# Temporada 2018 de IndyCar Series

La temporada 2018 de la Verizon IndyCar Series fue la 23ª temporada de la serie IndyCar y la 107° de los campeonatos de monoplazas de Estados Unidos.

## Escuderías y pilotos

La siguiente tabla muestra los participantes del campeonato 2018. Todos los equipos usan el chasis Dallara y neumáticos Firestone.
| Escudería | Motor | N.º | Pilotos | Rondas |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 4 | Matheus Leist (R) | Todas |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 14 | Tony Kanaan | Todas |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi | Chevrolet | 33 | James Davison (R) | 6 |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 25 | Stefan Wilson (R) | 6 |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 26 | Zach Veach (R) | Todas |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Todas |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Todas |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 29 | Carlos Muñoz | 6 |
| Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian | Honda | 98 | Marco Andretti | Todas |
| Carlin | Chevrolet | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Todas |
| Carlin | Chevrolet | 59 | Max Chilton | Todas |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 9 | Scott Dixon | Todas |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 10 | Ed Jones | Todas |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo (R) | 1, 3–6, 9–12 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 19 | Pietro Fittipaldi (R) | 2, 13–17 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 19 | Santino Ferrucci (R) | 7–8 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 39 | Santino Ferrucci (R) | 16–17 |
| Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 63 | Pippa Mann | 6 |
| Dale Coyne Racing with Thom Burns Racing | Honda | 17 | Conor Daly | 6 |
| Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Todas |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 24 | Sage Karam | 6 |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 66 | J. R. Hildebrand | 6 |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | Danica Patrick (R) | 6 |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 20 | Jordan King (R) | 1, 3–5, 7–8, 10, 12–13, 16–17 |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 2, 6, 9, 11, 14–15 |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Todas |
| Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | Patricio O'Ward | 17 |
| Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | Gabby Chaves | 1–11, 15-16 |
| Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | Conor Daly | 12-14 |
| Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | Colton Herta | 17 |
| Juncos Racing | Chevrolet | 32 | René Binder (R) | 1, 4, 7-8, 12–13 |
| Juncos Racing | Chevrolet | 32 | Kyle Kaiser (R) | 2–3, 5–6 |
| Juncos Racing | Chevrolet | 32 | Alfonso Celis Jr. (R) | 10, 16 |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 15 | Graham Rahal | Todas |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 30 | Takuma Satō | Todas |
| Scuderia Corsa with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 64 | Oriol Servià | 6 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Todas |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 6 | Robert Wickens (R) | 1-14 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 6 | Carlos Muñoz | 16-17 |
| SPM / AFS Racing | Honda | 7 | Jay Howard | 6 |
| Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson | Honda | 60 | Jack Harvey (R) | 1 |
| Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson | Honda | 60 | Jack Harvey (R) | 3, 6, 13, 16–17 |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1 | Josef Newgarden | Todas |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 5–6 |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 12 | Will Power | Todas |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Todas |
* (R) : Piloto novato.

## Calendario

| Ronda | Fecha | Carrera | Circuito | Tipo |
| 1 | 11 de marzo | Gran Premio Firestone de San Petersburgo | Circuito callejero de San Petersburgo, San Petersburgo | Circuito |
| 2 | 7 de abril | Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix | Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale | Óvalo |
| 3 | 15 de abril | Toyota Grand Prix de Long Beach | Circuito callejero de Long Beach, Long Beach | Circuito |
| 4 | 22 de abril | Honda Indy Grand Prix de Alabama | Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds | Circuito |
| 5 | 12 de mayo | IndyCar Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Speedway | Circuito |
| 6 | 27 de mayo | 102 Indianapolis 500 presentada por PennGrade | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway | Óvalo |
| 7 | 2 de junio | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presentado por Lear Corporation | The Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Detroit | Circuito |
| 8 | 3 de junio | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presentado por Lear Corporation | The Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Detroit | Circuito |
| 9 | 9 de junio | Rainguard Water Sealers 600 | Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth | Óvalo |
| 10 | 24 de junio | Kohler Grand Prix | Road America, Elkhart Lake | Circuito |
| 11 | 8 de julio | Iowa Corn 300 | Iowa Speedway, Newton | Óvalo |
| 12 | 15 de julio | Honda Indy Toronto | Exhibition Place, Toronto | Circuito |
| 13 | 29 de julio | Honda Indy 200 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington | Circuito |
| 14 | 19 de agosto | ABC Supply 500 | Pocono Raceway, Long Pond | Óvalo |
| 15 | 25 de agosto | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presentado por Valvoline | Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison | Óvalo |
| 16 | 2 de septiembre | Grand Prix de Portland | Portland International Raceway, Portland | Circuito |
| 17 | 16 de septiembre | GoPro Grand Prix de Sonoma | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | Circuito |

