2021 IndyCar Series

2021 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races	16
Start date	April 18
End date	September 26
Awards
Drivers' champion	Álex Palou
Manufacturers' Cup	Honda
Rookie of the Year	Scott McLaughlin
Indianapolis 500 winner	Hélio Castroneves

Álex Palou (left) won his first driver's championship, Josef Newgarden (right), finished second in points.

The 2021 NTT IndyCar Series was the 26th season of the IndyCar Series and the 110th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event was the 2021 Indianapolis 500, won by Hélio Castroneves (Meyer Shank Racing). It was the second year under Penske management after they took over in late 2019. Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) entered his 21st season competing for a National Championship as the defending champion, but ultimately finished the campaign in fourth place.

Second-year driver Álex Palou became the first Spanish driver to win the series championship,^[1] winning a joint-most three races during the campaign for Chip Ganassi Racing. He finished 38 points clear of Team Penske's Josef Newgarden, who won two races, and finished second in points for the second year in succession.^[2] Third place in the championship went to Pato O'Ward for Arrow McLaren SP, who like Newgarden, won two races during the season. A total of nine drivers won races during the season, with Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport) also winning three races.^[2] The Manufacturers' Cup was won by Honda for the fourth consecutive season, while Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) won Rookie of the Year honors.^[2]

Background

2021 was to be the final season that the Dallara DW12 UAK18 and Dallara DW12 chassis package (which debuted in 2012 and 2018 respectively) was to be used in competition. It was also scheduled to be the final season for the 2.2-litre V6 twin-turbocharged engine package that debuted in 2012; in October 2020, this was delayed for an additional season, as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Confirmed entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with UAK18 aero kit and Firestone tires.

Team	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	1	J. R. Hildebrand[4]	6
		4	Dalton Kellett[5]	All
		11	Charlie Kimball[6]	5–6, 16
		14	Sébastien Bourdais[7]	All
Andretti Autosport	Honda	25	Stefan Wilson[8]  R [a]	6
		27	Alexander Rossi[10]	All
		28	Ryan Hunter-Reay[11]	All
		26	Colton Herta[12][13]	1–4
Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian				5–16
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport[14]		29	James Hinchcliffe[15]	All
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/ Marco & Curb-Agajanian		98	Marco Andretti[16][17]	6
Arrow McLaren SP[18]	Chevrolet	5	Pato O'Ward[18][19]	All
		7	Felix Rosenqvist[20][21]	1–7, 10–16
			Oliver Askew[22]	8
			Kevin Magnussen[23]  R	9
		86	Juan Pablo Montoya[24]	5–6
Carlin	Chevrolet	59	Max Chilton[25]	1–2, 6–12, 14–16
			Conor Daly[26]	3–4, 13
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	8	Marcus Ericsson[27]	All
		9	Scott Dixon[28]	All
		10	Álex Palou[29]	All
		48	Jimmie Johnson[28]  R	1–2, 5, 7–12, 14–16
			Tony Kanaan[30]	3–4, 6, 13
Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing[31]	Honda	51	Romain Grosjean[32][33]  R	1–2, 5, 7–16
			Pietro Fittipaldi[34]	3–4, 6
		52	Cody Ware[35]  R	9, 11–12
			Ryan Norman[36]  R	10
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan		18	Ed Jones[37]	All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	24	Sage Karam[38]	6
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	20	Conor Daly[39]	1–2, 5, 7–12, 14–16
			Ed Carpenter[18]	3–4, 6, 13
		21	Rinus VeeKay[40]	1–8, 10–16
			Oliver Askew[41]	9
		47	Conor Daly[42]	6
Juncos Hollinger Racing[43]	Chevrolet	77	Callum Ilott[44]  R	14–16
Meyer Shank Racing[18][N 1]	Honda	06	Hélio Castroneves[45]	6, 11–12, 14–16
		60	Jack Harvey[46]	All
Paretta Autosport[47][N 2]	Chevrolet	16	Simona de Silvestro	6
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	15	Graham Rahal[48]	All
		30	Takuma Sato[49]	All
		45	Santino Ferrucci[50][51][52][53]	6–8, 10–11
			Christian Lundgaard[54]  R	12
			Oliver Askew[55]	14–16
Team Penske	Chevrolet	2	Josef Newgarden[56]	All
		3	Scott McLaughlin[57]  R	All
		12	Will Power[56]	All
		22	Simon Pagenaud[56]	All
Top Gun Racing[58][59]	Chevrolet	75	R. C. Enerson[58]  R	6, 12

