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Rookies and qualifying[edit]

There is a statement above the entry list claiming that rookies are exempt from qualifying, which is cited to a radio broadcast during which this was allegedly said. That is not a reliable source and there is no further explanation. Is this true and if so, why are they exempt?T v x1 17:56, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There doesn't appear to be any statement saying they are "exempt from qualifying." The statement said/says "they are expected to attempt to qualify." However, it may be better to word it for now "expected to enter," as the official entry list has not yet been made public. In addition, Trackside With Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee is not to be considered an "unreliable source." It is a weekly IndyCar-based radio news program on WFNI, hosted by Kevin Lee of the IndyCar broadcast team on NBCSN, and Curt Cavin, a former sports writer for The Indianapolis Star and now IndyCar Series publicist. Doctorindy↔Talk 18:39, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alonso has no experience in oval racing, or does he? F1 is not known for slipstreming duels and overtaking, but rather processions, with overtaking mainly due to pit stops and drag reduction. -- Matthead Discuß 15:36, 25 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Formula One and Indy 500[edit]

The header states: The event will also feature Fernando Alonso, the first active World Champion Formula One driver to contest the race for several decades. With the following commented out. "Andretti, Fittipaldi, Mansell and Villeneuve were not active in Formula One while taking part." Is it referring to Michael Andretti or Mario Andretti? Because Mario did run F1 full-time and still drove at Indy during a period in the late 70s and early 80s. And he was a World Champion after 1978. It would need a little double-checking, but Mario drove full time in F1 and still drove Indy between 1975 and 1981. So not sure if "several decades" is the right way to put it. That's very ambiguous. One might think it's referring to the 1960s. Doctorindy↔Talk 12:56, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Temporary "sandbox" location for working entry list table. Table can be moved to the main article once the official entry list is formally released. Doctorindy↔Talk 13:11, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet
2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Hélio Castroneves W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Conor Daly	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
7	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
8	Max Chilton	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Tony Kanaan W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Spencer Pigot	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet
12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Carlos Muñoz	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
16	Oriol Servià	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
17	Sebastián Saavedra	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet
18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
19	Ed Jones R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	J. R. Hildebrand	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Juan Pablo Montoya W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet
26	Takuma Sato	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport with Lendium	Honda
28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda
29	Fernando Alonso R	Andretti Autosport/McLaren	Honda
40	Zach Veach R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
49	Buddy Lazier W	Lazier Partners Racing	Honda
50	Jack Harvey R	Michael Shank Racing/Andretti Autosport	Honda
63	Pippa Mann	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
77	Jay Howard	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda
83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
88	Gabby Chaves	Harding Racing/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet
98	Alexander Rossi W	Andretti Herta Autosport/Curb Agajanian	Honda
OFFICIAL REPORT

W Former winner
R Indy 500 Rookie

Rule changes[edit]

"A series of procedural rule changes were implemented by the series for the 2017 season, however, none of the rule changes significantly affected the Indianapolis 500". Wouldn't it be better to have a short note and a link to the series regulations then rather than pad this long article out with them? Britmax (talk) 15:49, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Teo Fabi[edit]

This way of redaction is a little bit ambiguous: «The event also featured Fernando Alonso, the first active Formula One World Championship driver to contest the race since Teo Fabi in 1984». Teo Fabi does not won any World Championship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.124.24.5 (talk) 20:34, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Formula One World Championship refers to the series as a whole, and not the World Drivers Champion -2604:2D80:800A:8223:99BD:45D0:6523:4ED0 (talk) 23:09, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]