at what we know and don’t know about the driver lineup for next year.

The 16-race 2021 IndyCar season came to a conclusion this past Sunday afternoon on the streets of Long Beach, California, with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou winning his first championship and Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta closing out the year with his second straight victory.

The offseason has already seen multiple confirmations about next year’s driver lineup; granted, some of them were practically confirmed prior to season’s end, but they simply had not yet been formally announced.

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With that being said, there is still quite a bit that has not been announced about next year’s driver lineup, even among the moves for which it seems to be only a matter of time before they are confirmed.

So what all will be confirmed before the 2022 season begins at the end of February? Take an early look at next year’s driver lineup.

KEY:

Regular text = confirmed
Bold = very likely
Italicized = rumored by more than one source

A.J. Foyt Enterprises

#4 Chevrolet – TBD
#14 Chevrolet – TBD
#TBD Chevrolet – TBD (possible third car)

Andretti Autosport

#26 Honda – Colton Herta
#27 Honda – Alexander Rossi
#28 Honda – Romain Grosjean
#29 Honda – Devlin DeFrancesco

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#5 Chevrolet – Pato O’Ward
#7 Chevrolet – Felix Rosenqvist
#TBD Chevrolet – TBD (part-time third car)

Carlin

#59 Chevrolet – Max Chilton

Chip Ganassi Racing

#8 Honda – Marcus Ericsson
#9 Honda – Scott Dixon
#10 Honda – Alex Palou (has option to take #1 as reigning champion)
#48 Honda – Jimmie Johnson (road and street course races, possibly Indy 500), Tony Kanaan (oval races)

Dale Coyne Racing

#18 Honda – TBD (Ryan Hunter-Reay?)
#51 Honda – Takuma Sato

Ed Carpenter Racing

#20 Chevrolet – Ed Carpenter (oval races), Ryan Hunter-Reay (road and street course races plus Indy 500)
#21 Chevrolet – Rinus VeeKay

Juncos Hollinger Racing

#77 Chevrolet – Callum Ilott

Meyer Shank Racing

#06 Honda – Helio Castroneves
#60 Honda – Simon Pagenaud

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

#15 Honda – Graham Rahal
#30 Honda – Jack Harvey
#45 Honda – Santino Ferrucci or Oliver Askew or Christian Lundgaard

Team Penske

#2 Chevrolet – Josef Newgarden
#3 Chevrolet – Scott McLaughlin
#12 Chevrolet – Will Power

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The 2022 IndyCar season is scheduled to get underway on Sunday, February 27 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.