R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver changes

• Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson partnered with Chip Ganassi Racing to finalize sponsorship on a program to run all of IndyCar's road/street courses in 2021–2022.^[28] On October 24, 2020, the car number and primary sponsor for Johnson's car were announced, respectively the No. 48 (Johnson's long-time NASCAR number, with Hendrick Motorsports, and a number Ganassi had previously fielded in the Xfinity Series) and Carvana.^[60]
• A. J. Foyt Enterprises signed Sébastien Bourdais to drive the No. 14 entry full-time in the 2021 season. Bourdais also drove the No. 14 for the final three races of 2020.^[61]
• Arrow McLaren SP announced that Oliver Askew, who had driven the No. 7 car in 2020, would not return to the team for the 2021 season.^[20] Felix Rosenqvist moved from Chip Ganassi Racing to replace Askew.^[21] Askew came back to the No. 7 car for the second race in Detroit, as Rosenqvist was hospitalized after an accident in the weekend's first race.^[22] Rosenqvist was then replaced for the next race at Road America by former Formula One and Haas reserve driver Kevin Magnussen after not being medically cleared to drive.
• Team Penske announced that three-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin would race full-time for the team in IndyCar in 2021.^[62]
• Chip Ganassi Racing signed Álex Palou to drive the No. 10 full-time in the 2021 season.^[29]
• After competing in three races in 2020 with both Team Penske and Arrow McLaren SP, Hélio Castroneves contested a six-race schedule in 2021 with Meyer Shank Racing.^[45]
• Chip Ganassi Racing re-signed Tony Kanaan to a two-year contract to contest the oval events, in complement to Jimmie Johnson's road & street course schedule in the No. 48 entry.^[30] Kanaan previously drove for the team between 2014 and 2017.
• Colton Herta switched from the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner-backed car to the No. 26, sponsored by Gainbridge.^[13]
• Arrow McLaren SP announced that two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya drove their third entry in the Indianapolis 500. This was Montoya's first Indianapolis 500 appearance since 2017.^[63] Montoya also drove the IndyGP.
• Paretta Autosport, a new team run by former Dodge/SRT Motorsports director Beth Paretta, announced that Simona de Silvestro drove a Team Penske-engineered Chevrolet in the Indianapolis 500. This was de Silvestro's first IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 appearance since 2015.^[47]
• James Hinchcliffe re-joined Andretti Autosport full-time in the No. 29 after competing in 6 races for the team in the 2020 season.^[64]
• Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan signed Ed Jones for the 2021 season. This was Jones' second stint with Dale Coyne Racing, having driven for them in the 2017 season.^[65]
• Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing announced that Romain Grosjean would be racing for the team, driving the No. 51 entry on road and street circuits, after 10 seasons in Formula One.^[66] Pietro Fittipaldi drove the No. 51 on the ovals. Fittipaldi returned to the IndyCar Series for the first time since 2018.^[67] The team later announced that Cody Ware would make his IndyCar debut at Road America driving the No. 52 for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing.^[35] Ryan Norman piloted the No. 52 at Mid-Ohio.
• Santino Ferrucci drove for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the Indianapolis 500. Ferrucci previously drove for Dale Coyne Racing from 2018 to 2020.^[68] Ferrucci was later signed for two additional races for the Detroit doubleheader.^[51] Ferrucci made further appearances at Mid-Ohio and Nashville.
• J. R. Hildebrand signed to drive for A. J. Foyt Enterprises for the Indianapolis 500 running a tribute livery for the 60th anniversary of A. J. Foyt's first win in the race.^[4]
• Stefan Wilson signed to drive for Andretti Autosport for the Indianapolis 500. It was Wilson's first IndyCar start since the 2018 Indianapolis 500.^[8]
• Oliver Askew joined Ed Carpenter Racing at Road America as a substitute after Rinus VeeKay suffered injuries in a cycling accident.^[41] Askew drove the No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing entry for the final three races of the 2021 season.^[55]
• Formula 2 and Alpine Academy driver Christian Lundgaard made his IndyCar Series debut at the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, driving the No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing entry.^[69]
• Alfa Romeo reserve driver and Scuderia Ferrari test driver Callum Ilott contested the final three races of the season, driving the No. 77 entry for Juncos Hollinger Racing.^[44]

