2017 IndyCar silly season - Page 2

10TENTHS · 28 Sep 2016, 10:37 (Ref:3675674)

Race wins aren't the only determinator of performance? Montoya had a good start to the year then fell off a cliff. First to crash out at Indy, crashed at Detroit, gave us the spin cycle show at Watkins Glen...his one lap pace is usually the worst of the 4 Penske drivers as well.

Last year was rather illusory, he had 1 podium finish after Indy and the rest of the field was far more inconsistent. Pagenaud, for example, had yet to convert his speed into results for a variety of reasons.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 29 Sep 2016, 14:37 (Ref:3675941)

Newgarden quits ECR. There's no confirmation of where he's headed but Penske would be the obvious choice.

http://www.indycar.com/News/2016/09/...en-departs-ECR

NaBUru38 · 1 Oct 2016, 12:40 (Ref:3676251)

Tony DiZinno says that Carpenter should hire JR Hildebrand. Montoya would be another great choice.

BSchneiderFan · 2 Oct 2016, 20:36 (Ref:3676832)

Autosport reporting that Rossi is about to sign a multi-year deal with Andretti/Herta.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 3 Oct 2016, 00:25 (Ref:3676878)

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSchneiderFan

Autosport reporting that Rossi is about to sign a multi-year deal with Andretti/Herta.

Here's the link.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126487

I'm not totally surprised, it helps with the sponsors and Honda.

D.R.T. · 4 Oct 2016, 01:21 (Ref:3677121)

http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/13...s-rossi-return

Great news for Indycar and AA. Hoepfully Honda keep improving in 2017 and Rossi will be in victory lane more often

Nikki Katz · 5 Oct 2016, 18:15 (Ref:3677587)

Newgarden confirmed at Penske now. I hope that Montoya does remain somewhere on the grid

S griffin · 6 Oct 2016, 11:32 (Ref:3677804)

I'm glad for Newgarden. It would be good to have JPM back, if not he can always switch to sportscars, he impressed in his test last season

**bjohnsonsmith** · 6 Oct 2016, 13:13 (Ref:3677821)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nikki Katz

Newgarden confirmed at Penske now. I hope that Montoya does remain somewhere on the grid

Widely predicted but congrats none the less.

There is talk of Montoya possibly racing with Penske at the 500 next year.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126525

Formulahistory · 6 Oct 2016, 20:04 (Ref:3677923)

a fifth Penske would be awesome. But I would like to see Montoya for a whole season.

D.R.T. · 6 Oct 2016, 23:10 (Ref:3677975)

Montoya and AJ together would be kinda nice

gert · 7 Oct 2016, 20:00 (Ref:3678227)

Ganassi back to Honda

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...rolet-to-honda

NaBUru38 · 8 Oct 2016, 14:08 (Ref:3678411)

So in the DW12 era, Ganassi used Honda engines in 2012-13, Chevrolet in 2014-16, and again Honda in 2016.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 8 Oct 2016, 14:37 (Ref:3678413)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

So in the DW12 era, Ganassi used Honda engines in 2012-13, Chevrolet in 2014-16, and again Honda in 2016.

Honda in 2017.

Interesting to note that Ganassi won the driver's championship with Scott Dixon twice the DW12 era. First in 2013, when they were using Honda engines and again in 2015, when they switched to Chevrolet.

Formulahistory · 10 Oct 2016, 02:51 (Ref:3678817)

Penske
1) Simon Pagenaud
2) Will Power
3) Hélio Castroneves
4) Josef Newgarden

Carpenter
5) Juan-Pablo Montoya (?)
6) Ed Carpenter/Spencer Pigot (?)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan
7) Graham Rahal

Ganassi
8) Scott Dixon
9) Tony Kanaan (?)
10) Charlie Kimball
11) Max Chilton (?)

Andretti
12) Alexander Rossi
14) Ryan Hunter-Reay
15) Marco Andretti

Schmidt Peterson
16) James Hinchcliffe
17) Mikhail Aleshin

KVSH/Carlin
18) Ed Jones (?)

Foyt
19) Takuma Sato (?)
20) Conor Daly (?)

Dale Coyne
21) Sébastien Bourdais (?)
22) RC Enerson (?)

**bjohnsonsmith** · 12 Oct 2016, 12:03 (Ref:3679529)

TK has re-signed with Ganassi.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126619

**bjohnsonsmith** · 13 Oct 2016, 10:27 (Ref:3679721)

As rumoured, Bourdais signs with Dale Coyne.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126627

Yannick · 15 Oct 2016, 08:28 (Ref:3680177)

Andretti Autosport have confirmed 4 cars for next season. 3 of their drivers are already confirmed. Regarding the 4th entry, Rob Edwards says "We're hopeful of keeping (Carlos Munoz), but there are two or three others we are speaking to in case Carlos does something different." http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/13...-cars-for-2017

Meanwhile, AJ Foyt Racing will have Chevrolet Engines next year. Larry Foyt says the contract is yet to be finalized "but it looks like we're headed that way." http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/13...witch-to-chevy

gert · 15 Oct 2016, 10:06 (Ref:3680187)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yannick

Andretti Autosport have confirmed 4 cars for next season. 3 of their drivers are already confirmed. Regarding the 4th entry, Rob Edwards says "We're hopeful of keeping (Carlos Munoz), but there are two or three others we are speaking to in case Carlos does something different." http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/13...-cars-for-2017

Meanwhile, AJ Foyt Racing will have Chevrolet Engines next year.

