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| Newman-Haas Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Telemundo (Servià); Eric Sprott & Sprott Inc. (Hinchcliffe) | 
| No.06 not present at St. Petersburg | 
| 2 | Oriol Servià (E) | 
| 06 | James Hinchcliffe (CDN) | 
| Team Penske | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Guidepoint, Shell V-Power, Pennzoil Ultra (Castroneves); PPG, IZOD (Briscoe); Verizon, Mazak | 
| 3 | Helio Castroneves (BR) | 
| 6 | Ryan Briscoe (AUS) | EURF3 2003 | 
| 12 | Will Power (AUS) | F Holden 2002 | 
| Panther Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: National Guard, Delphi, Fisher House | 
| Limited programme: Rice (Indianapolis) | 
| 4 | JR Hildebrand (USA) | Indy Lights 2009 | 
| 44 | Buddy Rice (USA) | 
| KV Racing Technology-Lotus | 
| No.07 entered by KV Racing Technology-SH Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Lotus, Cosworth (Sato, Viso); PDVSA, Jet Aviation, Herbalife, SBA, Plantronics (Viso); GEICO (Kanaan); Redline (Scheckter) | 
| Limited programme: Scheckter (Indianapolis) | 
| 5 | Takuma Sato (J) | GBF3 2001 | 
| 59 | Ernesto Viso (YV) | GBF3-S 2003 | 
| 82 | Tony Kanaan (BR) | 
| 07 | Tomas Scheckter (ZA) | 
| Andretti Autosport | 
| No.43 entered by Richard Petty/Andretti Autosport | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: GoDaddy.com, 7 Eleven (Patrick); Venom Energy, Comfort Revolution, OneAmerica, Palms, Dr.Pepper (Mc Andretti); GoDaddy.com (Conway); IZOD, DHL, Sun Drop (Hunter-Reay); Window World (J Andretti) | 
| 7 | Danica Patrick (USA) | 
| 26 | Marco Andretti (USA) | 
| 27 | Mike Conway (GB) | GBF3 2006 | 
| 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) | 
| 43 | John Andretti (USA) | 
| Dragon Racing | 
| Tung entered by Schmidt-Dragon Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: HP, McAfee, Bell Micro | 
| Limited programme: Long Beach, Texas, Toronto, Edmonton, Sears Point (Tracy); Indianapolis, Las Vegas (Speed); Indianapolis (Tung, Carpentier) | 
| 8 | Paul Tracy (CDN) | Indy L 1990, CART 2003 | 
| Ho-Pin Tung (CN) | DF3 2006 | 
| 20 | Scott Speed (USA) | FRE 2004 | 
| Patrick Carpentier (CDN) | T Atl 1996 | 
| Target Chip Ganassi Racing | 
| No.38 entered by Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing, no.83 entered by Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Target, Fuji Film, Energizer; T-Mobile, TomTom, Air Wick (Franchitti); Service Central (Rahal); Novo Nordisk (Kimball) | 
| 9 | Scott Dixon (NZ) | Indy Lights 2000, IRL 2003 | 
| 10 | Dario Franchitti (GB) | IRL 2007, 2009 & 2010 | 
| 38 | Graham Rahal (USA) | 
| 83 | Charlie Kimball (USA) | 
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: HP (Hamilton); Z-Line Designs, Piloti, WIX (Wilson); WIX (Tracy); Ipiranga (Beatriz) | 
| Limited programme: Hamilton (Indianapolis, Texas); Tracy (Indianapolis); Pagenaud (Barber, Mid-Ohio); Scheckter (New Hampshire); Pantano (Sears Point, Baltimore, Motegi) | 
| 11 | Davey Hamilton (USA) | 
| 22 | Justin Wilson (GB) | F3000 2002 | 
| Simon Pagenaud (F) | Atl 2006, ALMS 2009 | 
| Tomas Scheckter (ZA) | 
| Giorgio Pantano (I) | DF3 2000, GP2 2008 | 
| 23 | Paul Tracy (CDN) | Indy L 1990, CART 2003 | 
| 24 | Ana Beatriz 'Bia' Figueiredo (BR) | 
| Simon Pagenaud (F) | Atl 2006, ALMS 2009 | 
| AJ Foyt Enterprises | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: ABC Supply Co., GAF ELK | 
| Limited programme: Junqueira (Indianapolis) | 
| 14 | Vitor Meira (BR) | SudAm F3 2000 | 
| 84 | Bruno Junqueira (BR) | SudAm F3 1997, Int F3000 2000 | 
| AFS Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Automatic Fire Sprinklers | 
| 17 | Raphael Matos (BR) | Atlantic 2007, Indy Lights 2008, IRL RotY 2009 | 
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 
| No.17 entered by AFS/Sam Schmidt Motorsports, no.88 entered by Sam Schmidt-RLL Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: AFS (Plowman), Bowers & Wilkins (Tagliani); Service Central (Howard); Herbalife (Bell) | 
| Limited programme: Plowman (Mid-Ohio), Howard (Indianapolis, Texas), Bell (Indianapolis) | 
| 17 | Martin Plowman (GB) | 
| 77 | Alex Tagliani (CDN) | 
| 88 | Jay Howard (USA) | IPS 2006 | 
| 99 | Townsend Bell (USA) | Indy Lights 2001 | 
| Dale Coyne Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Acorn Stairlifts (Jakes); Boy Scouts of America (Bourdais) | 
| 18 | James Jakes (GB) | 
| 19 | Sébastien Bourdais (F) | FF3 1999, Int F3000 2002, Champ Cars 2004 | 
| Alex Lloyd (GB) | IPS 2007 | 
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Quick Trim | 
| Limited programme: Baguette (Indianapolis); Mann (New Hampshire, Kentucky, Las Vegas); Howard (Las Vegas) | 
| 30 | Bertrand Baguette (B) | WSR 2009 | 
| Pippa Mann (GB) | 
| 31 | Jay Howard (USA) | IPS 2006 | 
| Conquest Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: | 
| Limited programme: Mann (Indianapolis); De Oliveira (Motegi); Battistini (Kentucky) | 
| 34 | Sebastian Saavedra (CO) | 
| 36 | Pippa Mann (GB) | 
| João De Oliveira (BR) | GF3 2003, JF3 2005, F Nippon 2010 | 
| Dillon Battistini (GB) | ASF3 2007 | 
| Sarah Fisher Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: Dollar General, Direct Supply, Tire Kingdom | 
| Limited programme: Carpenter (Indianapolis, Texas, Milwaukee, Iowa, Mid-Ohio, Kentucky, Las Vegas; Scheckter (Las Vegas) | 
| 57 | Tomas Scheckter (ZA) | 
| 67 | Ed Carpenter (USA) | 
| HVM Racing | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsor: Entergy | 
| 78 | Simona De Silvestro (CH) | 
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 
| Dallara-Honda IR3, Firestone | 
| Sponsors: William Rast | 
| Limited programme: Indianapolis, Kentucky, Las Vegas | 
| 98 | Dan Wheldon (GB) | IRL 2005 |