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Quite a few have been announced now so let’s get a list going. All the drivers, teams and engine names below are ones I’ve seen confirmation for, if you can add any others please post a link.

Target Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)

Dario Franchitti
Scott Dixon
Graham Rahal
Charlie Kimball

Penske Racing (Chevrolet)

Will Power
Helio Castroneves
Ryan Briscoe

Andretti Autosport (Chevrolet)

Marco Andretti
Ryan Hunter-Reay
James Hinchcliffe

KV Racing (Chevrolet)

Rubens Barrichello
Tony Kanaan
EJ Viso

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)

Takuma Sato
Luca Filippi (from Indy 500)

Panther Racing (Chevrolet)

JR Hildebrand

Sam Schmidt Motorsports (Honda)

Simon Pagenaud

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (Honda)

Josef Newgarden

Dale Coyne Racing (Honda)

Justin Wilson

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (Lotus)

Oriol Servia

Bryan Herta Autosport (Lotus)

Alex Tagliani

HVM Racing (Lotus)

Simona de Silvestro

AJ Foyt Racing (Honda)

Mike Conway

Ed Carpenter Racing (TBC)

Ed Carpenter

Dragon Racing (Lotus)

Sebastien Bourdais
Katherine Legge

Michael Shank Racing (Lotus)

Conquest Racing (TBC)

Others

Jean Alesi will drive a Lotus-powered car in the Indianapolis 500

Sebastian Saavedra will race for Andretti Autosport in the Indy 500 only

Added Alex Tagliani at Bryan Herta Autosport.

There are rumours James Hinchcliffe will get the seat at Andretti that Dan Wheldon’s death has left vacant.

It’s now confirmed that James Hinchcliffe will drive for Andretti this year:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/indycar/story/2012-01-09/James-Hinchcliffe-picked-to-be-Danica-Patrick-successor/52474740/1

Oriol Servia has joined Dreyer & Reinbold:

http://www.dreyerreinboldracing.com/media-center/news/dreyer-reinbold-racing-signs-oriol-servia-for-2012-izod-indycar-series-season.aspx

Keith, Dragon will run Lotus engines.

Takuma Sato continues his tradition of only driving for Honda-engined teams (no prizes for guessing why) with a move to RLL:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97293

Filippi’s been for a seat fitting at RLL:

http://motorsportrants.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/filippi-fa-il-sedile-per-il-rahal-letterman-racing-in-indycar/

EJ Viso will remain with KV Racing for 2012:

KV describe EJ Viso as ‘personable and outgoing’ in the press release confirming him for 2012. Which is nice.

— Motors TV (@MotorsTV) February 27, 2012

He, Kanaan and Barrichello tested for the team recently – news on whether Barrichello will race for them expected next month…