Indy Lights season
The2021 Indy Lights season was the 35th season of theIndy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 19th sanctioned byIndyCar , acting as the primary support series for theIndyCar Series . After going into a hiatus in 2020 because of theCOVID-19 pandemic , the season started on April 17 atBarber Motorsports Park and was held over 20 races spanning ten meetings.[ 1]
On October 7, 2020, Indy Lights announced a series of changes for the 2021 season. The champion's scholarship increased to $1,250,000. The top-three finishers in the championship each earned anIndyCar Series test and all cars were now equipped with a titaniumhalo to increase driver safety.[ 2] Team and driver chart [ edit ] The following drivers and teams competed in the series.
1 Juncos Racing were rebranded asJuncos Hollinger Racing in August 2021The provisional 2021 race calendar was announced on October 21, 2020, with the final round to be announced at a later date.[ 26] [ 27] Freedom 100 atIndianapolis Motor Speedway . The Toronto round originally scheduled was replaced by a standalone second weekend at Mid-Ohio in October.
Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 April 17–18 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park R Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 2 3 April 24–25 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg R Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 4 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 5 May 14–15 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis R Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 7 June 12–13 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Detroit R The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan 8 9 June 19–20 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America R Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 10 11 July 3–4 Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 12 13 August 20–21 Cooper Tires Indy Lights Oval Challenge of St. Louis O Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois 14 15 September 11–12 Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Portland R Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 16 17 September 18–19 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Monterey R WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California 18 19 October 1–3 VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 20 References:[ 28] [ 29]
Championship standings [ edit ] [ edit ] Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th Points (R ) 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Points (O ) 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.
[ edit ] 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 received 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams Only the best two results counted for teams fielding more than two entries ^ Entry list has Global Racing Group as a separate team of two cars, while official points list HMD and GRG as the same team. ^ Entry list has Andretti / Andretti Steinbrenner as two teams with one and three cars, while official teams standings list it as a single team. ^ "Indy Lights 2021 event schedule" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on September 11, 2021. RetrievedNovember 23, 2020 .^ "INDY LIGHTS RETURN CONFIRMED FOR 2021" .indylights.com . October 7, 2020. RetrievedNovember 24, 2020 .^ "Megennis Returns to Andretti Autosport for 2021" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on April 18, 2021. RetrievedDecember 22, 2020 .^ Wood, Elliot (November 18, 2020)."Andretti confirms Kyle Kirkwood as part of 2021 Indy Lights line-up" .Formula Scout . RetrievedNovember 23, 2020 . ^ Woollard, Craig (November 23, 2020)."Danial Frost confirms Andretti Indy Lights move for 2021" .Formula Scout . RetrievedNovember 23, 2020 . ^ "DeFrancesco Steps Up to Indy Lights with Return of Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on October 26, 2021. RetrievedDecember 1, 2020 .^a b "Carlin return to Indy Lights with Peroni" .www.indylights.com . RetrievedDecember 20, 2020 .^ "Malukas and Lundqvist lead the way in Indy Lights' Spring Training" .Formula Scout . April 6, 2021. RetrievedApril 7, 2021 .^ Wood, Ida (September 4, 2021)."Indy Lights grid shrinks as Peroni follows Sowery out of series" .Formula Scout . RetrievedSeptember 5, 2021 . ^ "BOGLE STEPS UP TO INDY LIGHTS WITH CARLIN" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on February 9, 2021. RetrievedFebruary 9, 2021 .^ "Global Racing Group Enters Indy Lights in Partnership with HMD Motorsports" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on November 17, 2020. RetrievedNovember 23, 2020 .^ "Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by Cooper Tires Entry List" (PDF) .Indy Lights . RetrievedApril 23, 2021 .^ "Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Foundation Building Materials/Andersen Interior Contracting Entry List" (PDF) .Indy Lights . RetrievedApril 23, 2021 .^ "Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports Inks Pedersen for 2021" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on December 15, 2020. RetrievedDecember 15, 2020 .^ "Lundqvist to Make Indy Lights Debut with Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on June 15, 2021. RetrievedJanuary 19, 2021 .^ Wood, Elliot (November 17, 2020)."Global Racing Group joins Indy Lights grid in alliance with HMD" .Formula Scout . RetrievedNovember 23, 2020 . ^ "NIKITA LASTOCHKIN JOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS" . February 4, 2021. Archived fromthe original on February 4, 2021. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2021 .^ Wood, Ida (September 3, 2021)."Sulaiman steps up to Indy Lights with HMD Motorsports" .Formula Scout . RetrievedSeptember 5, 2021 . ^ "Malukas Set for Championship Run with HMD Motorsports" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on May 7, 2021. RetrievedDecember 29, 2020 .^ Pruett, Marshall (November 14, 2020)."PRUETT: A new dawn for Indy Lights" .Racer.com . RetrievedDecember 2, 2020 . ^ "Juncos Announces Co-Ownership with Brad Hollinger to Form Juncos Hollinger Racing" .www.indylights.com . RetrievedAugust 4, 2021 .^ "INDY PRO 2000 CHAMPION ROBB ADVANCES TO INDY LIGHTS WITH JUNCOS RACING" .indylights.com . January 14, 2021. Archived fromthe original on January 15, 2021. RetrievedJanuary 15, 2021 .^ "Juncos Racing signs Sowery for 2021 Season" . March 8, 2020. RetrievedMarch 8, 2020 .^ "Lindh rejoins Juncos for rest of Indy Lights season" .RACER . September 8, 2021. RetrievedSeptember 8, 2021 .^ "ANTONIO SERRAVALLE AND PSERRA RACING JOIN INDY LIGHTS PROGRAM IN 2021" .Indylights.com . March 31, 2021. Archived fromthe original on June 14, 2021. RetrievedMarch 31, 2021 .^ "Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires Unveils 2021 Schedule" .www.indylights.com . RetrievedNovember 23, 2020 .^ "Road to Indy Announces 2021 Schedule Adjustments" .www.indylights.com . RetrievedJanuary 6, 2021 .^ "2021 SEASON" .indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on April 19, 2021. RetrievedApril 19, 2021 .^ "Road to Indy Adjusts 2021 Schedule, Adds New Season Finale Venue" .www.indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on May 14, 2021. RetrievedMay 14, 2021 .
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
Kyle Kirkwood
Danial Frost[5]
Devlin DeFrancesco[6]
Alex Peroni[7][9]
Linus Lundqvist[15]
Nikita Lastochkin[17]
Manuel Sulaimán[18]
Toby Sowery[23]