## Resultados
### Resultados por carrera

| Ronda | Carrera | Pole position | Vuelta rápida | Piloto con más vueltas lideradas | Ganadores | Ganadores | Ganadores |
| Ronda | Carrera | Pole position | Vuelta rápida | Piloto con más vueltas lideradas | Piloto | Equipo | Marca |
| 1 | St. Petersburg | Robert Wickens | Alexander Rossi | Robert Wickens | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne | Honda |
| 2 | Phoenix | Sébastien Bourdais | Sébastien Bourdais | Will Power | Josef Newgarden | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Long Beach | Alexander Rossi | Josef Newgarden | Alexander Rossi | Alexander Rossi | Andretti | Honda |
| 4 | Birmingham | Josef Newgarden | Zachary Claman DeMelo | Josef Newgarden | Josef Newgarden | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Indianapolis GP | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Will Power | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Indianapolis 500 | Ed Carpenter | Hélio Castroneves | Ed Carpenter | Will Power | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Detroit 1 | Marco Andretti | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi | Honda |
| 8 | Detroit 2 | Alexander Rossi | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Alexander Rossi | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti | Honda |
| 9 | Texas | Josef Newgarden | Josef Newgarden | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi | Honda |
| 10 | Road America | Josef Newgarden | Zach Veach | Josef Newgarden | Josef Newgarden | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Iowa | Will Power | Will Power | Josef Newgarden | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson | Honda |
| 12 | Toronto | Josef Newgarden | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi | Honda |
| 13 | Mid-Ohio | Alexander Rossi | Scott Dixon | Alexander Rossi | Alexander Rossi | Andretti | Honda |
| 14 | Pocono | Will Power | Sébastien Bourdais | Alexander Rossi | Alexander Rossi | Andretti | Honda |
| 15 | Gateway | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Portland | Will Power | Carlos Muñoz | Alexander Rossi | Takuma Satō | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | Honda |
| 17 | Sonoma | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Scott Dixon | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti | Honda |

