2017 Indy Lights

2017 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races 16
Start date March 12
End date September 3
Awards
Drivers' champion TBA
Teams' champion TBA
Rookie of the Year TBA
Matheus Leist, winner of the 2017 Freedom 100

The 2017 Indy Lights season will be the 31st season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 15th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. A 16-race schedule was announced on September 14, 2016.[1]

Team and driver chart

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Andretti Autosport 27 France Nico Jamin[2] All
28 Canada Dalton Kellett[3] All
48 United States Ryan Norman[4] All
Andretti Steinbrenner Racing 98 United States Colton Herta[5] All
Belardi Auto Racing[6] 5 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia[7] All
9 United States Aaron Telitz[8] All
51 United States Shelby Blackstock[9] All
84 United States Chad Boat 15
Carlin[6] 11 United States Garth Rickards[10] All
13 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo[11] All
22 United States Neil Alberico[12] All
26 Brazil Matheus Leist[13] All
Juncos Racing[6] 18 United States Kyle Kaiser[14] All
31 Argentina Nicolas Dapero[15] All
Team Pelfrey[6] 2 Colombia Juan Piedrahita[16] All
3 Mexico Patricio O'Ward[17] 1–4

Schedule

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 11 United States St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 12
3 April 22 United States Legacy Indy Lights 100 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
4 April 23
5 May 12 United States Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 13
7 May 26 United States Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana
8 June 24 United States Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9 June 25
10 July 9 United States Mazda Iowa 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
11 July 15 Canada Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 July 16
13 July 29 United States Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
14 July 30
15 August 27 United States Illinois 100 Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
16 September 3 United States Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York

Race results

Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 St. Petersburg 1 United States Aaron Telitz United States Colton Herta United States Aaron Telitz United States Aaron Telitz Belardi Auto Racing
2 St. Petersburg 2 United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
3 Birmingham 1 United States Kyle Kaiser France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Andretti Autosport
4 Birmingham 2 United States Colton Herta1 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia United States Colton Herta United States Colton Herta Andretti Steinbrenner Racing
5 Indianapolis GP 1 France Nico Jamin Brazil Matheus Leist France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Andretti Autosport
6 Indianapolis GP 2 United States Kyle Kaiser Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo United States Kyle Kaiser United States Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing
7 Indianapolis Brazil Matheus Leist Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Brazil Matheus Leist Brazil Matheus Leist Carlin
8 Road America 1 Brazil Matheus Leist United States Kyle Kaiser Brazil Matheus Leist Brazil Matheus Leist Carlin
9 Road America 2 United States Colton Herta Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo Carlin
10 Iowa United States Colton Herta Canada Dalton Kellett Brazil Matheus Leist Brazil Matheus Leist Carlin
11 Toronto 1 United States Kyle Kaiser United States Colton Herta United States Kyle Kaiser United States Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing
12 Toronto 2 United States Colton Herta United States Kyle Kaiser United States Colton Herta United States Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing
13 Mid-Ohio 1 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia United States Shelby Blackstock Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Belardi Auto Racing
14 Mid-Ohio 2 United States Colton Herta Uruguay Santiago Urrutia France Nico Jamin France Nico Jamin Andretti Autosport
15 Gateway
16 Watkins Glen
1Qualifying canceled due to weather and grid was set on points

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 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver STP ALA IND INDY RDA IOW TOR MOH GAT WGL Pts
1 United States Kyle Kaiser 6 4 2 2 3 1* 9 3 2 5 1* 1 12 12 297
2 United States Colton Herta 2 1* 10 1* 12 10 13 12 3 4 4 10* 2 6 255
3 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia 13 2 15 13 7 2 5 2 11 2 3 11 1* 2 255
4 Brazil Matheus Leist 15 11 4 7 5 3 1* 1* 4 1* 13 5 11 10 249
5 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo   8 7 5 14 2 11 6 10 1* 6 2 3 5 4 243
6 France Nico Jamin 7 14 1* 3 1* 4 10 6 14 7 14 12 3 1* 242
7 United States Aaron Telitz 1* 5 13 5 6 13 2 11 5 9 5 2 8 5 233
8 United States Neil Alberico 3 15 3 4 4 6 4 7 8 11 8 14 6 9 206
9 United States Shelby Blackstock 4 6 7 8 9 14 11 8 6 13 11 13 4 3 186
10 Canada Dalton Kellett 12 12 6 10 13 9 3 9 9 3 12 9 7 13 176
11 United States Ryan Norman 10 9 12 9 8 7 14 4 7 8 10 6 9 7 176
12 Colombia Juan Piedrahita 14 10 11 11 DNS 5 8 5 10 10 6 4 10 11 169
13 Argentina Nicolas Dapero 9 8 9 6 11 8 12 14 12 12 7 7 14 8 157
14 United States Garth Rickards 11 13 14 12 10 12 7 13 13 13 9 8 13 14 131
15 Mexico Patricio O'Ward 5 3 8 15 58
Pos Driver STP ALA IND INDY RDA IOW TOR MOH GAT WGL Pts
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
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
Rookie

References

  1. ↑ http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/09/14/2017-mazda-road-to-indy-schedules-revealed/
  2. ↑ https://www.andrettiautosport.com/news/jamin-to-join-andretti-autosport-2017-indy-lights-line-up
  3. ↑ http://indylights.com/news/kellett-returns-to-andretti-autosport-for-2017
  4. ↑ https://www.andrettiautosport.com/news/ryan-norman-named-third-driver-to-andretti-indy-lights-roster
  5. ↑ http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/colton-herta-quits-europe-to-race-indy-lights-in-2017-859635/
  6. 1 2 3 4 http://indylights.com/news/mazda-road-to-indy-teams-drivers-to-gain-head-start-on-2017-season
  7. ↑ http://www.indylights.com/news/belardi-auto-racing-confirms-urrutia-for-2017
  8. ↑ http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/belardi-signs-pro-mazda-champ-telitz-for-2017-848021/
  9. ↑ http://www.indylights.com/news/belardi-auto-racing-signs-blackstock-for-2017
  10. ↑ http://www.carlin.co.uk/news/indy-lights/rickards-moves-indy-lights-carlin/
  11. ↑ "Claman DeMelo ready for Indy Lights assault". February 6, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Alberico returns with Carlin for 2017 season". February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Leist joins Carlin for Indy Lights". February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  14. ↑ http://www.juncosracing.com/american-kyle-kaiser-looks-to-lead-juncos-racing-in-2017-indy-lights-championship/
  15. ↑ http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/dapero-graduates-with-juncos-to-indy-lights-855090/
  16. ↑ http://indylights.com/news/piedrahita-to-rejoin-team-pelfrey-il-in-2017
  17. ↑ http://www.indylights.com/news/o-ward-joins-team-pelfrey-il-for-spring-training-and-the-season-opener
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