Team changes

• On October 28, 2020, it was announced that DragonSpeed, who competed on a part-time basis in the previous 2 seasons, left the IndyCar Series.^[70]
• Team Penske ended their partnership with Supercars team Dick Johnson Racing (with whom McLaughlin won his three titles) to make room for another IndyCar entry and thus returned to competing with four cars for the first time since 2017.
• Meyer Shank Racing added a second, part time entry for Hélio Castroneves after purchasing the car put up for sale by DragonSpeed.^[71]
• Chip Ganassi Racing also returned to a regular four-car team for the first time since 2017.
• Dale Coyne Racing announced a partnership with Rick Ware Racing (who field full- and part-time entries in numerous other series including the NASCAR Cup and Asian Le Mans Series) for the full season, changing the number of the team's second entry from No. 19 to No. 51.
• On February 18, 2021, Andretti Autosport mentioned that James Hinchcliffe's No. 29 entry would compete under the banner of "Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport", with one of the partners from the former Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport entry, George Steinbrenner IV, returning as a partner.^[72]
• New entrant Top Gun Racing attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 with R. C. Enerson after shelving their plans to run the 2020 Indianapolis 500.^[73] The team later ran at the Big Machine Spiked Cooler Grand Prix.^[59]
• On August 3, 2021, the newly renamed Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that it would return to top-level IndyCar competition for the first time since the 2019 Indianapolis 500, contesting the final three races of 2021 in preparation for a full-time campaign beginning in 2022. The announcement also mentioned that former Williams F1 shareholder Brad Hollinger had become a co-owner of the team.^[43]

Schedule

On October 1, 2020, a seventeen-race calendar was announced.^[74] Iowa Speedway did not return from the 2020 IndyCar Series calendar, while all tracks that were unable to host races in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic returned to the calendar with the exception of Circuit of the Americas and Richmond Raceway.^[75][76] A second road course race at Indianapolis was held once again, as part of a doubleheader on Brickyard weekend in August.^[77][78]

On December 17, 2020, it was announced that in order to provide "the best opportunity to provide our guests with a fun and exciting experience in a safe and unrestricted environment", the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach would be rescheduled from April 18 to September 26, becoming the season finale. Combined with the Portland and Laguna Seca events, this formed a three-race west coast swing to conclude the season, while for the second consecutive year the season would conclude with a street course race.^[79]

On January 6, 2021, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was rescheduled to April 25 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the season opener being moved to Barber Motorsports Park.^[80]

On January 22, 2021, the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was rescheduled to April 18 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was now on NBC network television.^[81]

On May 14, 2021, the Honda Indy Toronto was cancelled for a second successive season, due to the restrictions imposed in Ontario because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[82]

Rd.	Race name	Track	Location	Date
1	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama presented by AmFirst	R  Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	April 18
2	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	S  Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	April 25
3	Genesys 300	O  Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	May 1
4	XPEL 375			May 2
5	GMR Grand Prix	R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana	May 15
6	105th Running of the Indianapolis 500	O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway		May 30
7	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix	S  Belle Isle Street Circuit	Detroit, Michigan	June 12
8				June 13
9	REV Group Grand Prix at Road America	R  Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	June 20
10	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio	R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 4
-	Honda Indy Toronto	S  Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 11
11	Big Machine Music City Grand Prix[83][84]	S  Nashville Street Circuit	Nashville, Tennessee	August 8
12	Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix[85]	R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana	August 14
13	Bommarito Automotive Group 500	O  World Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, Illinois	August 21
14	Grand Prix of Portland	R  Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	September 12
15	Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey	R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 19
16	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach	S  Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	September 26