### Campeonato de Pilotos

| Pos. | Piloto | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | POR | SNM | Puntos |
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 4 | 1* | 3 | 12 | 1* | 5 | 3 | 3*$^c$ | 5 | 2 | 678 |
| 2 | Alexander Rossi | 3 | 3 | 1* | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12* | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1* | 1* | 2 | 8* | 7 | 621 |
| 3 | Will Power | 10 | 22* | 2 | 21 | 1* | 1$^3$ | 7 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 582 |
| 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 5 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1* | 566 |
| 5 | Josef Newgarden | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1* | 11 | 8$^4$ | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1* | 4* | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 560 |
| 6 | Simon Pagenaud | 13 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 6$^2$ | 17 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 492 |
| 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | 1 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 28$^5$ | 13 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 425 |
| 8 | Graham Rahal | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 392 |
| 9 | Marco Andretti | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 392 |
| 10 | James Hinchcliffe | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | DNQ | 11 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 391 |
| 11 | Robert Wickens RY | 18* | 2 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | | | | 391 |
| 12 | Takuma Satō | 12 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 351 |
| 13 | Ed Jones | 8 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 10 | 343 |
| 14 | Spencer Pigot | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20$^6$ | 10 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 325 |
| 15 | Zach Veach R | 16 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 313 |
| 16 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 312 |
| 17 | Charlie Kimball | 20 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 287 |
| 18 | Matheus Leist R | 24 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 253 |
| 19 | Max Chilton | 19 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 223 |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | | 7 | | | | 2*$^1$ | | | 20 | | 10 | | | 10 | 12 | | | 187 |
| 21 | Gabby Chaves | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 21 | | | | 18 | 13 | | 187 |
| 22 | Jordan King R | 21 | | 18 | 14 | 24 | | 16 | 18 | | 12 | | 11 | 12 | | | 15 | 13 | 175 |
| 23 | Zachary Claman DeMelo R | 17 | | 23 | 19 | 12 | 19 | | | 17 | 21 | 18 | 14 | | | | | | 122 |
| 24 | Jack Harvey R | 23 | | 12 | | | 16 | | | | | | | 20 | | | 16 | 17 | 103 |
| 25 | Carlos Muñoz | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 18 | 95 |
| 26 | Pietro Fittipaldi R | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 91 |
| 27 | Santino Ferrucci R | | | | | | | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | | 20 | 11 | 66 |
| 28 | René Binder R | 22 | | | 16 | | | 21 | 22 | | | | 17 | 21 | | | | | 61 |
| 29 | Conor Daly | | | | | | 21 | | | | | | 13 | 22 | 15 | | | | 58 |
| 30 | Kyle Kaiser R | | 21 | 16 | | 19 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | 45 |
| 31 | Patricio O'Ward R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 44 |
| 32 | Hélio Castroneves | | | | | 6 | 27$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 33 | J. R. Hildebrand | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 38 |
| 34 | Stefan Wilson R | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 |
| 35 | Oriol Servià | | | | | | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 36 | Alfonso Celis Jr. R | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | 17 | | 23 |
| 37 | Colton Herta R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 20 |
| 38 | Danica Patrick | | | | | | 30$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 39 | Jay Howard | | | | | | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 40 | Sage Karam | | | | | | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 41 | James Davison | | | | | | 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| – | Pippa Mann | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos. | Piloto | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | POR | SNM | Puntos |
| Color | Resultado(s) |
| Oro | Ganador |
| Plata | 2.º lugar |
| Bronce | 3er puesto |
| Verde | 4º y 5º lugar |
| Azul claro | 6º al 10º lugar |
| Azul oscuro | Terminó la carrera (Fuera del Top 10) |
| Violeta | No finalizó la carrera |
| Rojo | No clasificó (DNQ) |
| Marrón | Retiro (Wth) |
| Negro | Descalificación (DSQ) |
| Blanco | No comenzó la carrera (DNS) |
| Blanco | Carrera cancelada (C) |
| Sin color | No participó |
Notas :
| Negrita | Pole position (1 punto; excepto Indy) |
| Cursiva | Vuelta rápida |
| * | Lidera mayor cantidad de vuelta (2 puntos) |
| DNS | El piloto que clasifica pero no comienza la carrera (DNS), logra la mitad de los puntos de carrera |
| $^{1-9}$ | Los puntos para los 9 más rápidos en la Indy 500 se otorgan de esta manera: 9 puntos para el 1º 8 puntos para el 2º y sucesivamente hasta 1 punto para 9º. |
| $^c$ | Clasificación cancelada no hay punto de bonificación |
| RY | Novato del Año |
| R | Novato |

### Puntuaciones

| Posición | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| 500 Millas de Indianápolis y Carrera final de la temporada (Sonoma) | 100 | 80 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Resto de las carreras de la temporada | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Clasificación de las 500 Millas de Indianápolis | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Campeonato de marcas

| Pos. | Marca | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | POR | SNM | Puntos |
| 1 | Honda | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1550 |
| 1 | Honda | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1550 |
| 1 | Honda | 96* | 76 | 91* | 76 | 75 | 67 | 96* | 91* | 90* | 75 | 90* | 90* | 96* | 90* | 77* | 95* | 183* | 1550 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1270 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1270 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 46 | 81* | 66 | 77* | 84* | 98* | 48 | 66 | 61 | 82* | 73 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 87 | 61 | 134 | 1270 |