The 2018 Indy Lights season was the 33rd season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 17th sanctioned by IndyCar , acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series . A 17-race schedule was announced on October 17, 2017.[ 1]
Patricio O'Ward dueled the entire season with his Andretti Autosport teammate Colton Herta , ultimately clinching the title by winning the penultimate race of the season. O'Ward had nine wins with four other podium finishes while Herta captured four consecutive wins in the first half of the season, including the Freedom 100 , but also finished second seven times. Belardi Auto Racing 's Santiago Urrutia captured two race wins and finished third in the championship. Andretti's Ryan Norman and Juncos Racing 's Victor Franzoni each had a single win and finished fourth and fifth in the championship respectively. There were only seven full-time entries. Andretti Autosport soundly won the team championship.
Team and driver chart
Schedule
Rd.
Date
Race name
Track
Location
1
March 10
St. Petersburg 100
Streets of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Florida
2
March 11
3
April 21
Legacy Indy Lights 100
Barber Motorsports Park
Birmingham, Alabama
4
April 22
5
May 11
Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
Speedway, Indiana
6
May 12
7
May 25
Freedom 100
Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval
Speedway, Indiana
8
June 23
Mazda Grand Prix of Road America
Road America
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9
June 24
10
July 8
Mazda Iowa 100
Iowa Speedway
Newton, Iowa
11
July 14
Grand Prix of Toronto
Exhibition Place
Toronto , Ontario , Canada
12
July 15
13
July 28
Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, Ohio
14
July 29
15
August 25
Illinois 100
Gateway Motorsports Park
Madison, Illinois
16
September 1
Grand Prix of Portland
Portland International Raceway
Portland, Oregon
17
September 2
Race results
Championship standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Points (
30
25
22
19
17
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Points (
45
38
33
29
26
23
21
20
18
17
15
14
12
11
9
8
6
5
4
2
The driver who qualified on pole was awarded one additional point.
An additional point was awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race.
Color
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
2nd place
Bronze
3rd place
Green
4th & 5th place
Light Blue
6th–10th place
Dark Blue
Finished
Purple
Did not finish
Red
Did not qualify
Brown
Withdrawn
Black
Disqualified
White
Did not start
Blank
Did not
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold
Pole position
Italics
Ran fastest race lap
*
Led most race laps
1
Qualifying cancelled
R
Rookie
RY
Rookie of the Year
Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th+
Points
22
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
See also
References
^ "Mazda Road To Indy reveals all three 2018 schedules, altered points" . Motorsport.com . Retrieved July 21, 2018 .^ a b "Andretti Autosport to Field Pato O'Ward for 2018 Indy Lights Campaign" . Indylights.com . Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018 .^ "Norman feels confidence growing for second Indy Lights season" . Indycar.com . Retrieved July 21, 2018 .^ "Herta driven to smooth out rough edges in 2018 Indy Lights season" . Indycar.com . Retrieved July 21, 2018 .^ "Telitz Returns to Belardi Auto Racing in 2018" . Indylights.com . Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2018 .^ a b Racing, By RACER staff / Image courtesy of Juncos. "Juncos planning for 3-car Indy Lights team" . Racer.com . Archived from the original on April 30, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2017 . ^ "Alfonso Celis Jr. joins Juncos Racing for 2018 Indy Lights championship" . juncosracing.com . February 23, 2018. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018 .^ "Stars of the Races – St. Petersburg" . roadtoindyinsider.com . Retrieved March 19, 2018 .^ "Juncos adds Korea's Choi for Portland Indy Lights" . Racer.com . Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
External links
USAC Mini-Indy SeriesCART American Racing SeriesCART Firestone/Dayton Indy LightsIRL Infiniti/Indy Pro SeriesFirestone Indy Lights Series Indy Lights Series presented by Cooper Tire Firestone Indy NXT Series
Patricio O'Ward[2]
Dalton Kellett[2]
Ryan Norman[3]
Santiago Urrutia
Heamin Choi[9]
Victor Franzoni[6]