2015 Alternate IndyCar Series

2015 IndyCar Series
Verizon IndyCar Series
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 29
End date	August 30
Awards
Drivers' champion	Scott Dixon
Manufacturers' Cup	Chevrolet
Rookie of the Year	Gabby Chaves
Indianapolis 500 winner	Juan Pablo Montoya
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2014	2016

The 2015 IndyCar Series season was the 20th season of the IndyCar Series, and the 104th recognized season of top-level American open wheel racing.

F1RICS split

After years of a single-spec chassis formula in IndyCar, a number of the series' investors had become disillusioned with the modern image of the sport and wanted to champion a return to multiple specifications of chassis and engines. Forming the "F1RICS" series, a number of teams from across the world joined the series, although tellingly none made the jump from IndyCar. The series featured chassis from Lola, Reynard, Panoz and Swift, offering greater flexibility in suppliers compared to the Dallara monopoly in IndyCar. A number of manufacturers also supplied naturally-aspirated V8 engines, which was largely left-over stock from the previous generation of IndyCar engines, as well as some de-tuned former F1 units.

F1RICS also offered a greater calendar with twenty-four rounds, and although it visited the Indianapolis Speedway three weeks before IndyCar, it was unable to obtain the naming rights to the "Indianapolis 500". Instead, the series' race at the Brickyard was known as the "United States 500".

Although few drivers made the switch to F1RICS, IndyCar struggled to remain sustainable with a competitor series.

Final Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA		INDY			DET		TEX	TOR	FON	MIL	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM	Pts
							IMS	500
1	Scott Dixon	15	11	1*	3		10	4*		5	20	1*	8	6	7	18	4	9	1*	556
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	1	5*1	3	14		3	1		10	10*1	4	7	4	4	24	11	3	6	556
3	Will Power	2*	7	20	4		1*	2		4	18	13	4*	19*	22	10	14	4	7	493
4	Graham Rahal	11	8	11	2		2	5		23	3	15	9	1	3	4	1*	20	18	490
5	Hélio Castroneves	4	2	2	15		6	7		6	19	3	3	23	2	11	15	16	15	453
6	Ryan Hunter-Reay	7	19	13	5		11	15		13	8	18	19	16	13	1	7	1	2	436
7	Josef Newgarden	12	9	7	1*		20	9		8	21	21	1*	21	5	2*	13	2*	21	431
8	Tony Kanaan	3	6	5	13		7	26		20	13	2	6	2	6	21	5	19	4	431
9	Marco Andretti	10	13	8	10		16	6		2*	5	5	13	3	8	7	10	18	11	429
10	Timo Glock	6	21	6	8		4	11		14	1	14	5	14	1*	9	17	23	20	406
11	Simon Pagenaud	5	20	4	9		25	10		3	14	11	11	9	9	14	3	7	16	384
12	Charlie Kimball	21	14	15	12		5	3		22	11	7	20	8	12	22	23	12	3	372
13	Carlos Muñoz	14	12	9	6		13	20		1	23	6	22	11	15	5	9	5	22	349
14	Takuma Sato	13	22	18	17		9	13		11	2	16	10	18	14	19	24	6	8	323
15	Gabby Chaves RY	17	15	16	16		15	16		18	9	10	15	20	11	16	12	11	14	281
16	James Jakes	22	3	19	22		18	18		12	15	9	21	7	23	15	16	10	25	257
17	Jack Hawksworth	8	24	14	21		23	24		7	7	23	14	10	17	13	8	22	19	256
18	Ryan Briscoe							12				8		15	21	8	18	8	5	205
19	Stefano Coletti R	20	17	23	19		8	25		15	16	19	23	12	20	20	19	24	17	203
20	Sage Karam R	19	18		18			32		16	12	12		5	19	3	22	14		197
21	Luca Filippi	9	10	22	11		14			9	17		2				21		24	182
22	Tristan Vautier							28		17	4	20	17	17	16	12	6	21	23	175
23	James Hinchcliffe	16	1	12	7		12	Wth												129
24	Justin Wilson						24	21							18	17	2	15†		108
25	Sebastián Saavedra			10			17	23					16						13	96
26	Rodolfo González R				20					21	22		18				20		9	94
27	Ed Carpenter							30				22		22	10	6		17		88
28	Conor Daly R			17				33		19	6		12							81
29	Pippa Mann							22				17		13	24	23		13		76
30	Simona de Silvestro	18	4					19												66
31	J.R. Hildebrand						21	8												57
32	Oriol Servià							29											12	46
33	Roberto Merhi R																		10	40
34	Francesco Dracone R	23	23	21	23		22													38
35	Townsend Bell							14												32
36	Carlos Huertas	24	16				19	Wth												31
37	Alex Tagliani							17												27
38	James Davison							27												10
39	Bryan Clauson R							31												10
—	Buddy Lazier							DNQ												0
—	Rocky Moran Jr. R			Wth																0