A relative unknown outside of the Euroseries 3000 championship, Dracone’s drive at Conquest came at the expense of Mario Romancini after the Brazilian’s sponsorship backing ran out. The Italian never really got to grips with the IndyCar style, finishing no less than 3 laps off the pace in either of his two outings and causing an embarrassing caution period by spinning unassisted on the start/finish straight in Mid-Ohio.

In many ways Milka is lucky she has good sponsorship, as it would be difficult to imagine her in a regular race seat on merit alone. Beginning her racing career so late – at age 24 – has left Milka without the step-by-step progression through the junior formulae. Her marketability has perhaps seen her pushed too fast to the really serious racing categories. As a result, she has struggled to adapt to the IndyCar series, regularly qualifying and finishing at the back, if she finished at all.

Undoubtedly one of the veterans, Andretti competed at Kansas and Indianapolis in 2010, achieving a top-ten finish in the Window World sponsored machine. Perhaps a little race-rusty in open-wheeler racing, as was shown by his poor on-track manners when being overtaken or lapped.

A talented American driver from Japanese descent, Roger has been returning to the IndyCar series in a driving capacity usually at his spiritual home race in Motegi, Japan, which indeed served as his only start in the 2010 season. He finished last of the classified runners, although was not running at the end of the race. Outside of this, Roger has proven a capable spotter for his countryman Takuma Sato.

A little more time in the feeder formulae will do this promising young driver a world of good. Despite making four starts in 2010, only finishing one of them proves there is more work to be done here

Bruno made his only start of 2010 at the Indy 500 in May, crashing out on Lap 7. It is no secret though, that Bruno is looking for a full-time return to the series. A decent sponsorship package along with a few positive results should be all Bruno needs to reassert himself as a high-profile driver. Look for him in the paddock at the 2011 IndyCar race in Sao Paulo.

Motorsport is a fickle business, especially for a young up-and-comer such as Mario. While a very talented competitor, Mario’s sponsors were unable to meet their bills and his seat at HVM Racing was involuntarily vacated following Edmonton. While another season in Indy Lights would be of benefit, there is promise in Mario and one hopes that he can find the necessary financiers to back him on a more permanent basis.

A proven racer with success in all the formulae leading to IndyCars, Townsend has never realised his potential or run a full season with any team since 2001. The Indy 500 saw Bell’s only start of 2010 in which he finished a lap down in 16th place