2018 Indy Lights

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]

2018 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races	17
Start date	March 10
End date	September 2
Awards
Drivers' champion	Patricio O'Ward
Teams' champion	Andretti Autosport
Rookie of the Year	Patricio O'Ward
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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

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Andretti Autosport	27	Patricio O'Ward[2]	All
	28	Dalton Kellett[2]	All
	48	Ryan Norman[3]	All
Andretti Steinbrenner Racing	98	Colton Herta[4]	All
Belardi Auto Racing	5	Santiago Urrutia	All
	9	Aaron Telitz[5]	All
Juncos Racing[6]	7	Alfonso Celis Jr.[7][8]	3–4
		Heamin Choi[9]	16–17
	23	Victor Franzoni[6]	All
Team Pelfrey	2	Neil Alberico	1–2
		Davey Hamilton Jr.	7
	3	Shelby Blackstock	1–2

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

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race Winner
					Driver	Team
1	St. Petersburg 1	Aaron Telitz	Colton Herta	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
2	St. Petersburg 2	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Santiago Urrutia	Belardi Auto Racing
3	Birmingham 1	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
4	Birmingham 2	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
5	Indianapolis GP 1	Patricio O'Ward	Colton Herta	Colton Herta Santiago Urrutia	Colton Herta	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
6	Indianapolis GP 2	Patricio O'Ward	Victor Franzoni	Santiago Urrutia	Colton Herta	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
7	Indianapolis	Dalton Kellett	Davey Hamilton Jr.	Dalton Kellett	Colton Herta	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
8	Road America 1	Victor Franzoni	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
9	Road America 2	Patricio O'Ward	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Victor Franzoni	Juncos Racing
10	Iowa	Patricio O'Ward	Victor Franzoni	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
11	Toronto 1	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
12	Toronto 2	Santiago Urrutia	Aaron Telitz	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Belardi Auto Racing
13	Mid-Ohio 1	Patricio O'Ward	Colton Herta	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
14	Mid-Ohio 2	Patricio O'Ward	Colton Herta	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
15	Gateway	Colton Herta	Ryan Norman	Colton Herta	Ryan Norman	Andretti Autosport
16	Portland 1	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport
17	Portland 2	Ryan Norman	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

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.

Pos Driver STP BAR IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MOH GMP POR Points 1 Patricio O'Ward  RY  1* 7* 1* 1* 4 7 2 2 4 1* 1* 2 1* 1* 3 1* 1* 491 2 Colton Herta 3 8 2 3 1* 1 1 1* 2 2 7 6 2 2 2* 2 4 447 3 Santiago Urrutia 2 1 3 5 2* 4* 4 4 7 3 2 1* 6 4 4 4 3 395 4 Ryan Norman 6 3 5 7 5 5 5 6 5 4 3 4 5 3 1 5 8 345 5 Victor Franzoni  R  4 4 4 2 6 3 8 3 1* 6 6 7 4 6 6 3 5 341 6 Aaron Telitz DNS 9 8 4 3 2 6 5 3 7 4 3 7 7 5 6 2 316 7 Dalton Kellett 8 6 6 6 7 6 3* 7 6 5 5 5 3 5 7 7 7 299 8 Shelby Blackstock 5 2 42 9 Neil Alberico 7 5 31 10 Heamin Choi 8 6 28 11 Alfonso Celis Jr.  R  7 8 27 12 Davey Hamilton Jr.  R  7 21 Pos Driver STP BAR IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MOH GMP POR Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (1 point) 1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded  R  Rookie  RY  Rookie of the Year Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Teams' championship

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

Pos	Team	Points
1	Andretti Autosport	614
2	Belardi Auto Racing	455
3	Juncos Racing	291
4	Team Pelfrey	59

See also

• 2018 IndyCar Series
• 2018 Pro Mazda Championship
• 2018 U.S. F2000 National Championship