Updated IndyCar and F1 2022 Silly Season Pages

Although it is VERY unlikely that Nico Hulkenberg will race in IndyCar next year, he has has discussions about racing on the road and street circuits next year for Ed Carpenter racing in case Conor Daly cannot come up with the money to buy the seat again.

Per the F1 Silly Season table below the IndyCar table, Hulkenberg is trying to land a seat on the Williams F1 team next year, that is his preference.

Last Update August 2, 2021

2022 IndyCar Silly Season Page
Team	Engine	No.	Driver	Primary Sponsor	Rating	Comments
AJ Foyt Racing	Chevy	4	Dalton Kellett	K-Line	Strong
		14	Sebastien Bourdais	ROKIT	Speculation	Likely to re-sign
		14	Tatiana Calderon	ROKIT	Speculation	Could replace Bourdais
		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, but Penske beckons
		27	Romain Grosjean	NAPA and Miami Breeze Car Care	Speculation	If Rossi goes to Penske
		28	Jack Harvey	DHL and AutoNation	Speculation
		29	Alex Albon	Money from Thailand	Speculation	F1 reserve driver itching for real racing
Arrow McLaren SP	Chevy	5	Pato O’Ward	Arrow	Fact	Signed
		7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow	Speculation	Has to step up his game
		7	Nico Hulkenberg	Arrow	Speculation	Eying IndyCar
		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	Miami Breeze Car Care	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
			Nico Hulkenberg	TBD	Speculation	Road and Street Only
			Conor Daly	US Air Force	Strong	Looking for $
Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	60	Kevin Magnussen	AutoNation and SiriusXM	Speculation	Would Ganassi let him go?
		60	Kyle Kirkwood	AutoNation and SiriusXM	Strong	Would bring Lights $1 million
		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	Speculation	May Retire
		45	Antonio Felix da Costa	TBD	Speculation
			Christian Lundgaard	TBD	Speculation	Has given up on F1 dream
			Jack Harvey	HyVee	Strong	Leaving MSR
			Santino Ferrucci	HyVee	Speculation
Team Penske	Chevy	2	Josef Newgarden	Hitachi	Fact	Signed
		3	Scott McLaughlin	Shell, PPG	Strong	Penske may send him to IMSA unless he steps up his game
		3 or 22	Alexander Rossi	TBD	Speculation	Depends on what Penske does with McLaughlin and Pagenaud
		12	Will Power	Verizon	Fact	Signed
		22	Simon Pagenaud	Menards	Speculation	IMSA Bound?
Top Gun Racing	Chevy		RC Enerson	US Navy?	Fact	Indy 500 Only?

2022 F1 Silly Season Page
Team	Engine	No.	Driver	Nat.	Rating	Comments
Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	Ferrari	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Speculation	Kimi has had a rough season and says he doesn’t care who replaces him.
		47	Mick Schumacher	Germany	Speculation	Schumacher is contracted to Ferrari. Do they keep him at Haas or move him to Alfa?
		77	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Speculation	Reportedly, Bottas has already spoken with Alfa about a 2022 seat.
		99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Italy	Speculation	Giovinazzi is unsure of his future.
		53	Callum Ilott	England	Speculation	Ilott one of many linked to Alfa Romeo
Alpha Tauri	Red Bull	10	Pierre Gasly	France	Strong	Gasly would like to go back to the senior Red Bull team but Alpha Tauri seems more likely.
Alpha Tauri	Red Bull	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Japan	Strong	Franz Tost seemed to suggest Tsunoda would get a second year with Alpha Tauri.
Alpine F1 Team	Renault	14	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Strong	It appears Alpine has an option on Alonso for 2022.
Alpine F1 Team	Renault	31	Esteban Ocon	France	Fact	Ocon re-signed with Alpine in June.
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Mercedes	5	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Strong	Vettel is all but confirmed.
Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Mercedes	18	Lance Stroll	Canada	Strong	No confirmation, but we doubt Lawrence Stroll sacks his son.
Ferrari	Ferrari	16	Charles Leclerc	Monaco	Fact	Leclerc signed through 2024.
Ferrari	Ferrari	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Spain	Fact	Sainz all set at Ferrari for 2022.
Haas F1 Team	Ferrari	9	Nikita Mazepin	Russia	Fact	Mazepin is signed for 2022.
Haas F1 Team	Ferrari	47	Mick Schumacher	Germany	Strong	Schumacher is contracted to Ferrari. Do they keep him at Haas or move him to Alfa?
McLaren F1 Team	Mercedes	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Australia	Fact	Ricciardo signed for 2022.
McLaren F1 Team	Mercedes	4	Lando Norris	England	Fact	Norris inked a multi-year deal with the team in May.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	44	Lewis Hamilton	England	Fact	Hamilton is signed for 2022.
		63	George Russell	England	Strong	If you believe Gunther Steiner, Russell is headed to Mercedes in 2022.
		77	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Speculation	Despite the lack of performance, there are many who believe Bottas will stay.
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	11	Sergio Perez	Mexico	Strong	Perez has endured a difficult stretch recently, but we expect he returns for a second year.
		33	Max Verstappen	Netherlands	Fact	Verstappen is all set for 2022.
		77	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Speculation	Seems doubtful, but one rumor had Bottas possibly headed to Red Bull.
Williams Racing	Mercedes	6	Nicholas Latifi	Canada	Speculation	Not much word on Latifi for 2022.
		26	Daniil Kvyat	Russia	Speculation	Kvyat has been linked to Williams.
		27	Nico Hulkenberg	Germany	Speculation	Hulkenberg has been linked to Williams
		63	George Russell	England	Speculation	Williams doesn’t sound optimistic about keeping the talented Russell.
		77	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Speculation	Add Williams to the list of teams Bottas is linked to.
		45	Guanyu Zhou	China	Speculation	Chinese F2 driver linked to Williams.
		21	Nyck de Vries	Netherlands	Strong	The Formula E driver is one of many linked with Williams.