# IndyCar Series 2018

De IndyCar Series 2018 was het 23e kampioenschap van de IndyCar Series. Josef Newgarden was de regerend kampioen bij de coureurs. De 102e Indianapolis 500 werd gehouden op 27 mei 2018, en werd gewonnen door Will Power, die zijn eerste zege in de race behaalde.
Het kampioenschap werd gewonnen door Chip Ganassi Racing-coureur Scott Dixon, die na 2003, 2008, 2013 en 2015 zijn vijfde titel behaalde. Andretti Autosport-rijder Alexander Rossi eindigde als tweede, terwijl Will Power voor Team Penske derde werd in de eindstand.

## Schema

| Rnd | Datum | Race naam | Circuit | Locatie |
| 1 | 11 maart | Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg | Stratencircuit St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2 | 7 april | Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix | ISM Raceway | Avondale, Arizona |
| 3 | 15 april | Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach | Stratencircuit Long Beach | Long Beach, Californië |
| 4 | 22-23 april* | Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 5 | 12 mei | IndyCar Grand Prix | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (binnencircuit) | Speedway, Indiana |
| 6 | 27 mei | 102nd Indianapolis 500 Presented by PennGrade Motor Oil | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana |
| 7 | 2 juni | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation | Belle Isle | Detroit, Michigan |
| 8 | 3 juni | Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation | Belle Isle | Detroit, Michigan |
| 9 | 9 juni | Rainguard Water Sealers 600 | Texas Motor Speedway | Fort Worth, Texas |
| 10 | 24 juni | Kohler Grand Prix | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 11 | 8 juli | Iowa Corn 300 | Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa |
| 12 | 15 juli | Honda Indy Toronto | Stratencircuit Toronto | Toronto, Ontario |
| 13 | 29 juli | Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 14 | 19 augustus | ABC Supply 500 | Pocono Raceway | Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
| 15 | 25 augustus | Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Presented by Valvoline | Gateway Motorsports Park | Madison, Illinois |
| 16 | 2 september | Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 17 | 16 september | GoPro Be a Hero Grand Prix of Sonoma | Sonoma Raceway | Sonoma, Californië |
* De race op het Barber Motorsports Park werd op 22 april na 22 ronden afgebroken vanwege hevige regenval. Het restant van de race werd op 23 april verreden.

## Teams en rijders

| Team | Motor | Nr | Rijders | Races |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 1 | Josef Newgarden | Alle |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | 5-6 |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 12 | Will Power | Alle |
| Team Penske | Chevrolet | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Alle |
| A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 4 | Matheus Leist (R) | Alle |
| A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 14 | Tony Kanaan | Alle |
| A. J. Foyt Enterprises with Jonathan Byrd's Racing | Chevrolet | 33 | James Davison | 6 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Alle |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 6 | Robert Wickens (R) | 1-14 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 6 | Carlos Muñoz | 16-17 |
| Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 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 |
| Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | Patricio O'Ward (R) | 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 (R) | 17 |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 9 | Scott Dixon | Alle |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 10 | Ed Jones | Alle |
| Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | Danica Patrick | 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 | Alle |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 15 | Graham Rahal | Alle |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 30 | Takuma Sato | Alle |
| Scuderia Corsa with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 64 | Oriol Servià | 6 |
| Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing | Honda | 17 | Conor Daly | 6 |
| Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Alle |
| 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 |
| Carlin | Chevrolet | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Alle |
| Carlin | Chevrolet | 59 | Max Chilton | Alle |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 24 | Sage Karam | 6 |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 66 | J.R. Hildebrand | 6 |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 25 | Stefan Wilson (R) | 6 |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 26 | Zach Veach (R) | Alle |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Alle |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Alle |
| Andretti Autosport | Honda | 29 | Carlos Muñoz | 6 |
| Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb Agajanian | Honda | 98 | Marco Andretti | Alle |
| 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 |

## Uitslagen

| Ronde | Race | Poleposition | Snelste ronde | Meeste ronden aan de leiding | Winnaar | Winnaar | Winnaar |
| Ronde | Race | Poleposition | Snelste ronde | Meeste ronden aan de leiding | Coureur | Team | Constructeur |
| 1 | St. Petersburg | Robert Wickens | Alexander Rossi | Robert Wickens | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda |
| 2 | Phoenix | Sébastien Bourdais | Sébastien Bourdais | Will Power | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Long Beach | Alexander Rossi | Josef Newgarden | Alexander Rossi | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 4 | Birmingham | Josef Newgarden | Zachary Claman DeMelo | Josef Newgarden | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Indianapolis GP | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Indianapolis 500 | Ed Carpenter | Hélio Castroneves | Ed Carpenter | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Detroit | Marco Andretti | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 8 | Detroit | Alexander Rossi | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Alexander Rossi | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 9 | Texas | Josef Newgarden | Josef Newgarden | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Road America | Josef Newgarden | Zach Veach | Josef Newgarden | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Iowa | Will Power | Will Power | Josef Newgarden | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda |
| 12 | Toronto | Josef Newgarden | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 13 | Mid-Ohio | Alexander Rossi | Scott Dixon | Alexander Rossi | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 14 | Pocono | Will Power | Sébastien Bourdais | Alexander Rossi | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 15 | Gateway | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Scott Dixon | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Portland | Will Power | Carlos Muñoz | Alexander Rossi | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 17 | Sonoma | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Scott Dixon | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda |

