American   Age 23                                          Dale Coyne Racing
IndyCar Rookies
Meet the 2025
INDY NXT
He finished 2nd in points
for Abel Motorsports
Dale Coyne Racing
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
PREMA Racing
Last year, IndyCar had 6 Rookies.
Jacob Abel
2025 INDYCAR ROOKIES
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RACING RECORD
2022
2023
2023
2024
2024
Indy Lights
Indy NXT
FR Oceania
Indy NXT
FR Oceania
8th
5th
3rd
2nd
13th
Finish
Series
British   Age 21                                  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
INDY NXT
Won championship
for Andretti Global
Louis Foster
RACING RECORD
2023
2023
2024
Indy NXT
FR Oceania
Indy NXT
4th
12th
1st
Finish
Series
14
9
14
Wins
0
0
0
3
0
Wins
Israeli   Age 25                                                  PREMA Racing
Robert Shwartzman
WEC
Driving Ferrari 499P for AF Corse
TO QUALIFY AS A ROOKIE
A driver is considered a rookie in the IndyCar series during a given season if the driver has
1) not participated in more than four races during a single prior IndyCar season, AND
2) has a total of less than eight IndyCar races in their career.
RACING RECORD
2020
2021
2023
2024
FIA F2
FIA F2
GT World Challenge
WEC Hypercar
4th
2nd
8th
9th
Finish
Series
4
2
1
1
Wins
Races
14
14
15
14
6
Jacob Abel has been racing in US formula
series for his family's race team since 2017.
FR OCEANIA Championship
He competed in 6 races in New Zealand
for MTEC Motorsports
Louis is the son of former British Touring Car
Championship racer Nick Foster.
Races
2
1
8
Races
24
24
7
7
He was a reserve driver for Stake F1 team
last year.
A LOOK AT SUCCESS RATE OF RECENT ROOKIES
Rookie Class
Still in IndyCar
Gone
2019
Marcus Ericsson
Colton Herta
Pato O'Ward
Felix Rosenqvist
Santino Ferrucci
Ben Hanley
2020
Alex Palou
Rinus VeeKay
Oliver Askew
Dalton Kellett
2021
2022
Scott McLaughlin
Jimmie Johnson
Romain Grosjean
Devlin DeFrancesco
Kyle Kirkwood
Christian Lundgaard
David Malukas
Callum Ilott
Tatiana Calderón
2023
Sting Ray Robb
Marcus Armstrong
Benjamin Pedersen
Agustín Canapino
2024
Christian Rasmussen
Kyffin Simpson
Nolan Siegel
Tom Blomqvist
Théo Pourchaire
Linus Lundqvist
Year
Exited
Reason
2020
Team folded
2021
2022

Retired
2024
2024
2024


Lack of $
2023
2024
2022
7 races
2022
2024
Retired
# of Drivers Above in 2025 field:
# of 2025 Rookies:
Remaining 2025 Veteran Drivers:

Total 2025 IndyCar Drivers:
18
3
6

27
Alex Rossi
Conor Daly
Josef Newgarden
Graham Rahal
Will Power
Scott Dixon
2016
2016
2012
2007
2006
2001
Driver
Rookie Year
The Remaining 6 Veteran Drivers: