Officials from the IZOD IndyCar Series has published the list of more than 22 teams that will receive their share of $1 million each from the Leader circle program for the upcoming 2013 season.
Right from the outset, three teams forfeited on their participation to the program, allowing three extra teams to be eligible for the subsidies. Team Penske (Ryan Briscoe), KV Racing (Barrichello) and Ganassi Racing (Graham Rahal) choose not to send their application, therefore making available three contracts for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (Josef Newgarden), HVM Racing (TBD) and Dragon Racing (Sebastien Bourdais).
The only real surprise on the list is the Keith Wiggins-owned HVM but as we learned recently, the former Lotus team is about to announce a partnership with an existing team in the coming days.
No. Team Driver
1, Andretti Autosport, Ryan Hunter-Reay
3, Team Penske, Helio Castroneves
4, Panther Racing, JR Hildebrand
7, Dragon Racing, Sebastien Bourdais
9, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Scott Dixon
10, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Dario Franchitti
11, KV Racing Technology, Tony Kanaan
12, Verizon Team Penske, Will Power
14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Takuma Sato
15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Graham Rahal
18, Dale Coyne Racing, TBA
19, Dale Coyne Racing, TBA
20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Ed Carpenter
22, Panther DRR, Oriol Servia
25, Andretti Autosport, Marco Andretti
27, Andretti Autosport, James Hinchcliffe
67, Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, Josef Newgarden
77, Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports, Simon Pagenaud
78, KV Racing Technology, Simona de Silvestro
83, NovoNordisk Chip Ganassi Racing, Charlie Kimball
98, Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian, Alex Tagliani
TBA, HVM Racing, TBA
Right from the outset, three teams forfeited on their participation to the program, allowing three extra teams to be eligible for the subsidies. Team Penske (Ryan Briscoe), KV Racing (Barrichello) and Ganassi Racing (Graham Rahal) choose not to send their application, therefore making available three contracts for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (Josef Newgarden), HVM Racing (TBD) and Dragon Racing (Sebastien Bourdais).
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| Ryan Hunter-Reay, Champion 2012 IZOD IndyCar. (Photo: IndyCar) |
The only real surprise on the list is the Keith Wiggins-owned HVM but as we learned recently, the former Lotus team is about to announce a partnership with an existing team in the coming days.
No. Team Driver
1, Andretti Autosport, Ryan Hunter-Reay
3, Team Penske, Helio Castroneves
4, Panther Racing, JR Hildebrand
7, Dragon Racing, Sebastien Bourdais
9, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Scott Dixon
10, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Dario Franchitti
11, KV Racing Technology, Tony Kanaan
12, Verizon Team Penske, Will Power
14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Takuma Sato
15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Graham Rahal
18, Dale Coyne Racing, TBA
19, Dale Coyne Racing, TBA
20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Ed Carpenter
22, Panther DRR, Oriol Servia
25, Andretti Autosport, Marco Andretti
27, Andretti Autosport, James Hinchcliffe
67, Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing, Josef Newgarden
77, Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports, Simon Pagenaud
78, KV Racing Technology, Simona de Silvestro
83, NovoNordisk Chip Ganassi Racing, Charlie Kimball
98, Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian, Alex Tagliani
TBA, HVM Racing, TBA