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The 2021 NTT IndyCar Series will be the 26th season of the IndyCar Series and the 100th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event will be the 2021 Indianapolis 500. It will be the second year under Penske management after they took over in late 2019.

2021 will be the final season that the Dallara DW12 UAK18 and Dallara DW12 chassis package (which debuted in 2012 and 2018 respectively) will be used in competition. It is also the final season for the 2.2-litre V6 twin-turbocharged engine package that debuted in 2012 and later twin-turbocharged since 2014, as a brand new chassis and engine package will be introduced for the 2022 season.

Contracted teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams use a spec Dallara IR18 chassis with universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)
A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	14	Sebastien Bourdais	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	27	Alexander Rossi	All
Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport		88	Colton Herta	All
Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	5	Patricio O'Ward	All
		7	Oliver Askew	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	9	Scott Dixon	All
		TBA	Jimmie Johnson  R	TBA
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	Ed Carpenter	TBA
Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	60	Jack Harvey	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal	All
Team Penske	Chevrolet	TBA	Josef Newgarden	All
		12	Will Power	All
		22	Simon Pagenaud	All

Driver changes

• On September 9, 2020, it was announced that 7-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson will partner with Chip Ganassi Racing to finalize sponsorship on a program to run all of IndyCar's road/street courses in 2021 & 2022.

Schedule

As of September 2020, the following races that officially confirmed on the 2021 calendar.

Rd.	Date	Race name	Track	City
	May 30	105th Running of the Indianapolis 500	O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana
	TBA	AutoNation IndyCar Challenge	R  Circuit of the Americas	Austin, Texas
	TBA	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix	R  Belle Isle Street Circuit	Detroit, Michigan
	TBA	GMR Grand Prix	R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
	TBA	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	R  Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida
	TBA	Genesys 600	O  Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas
	TBA	Honda Indy Toronto	R  Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario

See also

• 2021 Indy Lights
• 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship
• 2021 U.S. F2000 National Championship

References

1. "Sebastien Bourdais to drive the No. 14 Chevrolet in 2021". Foytracing.com. September 15, 2020.
2. Cheek, Adam (July 27, 2019). "Andretti Autosport Signs Alexander Rossi, Honda to Extension". frontstretch.com. Front Stretch. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
3. Pruett, Marshall (September 10, 2020). "Andretti looking to finalize 2021 IndyCar lineup". Racer.com.
4. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 12, 2020). "IndyCar Silly Season 2020, Ep. 1". RACER. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
5. "https://twitter.com/jimmiejohnson/status/1303708338035847168". Twitter. Retrieved September 9, 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
6. "RLL hoping to retain Sato for 2021". RACER. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
7. ^ Brown, Nathan (August 17, 2020). "Roger Penske doesn't rule out another run with Helio Castroneves; Power, Pagenaud, Newgarden to return". Indy Star. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
8. Fryer, Jenna (September 9, 2020). "Jimmie Johnson teams with Ganassi on 2-year IndyCar program". AP NEWS. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

External links

• Official website

• 2021 in IndyCar
• IndyCar Series seasons
• Scheduled motorsport seasons