Motor racing season
The2018 Indy Lights season was the 33rd season of theIndy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 17th sanctioned byIndyCar , acting as the primary support series for theIndyCar Series . A 17-race schedule was announced on October 17, 2017.[ 1]
Patricio O'Ward dueled the entire season with hisAndretti Autosport teammateColton 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 theFreedom 100 , but also finished second seven times.Belardi Auto Racing 'sSantiago Urrutia captured two race wins and finished third in the championship. Andretti'sRyan Norman andJuncos Racing 'sVictor 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 [ edit ] 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 courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 May 12 7 May 25 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway ovalSpeedway, 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
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Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify Brown Withdrawn Black Disqualified White Did not start Blank Did not Not competing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 receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries ^ "Mazda Road To Indy reveals all three 2018 schedules, altered points" .Motorsport.com . RetrievedJuly 21, 2018 .^a b "Andretti Autosport to Field Pato O'Ward for 2018 Indy Lights Campaign" .Indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on February 10, 2018. RetrievedJuly 21, 2018 .^ "Norman feels confidence growing for second Indy Lights season" .Indycar.com . RetrievedJuly 21, 2018 .^ "Herta driven to smooth out rough edges in 2018 Indy Lights season" .Indycar.com . RetrievedJuly 21, 2018 .^ "Telitz Returns to Belardi Auto Racing in 2018" .Indylights.com . Archived fromthe original on June 24, 2020. RetrievedJuly 21, 2018 .^a b Racing, By RACER staff / Image courtesy of Juncos."Juncos planning for 3-car Indy Lights team" .Racer.com . Archived fromthe original on April 30, 2018. RetrievedDecember 22, 2017 . ^ "Alfonso Celis Jr. joins Juncos Racing for 2018 Indy Lights championship" .juncosracing.com . February 23, 2018. Archived fromthe original on February 24, 2018. RetrievedFebruary 23, 2018 .^ "Stars of the Races – St. Petersburg" .roadtoindyinsider.com . RetrievedMarch 19, 2018 .^ "Juncos adds Korea's Choi for Portland Indy Lights" .Racer.com . RetrievedAugust 21, 2018 .
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Patricio O'Ward
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Grand Prix of Toronto