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

Results

Rd.	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner			Report
					Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Birmingham	Pato O'Ward	Pato O'Ward	Álex Palou	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
2	St. Petersburg	Colton Herta	Álex Palou	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda	Report
3	Texas 1	Álex Palou[b]	Marcus Ericsson	Scott Dixon	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
4	Texas 2	Scott Dixon[b]	Álex Palou	Scott Dixon	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	Report
5	IMS GMR GP	Romain Grosjean	Rinus VeeKay	Romain Grosjean	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	Report
6	Indianapolis 500	Scott Dixon	Santino Ferrucci	Conor Daly	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	Report
7	Detroit 1	Pato O'Ward	Josef Newgarden	Will Power	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
8	Detroit 2	Josef Newgarden	Colton Herta	Josef Newgarden	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet
9	Road America	Josef Newgarden	Álex Palou	Josef Newgarden	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
10	Mid-Ohio	Josef Newgarden	Jack Harvey	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
11	Nashville	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
12	IMS Big Machine GP	Pato O'Ward	Will Power	Will Power	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
13	Gateway	Will Power	Takuma Sato	Josef Newgarden	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	Report
14	Portland	Álex Palou	Romain Grosjean	Graham Rahal	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	Report
15	Laguna Seca	Colton Herta	Josef Newgarden	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda	Report
16	Long Beach	Josef Newgarden	Pato O'Ward	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian	Honda	Report

Points standings

Further information: List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems

• Ties are broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc.; then by finishing position in the previous race; then by random draw.^[86]

Driver standings

• At all races except the Indy 500, the pole position qualifier earned 1 point (unless qualifying is not held).^[87] The top nine Indy 500 qualifiers received points, descending from 9 points for the pole position.^[87] At double header races, the fastest qualifier of each qualifying group earned 1 point.^[87]
• Drivers who lead at least one race lap were awarded 1 point.^[86] The driver who leads the most laps during a race scored an additional 2 points.^[86]
• Entrant-initiated engine change-outs before the engine reached their required distance run resulted in the loss of 10 points.^[88]