Which surely means the end of Sato at Foyt.
Would he be one of the "2 or 3 others" at Andretti?
Who else does have a Honda seat? Coyne maybe?

Formulahistory · 18 Oct 2016, 12:27 (Ref:3681086)

Penske
1) Simon Pagenaud
2) Will Power
3) Hélio Castroneves
4) Josef Newgarden

Carpenter
5) JR Hildebrand (?)
6) Ed Carpenter/Spencer Pigot (?)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan
7) Graham Rahal

Ganassi
8) Scott Dixon
9) Tony Kanaan
10) Charlie Kimball
11) Max Chilton (?)

Andretti
12) Alexander Rossi
13) Ryan Hunter-Reay
14) Marco Andretti
15) Carlos Munoz (?)

Schmidt Peterson
16) James Hinchcliffe
17) Mikhail Aleshin

KVSH/Carlin
18) Ed Jones (?)

Foyt
19) Juan-Pablo Montoya (?)
20) Conor Daly (?)

Dale Coyne
21) Sébastien Bourdais
22) RC Enerson (?)

gert · 18 Oct 2016, 19:30 (Ref:3681184)

If Honda wants Sato to be in Indycar, he *will* have a seat.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 1 Nov 2016, 16:22 (Ref:3684581)

With Montoya just racing at the 500, this is the 2017 IndyCar Driver line up so far.

Team Penske - Chevrolet
Helio Castroneves,
Will Power,
Simon Pagenaud,
Josef Newgarden,
Juan Pablo Montoya (Indy 500 only)

Chip Ganassi Racing - Honda
Scott Dixon,
Tony Kanaan,
Charlie Kimball,
tba

Andretti Autosport - Honda
Ryan Hunter-Reay,
Marco Andretti,
tba

Andretti Herta Autosport - Honda
Alexander Rossi

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - Honda
Graham Rahal

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports - Honda
James Hinchcliffe,
Mikhail Aleshin

Ed Carpenter Racing - Chevrolet
Ed Carpenter (ovals only),
tba

Dale Coyne Racing - Honda
Sebastien Bourdais,
tba

AJ Foyt Racing - Chevrolet
tba

KVSH Racing - Chevrolet
tba

Formulahistory · 1 Nov 2016, 18:03 (Ref:3684596)

That's a huge surprise for me. Sato is confirmed at Andretti, Munoz very likely at Foyt.

So that's the possible line-up:

Penske
1) Simon Pagenaud
2) Will Power
3) Hélio Castroneves
4) Josef Newgarden

Carpenter
5) JR Hildebrand (?)
6) Ed Carpenter/Spencer Pigot (?)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan
7) Graham Rahal

Ganassi
8) Scott Dixon
9) Tony Kanaan
10) Charlie Kimball
11) Max Chilton (?)

Andretti
12) Alexander Rossi
13) Ryan Hunter-Reay
14) Marco Andretti
15) Takuma Sato

Schmidt Peterson
16) James Hinchcliffe
17) Mikhail Aleshin

KVSH/Carlin
18) Ed Jones (?)

Foyt
19) Carlos Munoz (?)
20) Conor Daly (?)

Dale Coyne
21) Sébastien Bourdais
22) RC Enerson (?)

Indy only
23) Juan-Pablo Montoya

**bjohnsonsmith** · 5 Nov 2016, 04:28 (Ref:3685431)

JR Hildebrand gets the other seat at ECR.

http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126974

Formulahistory · 9 Nov 2016, 13:35 (Ref:3686746)

So it looks like:

Penske
1) Simon Pagenaud
2) Will Power
3) Hélio Castroneves
4) Josef Newgarden

Carpenter
5) JR Hildebrand
6) Ed Carpenter/Spencer Pigot (?)

Rahal Letterman Lanigan
7) Graham Rahal

Ganassi
8) Scott Dixon
9) Tony Kanaan
10) Charlie Kimball
11) Max Chilton (?)

Andretti
12) Alexander Rossi
13) Ryan Hunter-Reay
14) Marco Andretti
15) Takuma Sato

Schmidt Peterson
16) James Hinchcliffe
17) Mikhail Aleshin

KVSH/Carlin
18) RC Enerson?

Foyt
19) Carlos Munoz (?)
20) Conor Daly (?)

Dale Coyne
21) Sébastien Bourdais
22) Ed Jones (?)

Indy only
23) Juan-Pablo Montoya (Penske)

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