IndyCar’s February testing schedule set to resume

Four IndyCar teams were projected to test on Monday at Sebring International Raceway, to kick off February’s testing schedule [but no test times were made available like is done in all other racing series except IndyCar. IndyCar likes to keep their fans in the dark so they forget about the series during the long winter break]. The rest of the month will see teams largely head west to California.

Per the official IndyCar testing schedule, Dale Coyne Racing (Justin Wilson and a second driver TBD), Schmidt Peterson’s Simon Pagenaud and Mikhail Aleshin, Panther Racing’s Carlos Huertas and an unnamed driver for Bryan Herta Autosport (likely Luca Filippi, but not confirmed) are listed for a single-day test today. Thus far, only SPM has tweeted its presence on site, via team manager Rob Edwards.

Wilson’s test would be his first running in an IndyCar since his accident in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana last year. But the Englishman was back in racing action a little more than a week ago at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Pagenaud and Huertas are also listed to test on Tuesday, and will be joined by two other teams. Ed Carpenter Racing’s Mike Conway will be back in action and Andretti Autosport’s quartet of Hondas – Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe, Marco Andretti and Carlos Munoz – is also listed.

The remainder of the schedule, as it stands now, is listed below by team:

Chip Ganassi Racing (Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Ryan Briscoe, Charlie Kimball): Feb. 10, Auto Club Speedway; Feb. 12, Sonoma Raceway
Team Penske (Juan Pablo Montoya, Helio Castroneves, Will Power): Feb. 10, Auto Club Speedway; Feb. 12, Sonoma Raceway; Feb. 20, Barber Motorsports Park
KV Racing Technology (Sebastien Bourdais, second driver TBD): Feb. 10, Auto Club Speedway; Feb. 12, Sonoma Raceway
Ed Carpenter Racing (Ed Carpenter, Mike Conway): Feb. 10, Auto Club Speedway (Carpenter); Feb. 12, Sonoma Raceway (Conway)
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Simon Pagenaud, Mikhail Aleshin): Feb. 12, Sonoma Raceway
A.J. Foyt Racing (Takuma Sato): Feb. 12, Sonoma Raceway
Dale Coyne Racing (Justin Wilson, second driver TBD): Feb. 17, Sebring International Raceway
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (Josef Newgarden): Feb. 17, Sebring International Raceway
Bryan Herta Autosport (driver TBD): Feb. 17, Sebring International Raceway NBC Sports