Pos Driver ALA STP TXS IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IGP2 GAT POR LAG LBH Pts 1 Álex Palou 1^L* 17^L 4^cL 7^L 3^L 2^6L 15 3 1^L 3 7 27 20 1^L 2 4 549 2 Josef Newgarden 23 2 6 2^L 4 12 10 2^L* 21^L* 1^L* 10 8^L 1^L* 5 7 2^L 511 3 Pato O'Ward 4^L 19 3 1^L 15 4^L 3^L 1^L 9 8 13 5^L 2^L 14^L 5 27 487 4 Scott Dixon 3 5 1^L* 4^cL* 9^L 17^1L 8^L 7 4^L 4 2 17 19 3^L 13 3^L 481 5 Colton Herta 22 1^L* 22 5 13 16^2L 14 4 2 13^L 19^L* 3^L 18^L 8 1^L* 1^L* 455 6 Marcus Ericsson 8 7 19 12 10 11^9 1^L 9 6 2^L 1^L 9 9 7^L 6 28 435 7 Graham Rahal 7 15 5 3^L 5 32^L 5^L 5 11 6 5 7 23 10^L* 4 16^L 389 8 Simon Pagenaud 12 3^L 10 6 6 3^L 12 8 18 14 21 16^L 8^L 21 8 5 383 9 Will Power 2^L 8 14 13^L 11 30 20^L* 6 3 25 14 1^L* 3^L 13 26 10 357 10 Alexander Rossi 9 21 8 20 7 29 7^L 13 7 5 17 4 17 2 25 6 332 11 Takuma Sato 13 6 9 14^L 16 14^L 4 12 8^L 10 25 10 6 12 27 9 324 12 Rinus VeeKay 6^L 9 20 9^L 1^L 8^3L 2 18 16 24 24 21 17 18 25 308 13 Jack Harvey 11 4 7 17 23 18 16 19 17 19 15 6 10 4^L 15 7^L 308 14 Scott McLaughlin  RY  14 11 2 8 8 20 19 20 14 12 22 23 4 9^L 12 11 305 15 Romain Grosjean  R  10 13 2^L* 23^L 24 5 7 16^L 2 14 22 3^L 24 272 16 Sébastien Bourdais 5^L 10 24 19 19 26 11 16 16 11 27 15 5^L 18 14 8 258 17 Ryan Hunter-Reay 24 14 16 10 12^L 22^7 21 11 13 24 4 18 7 15 11 23 256 18 Conor Daly 16 16 21 24 25 13^L* 13 15 20 15 12 11 11 16 16 21 235 19 Ed Jones 15 20 12 22 14 28 9^L 17 23 26 6 14 24 11^L 10 12 233 20 James Hinchcliffe 17 18 23 18 18 21 17 14 15 17 3 22 15 27 20 14 220 21 Felix Rosenqvist 21 12 13 16 17 27^L 25 23 8 13 16 6 19 13 205 22 Hélio Castroneves 1^8L 9 21 23 24 20^L 158 23 Dalton Kellett 18 23 18 23 20 23 18 23 25 21 23 26 12 26 23 19 148 24 Santino Ferrucci 6^L 6 10 9 11 146 25 Max Chilton 20 24 24 22 22 10^L 18 18 20 19 21 15 134 26 Jimmie Johnson  R  19 22 24 24 21 22 22 26 19 20 17 17 108 27 Ed Carpenter 17 11^L 5^4 22 107 28 Tony Kanaan 11 15 10^5 13 96 29 Oliver Askew 25 12^L 24 9 22^L 61 30 Sage Karam 7^L 53 31 Juan Pablo Montoya 21 9 53 32 Pietro Fittipaldi 15 21 25 34 33 J. R. Hildebrand 15 30 34 Cody Ware  R  19 20 25 26 35 Marco Andretti 19 22 36 Charlie Kimball 22 DNQ 18 20 37 Christian Lundgaard  R  12^L 19 38 Callum Ilott  R  25 22 26 18 39 Ryan Norman  R  20 10 40 Simona de Silvestro 31 10 41 Stefan Wilson  R  33 10 42 Kevin Magnussen  R  24^L 7 43 R. C. Enerson  R  DNQ 28 5 Pos Driver ALA STP TXS IGP1 INDY DET ROA MDO NSH IGP2 GAT POR LAG LBH Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd-place finish Bronze 3rd-place finish Green Top 5 finish Light Blue Top 10 finish Dark Blue Other flagged position Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrew (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did Not Start (DNS) Race abandoned (C) Blank Did not participate In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point; except Indy) Italics Ran fastest race lap ^L Led race lap (1 point) * Led most race laps (2 points) ^1–9 Indy 500 "Fast Nine" bonus points ^c Qualifying canceled (no bonus point)  RY  Rookie of the Year  R  Rookie

Entrant standings

• Based on the entrant, used for oval qualifications order, and starting grids when qualifying is cancelled.
• Only full-time entrants, and at-large part-time entrants shown.

