AR1's 2022 IndyCar Silly Season page

On our AR1 IndyCar Silly Season page below, we had Alexander Rossi as ‘fact’ with Andretti Autosport. He signed a multi-year deal with Andretti in 2020 and as we understand it, he also has some deal with Honda as he drives for them in a couple of other series part-time. Andretti Autosport is a Honda team.

So, why then did Norris McDonald of Wheels.ca report that “Alexander Rossi has been talking to Penske. All of Penske’s drivers except Newgarden have been told their performance is under review. Chances are Rossi will move to Penske and Scott McLaughlin will go home to Australia. Or something. Rossi will be elsewhere next season. That is for sure.”

We know Rossi was talking to Penske before he signed with Andretti. Unless there is a performance clause out in Rossi’s contract with Andretti, as far as we know, he will be with Andretti for another year.

Let’s see how this one plays out……..we have added Rossi as a possibility with Team Penske as a replacement for Pagenaud in the #22. Penske may move Pagenaud to his new IMSA program, or so the rumor mill says.

July 4, 2021

Overheard in the Mid-Ohio paddock Friday, Autoracing1.com assembled our first 2022 IndyCar Silly Season page.

You can find this page with this link – bookmark it.

Eyeing IndyCar? Alexander Albon of Thailand and Red Bull Racing Honda (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

2022 IndyCar Silly Season Page
Team	Engine	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Rating	Comment
AJ Foyt Racing	Chevy	4	Dalton Kellett	K-Line	Strong
		14	Sebastien Bourdais	TBD	Strong	Likely to re-sign
		11	Charlie Kimball	Tresiba	Speculation
Andretti Autosport	Honda	25	Stefan Wilson	Lohla Sport	Speculation	Indy 500 Only
		26	Colton Herta	Gainbridge	Fact	Signed
		27	Alexander Rossi	NAPA and AutoNation	Strong	Signed
		28	Romain Grosjean	DHL	Strong	Non-Ovals Only
		28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	DHL	Speculation	Ovals Only, may do some IMSA
		29	Alex Albon	TBD	Speculation	F1 reserve driver itching for real racing
		29	Kyle Kirkwood	TBD	Strong	If he wins Lights title
Arrow McLaren SP	Chevy	5	Pato O’Ward	Arrow	Fact	Signed
		7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow	Speculation	Has to step up his game
		6	Juan Montoya	TBD	Speculation	Indy 500 only
Carlin Racing	Chevy	59	Max Chilton	Gallagher Insurance	Strong	Likely to re-sign
Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	8	Marcus Ericsson	Huski Chocolate	Strong	Likely to re-sign
		9	Scott Dixon	PNC Bank	Fact	Signed
		10	Alex Palou	NTT Data	Fact	Signed
		48	Jimmie Johnson	Carvana	Strong	May run full season
Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser Sullivan	Honda	18	Ed Jones	Sealmaster	Strong	Likely to re-sign
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing	Honda	51	Romain Grosjean	TBD	Speculation	Andretti Bound?
		52	Ryan Norman	Koinu Inu Cryptro	Speculation
		52	Cody Ware	TBD	Speculation
Dreyer Reinbold	Chevy	24	Sage Karam	Wix	Strong	Indy 500 Only
Dreyer Reinbold	Chevy	67	JR Hildebrand	Salesforce	Strong	Indy 500 Only
Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevy	21	Rinus Veekay	Sonax	Fact	Signed
		20	Ed Carpenter	US Space Force	Fact	Ovals Only
		20	Conor Daly	US Air Force	Strong	Likely to re-sign
Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	60	Jack Harvey	AutoNation	Strong	Likely to re-sign
Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	06	Helio Castroneves	TBD	Strong	Likely to re-sign
Paretta Autosport	Chevy	16	Simona De Silvestro		Strong	Indy 500 Only
Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	15	Graham Rahal	United Rentals	Fact	Signed
		30	Takuma Sato	Panasonic, Mi-Jack	Strong	Likely to re-sign
		45	Antonio Felix da Costa	TBD	Speculation
		45	Santino Ferrucci	HyVee	Strong	Part-time?
Team Penske	Chevy	2	Josef Newgarden	Hitachi	Fact	Signed
		3	Scott McLaughlin	Shell, PPG	Strong	His performance has not been stellar
		12	Will Power	Verizon	Fact	Signed
		22	Simon Pagenaud	Menards	Speculation	IMSA Bound?
		22	Alexander Rossi	TBD	Speculation	Will Andretti let him go?
Top Gun Racing	Chevy		RC Enerson	US Navy?	Fact	Indy 500 Only?