## Kampioenschap

| Pos | Rijder | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | INDY | DET | DET | TEX | RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | SNM | Punten |
| Pos | Rijder | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | QL | 500 | DET | DET | TEX | RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | SNM | Punten |
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1* | 4 | 1* | 3 | 12 | 1* | 5 | 3 | 3*$^1$ | 5 | 2 | 678 |
| 2 | Alexander Rossi | 3 | 3 | 1* | 11 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 12* | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1* | 1* | 2 | 8* | 7 | 621 |
| 3 | Will Power | 10 | 22* | 2 | 21 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 582 |
| 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 5 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1* | 566 |
| 5 | Josef Newgarden | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1* | 11 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 1* | 4* | 9* | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 560 |
| 6 | Simon Pagenaud | 13 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 492 |
| 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | 1 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 425 |
| 8 | Graham Rahal | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 392 |
| 9 | Marco Andretti | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 392 |
| 10 | James Hinchcliffe | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | DNQ | DNQ | 11 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 391 |
| 11 | Robert Wickens | 18* | 2 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | | | | 391 |
| 12 | Takuma Sato | 12 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 351 |
| 13 | Ed Jones | 8 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 10 | 343 |
| 14 | Spencer Pigot | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 325 |
| 15 | Zach Veach | 16 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 313 |
| 16 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 312 |
| 17 | Charlie Kimball | 20 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 287 |
| 18 | Matheus Leist | 24 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 253 |
| 19 | Max Chilton | 19 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 223 |
| 20 | Ed Carpenter | | 7 | | | | 1 | 2* | | | 20 | | 10 | | | 10 | 12 | | | 187 |
| 21 | Gabby Chaves | 14 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 21 | | | | 18 | 13 | | 187 |
| 22 | Jordan King | 21 | | 18 | 14 | 24 | | | 16 | 18 | | 12 | | 11 | 12 | | | 15 | 13 | 175 |
| 23 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | 17 | | 23 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 19 | | | 17 | 21 | 18 | 14 | | | | | | 122 |
| 24 | Jack Harvey | 23 | | 12 | | | 31 | 16 | | | | | | | 20 | | | 16 | 17 | 103 |
| 25 | Carlos Muñoz | | | | | | 21 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 18 | 95 |
| 26 | Pietro Fittipaldi | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 91 |
| 27 | Santino Ferrucci | | | | | | | | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | | 20 | 11 | 66 |
| 28 | René Binder | 22 | | | 16 | | | | 21 | 22 | | | | 17 | 21 | | | | | 61 |
| 29 | Conor Daly | | | | | | 33 | 21 | | | | | | 13 | 22 | 15 | | | | 58 |
| 30 | Kyle Kaiser | | 21 | 16 | | 19 | 17 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | 45 |
| 31 | Patricio O'Ward | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 44 |
| 32 | Hélio Castroneves | | | | | 6 | 8 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 33 | J.R. Hildebrand | | | | | | 27 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 38 |
| 34 | Stefan Wilson | | | | | | 23 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 |
| 35 | Oriol Servià | | | | | | 26 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 36 | Alfonso Celis Jr. | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | 17 | | 23 |
| 37 | Colton Herta | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 20 |
| 38 | Danica Patrick | | | | | | 7 | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 39 | Jay Howard | | | | | | 28 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 40 | Sage Karam | | | | | | 24 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 41 | James Davison | | | | | | 19 | 33 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| - | Pippa Mann | | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rijder | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | QL | 500 | DET | DET | TEX | RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GAT | POR | SNM | Punten |
| Punten ||
| Kleur | Resultaat |
| Goud | Winnaar |
| Zilver | 2de plaats |
| Brons | 3de plaats |
| Groen | 4de en 5de plaats |
| Lichtblauw | 6de–10de plaats |
| Donkerblauw | Gefinisht (buiten de Top 10) |
| Paars | Niet gefinisht |
| Rood | Niet gekwalificeerd (DNQ) |
| Bruin | Teruggetrokken (Wth) |
| Zwart | Gediskwalificeerd (DSQ) |
| Wit | Niet Gestart (DNS) |
| Blank | Nam geen deel aan de race (DNP) |
| Blank | Niet geracet |
| Toegevoegde info ||
| vet | Pole positie (1 punt) |
| * | Meeste ronden aan de leiding (2 punten) |
| Rood Nr. | Snelste Ronde |
| $^1$ | Kwalificatie geannuleerd geen bonuspunten uitgedeeld |
| Rookie van het Jaar ||
| Rookie ||
| Positie | 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 |
| Punten | 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 |
| Indianapolis 500/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 |
| Indianapolis 500 kwalificatie | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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