Pos	Entrant	ALA	STP	TXS		IGP1	INDY	DET		ROA	MDO	NSH	IGP2	GAT	POR	LAG	LBH	Pts
1	#10 Chip Ganassi Racing	1^L*	17^L	4^cL	7^L	3^L	2^6L	15	3	1^L	3	7	27	20	1^L	2	4	549
2	#2 Team Penske	23	2	6	2^L	4	12	10	2^L*	21^L*	1^L*	10	8^L	1^L*	5	7	2^L	511
3	#5 Arrow McLaren SP	4^L	19	3	1^L	15	4^L	3^L	1^L	9	8	13	5^L	2^L	14^L	5	27	487
4	#9 Chip Ganassi Racing	3	5	1^L*	4^cL*	9^L	17^1L	8^L	7	4^L	4	2	17	19	3^L	13	3^L	481
5	#26 Andretti Autosport	22	1^L*	22	5	13	16^2L	14	4	2	13^L	19^L*	3^L	18^L	8	1^L*	1^L*	455
6	#8 Chip Ganassi Racing	8	7	19	12	10	11^9	1^L	9	6	2^L	1^L	9	9	7^L	6	28	435
7	#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	7	15	5	3^L	5	32^L	5^L	5	11	6	5	7	23	10^L*	4	16^L	389
8	#22 Team Penske	12	3^L	10	6	6	3^L	12	8	18	14	21	16^L	8^L	21	8	5	383
9	#12 Team Penske	2^L	8	14	13^L	11	30	20^L*	6	3	25	14	1^L*	3^L	13	26	10	357
10	#27 Andretti Autosport	9	21	8	20	7	29	7^L	13	7	5	17	4	17	2	25	6	332
11	#21 Ed Carpenter Racing	6^L	9	20	9^L	1^L	8^3L	2	18	12^L	16	24	24	21	17	18	25	327
12	#30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	13	6	9	14^L	16	14^L	4	12	8^L	10	25	10	6	12	27	9	324
13	#60 Meyer Shank Racing	11	4	7	17	23	18	16	19	17	19	15	6	10	4^L	15	7^L	308
14	#51 Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	10	13	15	21	2^L*	25	23^L	24	5	7	16^L	2	14	22	3^L	24	306
15	#3 Team Penske	14	11	2	8	8	20	19	20	14	12	22	23	4	9^L	12	11	305
16	#20 Ed Carpenter Racing	16	16	17	11^L	25	5^4	13	15	20	15	12	11	22	16	16	21	271
17	#14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises	5^L	10	24	19	19	26	11	16	16	11	27	15	5^L	18	14	8	258
18	#28 Andretti Autosport	24	14	16	10	12^L	22^7	21	11	13	24	4	18	7	15	11	23	256
19	#18 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	15	20	12	22	14	28	9^L	17	23	26	6	14	24	11^L	10	12	233
20	#29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	17	18	23	18	18	21	17	14	15	17	3	22	15	27	20	14	220
21	#7 Arrow McLaren SP	21	12	13	16	17	27^L	25	25	24^L	23	8	13	16	6	19	13	217
22	#48 Chip Ganassi Racing	19	22	11	15	24	10^5	24	21	22	22	26	19	13	20	17	17	204
23	#45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing						6^L	6	10		9	11	12^L		24	9	22^L	202
24	#59 Carlin	20	24	21	24	Wth	24	22	22	10^L	18	18	20	11	19	21	15	168
25	#06 Meyer Shank Racing						1^8L					9	21		23	24	20^L	158
26	#4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises	18	23	18	23	20	23	18	23	25	21	23	26	12	26	23	19	148
Pos	Entrant	ALA	STP	TXS		IGP1	INDY	DET		ROA	MDO	NSH	IGP2	GAT	POR	LAG	LBH	Pts

Manufacturer standings

• All manufacturer points (including qualifying points, race finish points, and race win bonus points) could only be earned by full-season entrants,^[89] and provided they were using an engine from their initial allocation, or had mileaged out all previously used engines.^[90] Ineligible cars were removed from the finishing order used for race finish points,^[91] and could not score pole or win bonus points.^[92]
• The top two finishing entrants from each manufacturer in each race scored points for their respective manufacturer. The manufacturer that won each race was awarded five additional points.
• At all races except the Indy 500, the manufacturer who qualified on pole earned one point. At the Indy 500, the fastest Saturday qualifier earned one point, while the pole position winner on Sunday earned two points.

Pos	Manufacturer	ALA	STP	TXS		IGP	INDY	DET		ROA	MDO	NSH	IGP2	GAT	POR	LAG	LBH	Bonus	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	5	1	1	1	78	1401
		3	4	4	4	3	6	4	4	2	3	2	3	6	2	2	2
		90^W	88^PW	87^W	67	76^P	159^PP	87^W	67	95^W	75	96^PW	75	58	90	96^PW	95^W
2	Chevrolet	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	7	1	1	4	4	3	40	1238
		4	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	9	8	8	5	2	7	6	6
		73^P	75	75	95^W	87^W	115	76^P	96^PW	58^P	80^PW	50	86^PW	91^P	58	60	63

Manufacturer standings results breakdown
Entrant	ALA	STP	TXS		IGP1	INDY	DET		ROA	MDO	NSH	IGP2	GAT	POR	LAG	LBH
Chevrolet
#2 Team Penske	23	2	6	2	4^2	8^3	9	2	20	1^4	8	Ineligible[93]
#3 Team Penske	14	11	2	8	8^2	13	18	19^3	14	11	18	20^4	3	7	8	8
#4 A. J. Foyt Enterprises	18	23	18	23	20^2	16^3	17	22	24	19	19	22	11^4	18	17	15
#5 Arrow McLaren SP	4	19	3	1	15^2	3^3	3	1	9	8	10^4	5	1	11	4	18
#7 Arrow McLaren SP	21	12	13	16	17^2	20^3	24	24	23	21	7	11	15^4	4	14	10
#12 Team Penske	2	8	14	13	11^2	23^3	19	6	3	23	11	1^4	2	10	19	7
#14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises	5	10	24	19	19^2	19^3,4	10	15	16	10	23	13	4	13	10	6
#20 Ed Carpenter Racing	16	16	17	11	23^2	4^3	12	14	19	14	9^4	10	20	12	12	16
#21 Ed Carpenter Racing	6	9	20	9	1^2	5^3	2	17	12	15	20^4	21	19	Ineligible[94]
#22 Team Penske	12	3	10	6	6^2	2^3	11	8	18	13	17^4	14	7	16	6	3
#59 Carlin	20	24	21	24	Wth^2	17^3	21	21	10	17	15	18^4	10	14	16	12
Honda
#8 Chip Ganassi Racing	8	7	19	12	10^2	7	1	9	6^3	2	1	8	8	5^4	5	19
#9 Chip Ganassi Racing	3	5	1	4	9	11^2	7	7^3	4	4	2	15	18	2^4	9	2
#10 Chip Ganassi Racing	1	17	4^2	7	3	1^3	14	3^4	1	3	Ineligible[95]
#15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	7	15	5	3	5^2	24	5	5^3	11	6	5	7	21	8^4	3	13
#18 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	15	20	12	22	14	21^2	8	16^3	22	24	6	12	22	9^4	7	9
#26 Andretti Autosport	22	1	22	5	13	10^2	13	4^3	2	12	16	3	17	6^4	1	1
#27 Andretti Autosport	9	21	8	20	7	22^2	6	12^3	7	5	14	4	16	1^4	18	4
#28 Andretti Autosport	24	14	16	10	12	15^2	20	10^3	13	22	4	16	6	Ineligible[96]
#29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	17	18	23	18	18	14^2	16	13^3	15	16	3	19	14	19^4	15	11
#30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	13	6	9	14	16	9^2	4	11^3	8	9	21	9	5	Ineligible[96]
#48 Chip Ganassi Racing	19	22	11	15	22^2	6	23	20^3	21	20	22^4	17	12	15	13	14
#51 Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	10	13	15	21	2^2	18	22	23^3	5	7	13	2	13	17^4	2	17
#60 Meyer Shank Racing	11	4	7	17	21	12^2,3	15	18^4	17	18	12	6	9	3	11	5
Superscript indicates entrant engine count

See also

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

Footnotes

1. Technical partnership with Andretti Autosport.
2. Technical partnership with Team Penske.

1. Stefan Wilson was considered a rookie in the IndyCar Series, as he had contested less than eight IndyCar races in his career.^[9] He was not denoted as a rookie in the 2021 Indianapolis 500, as he competed in the race in 2016 and 2018.
2. Qualifying for Texas was cancelled due to rain. The grid was set by entrant points entering the race, and no bonus point was awarded for pole position.^[86]

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External links

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