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.
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 Drivers Rounds Andretti Autosport 27 Patricio O'Ward All 28 Dalton Kellett All 48 Ryan Norman All Andretti Steinbrenner Racing 98 Colton Herta All Belardi Auto Racing 5 Santiago Urrutia All 9 Aaron Telitz All Juncos Racing 7 Alfonso Celis Jr. 3–4 Heamin Choi 16–17 23 Victor Franzoni 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 100Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama 4 April 22 5 May 11 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 May 12 7 May 25 Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana 8 June 23 Mazda Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin 9 June 24 10 July 8 Mazda Iowa 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 11 July 14 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada 12 July 15 13 July 28 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, 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 () 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.
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS INDY ROA IOW TOR MOH GMP POR Points 1 Patricio O'Ward 1*7*1*1*472241*1*21*1*31*1*4912 Colton Herta38231*111*2276222*244473 Santiago Urrutia21352*4*447321*644433954 Ryan Norman63 5755565434531583455 Victor Franzoni 444263831*667466353416 Aaron TelitzDNS98432653743775623167 Dalton Kellett8666763*7655535777 2998 Shelby Blackstock52429 Neil Alberico75 3110 Heamin Choi 862811 Alfonso Celis Jr. 78 2712 721 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competing
In-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookieRookie 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
PosTeamPoints 1 Andretti Autosport614 2 Belardi Auto Racing455 3 Juncos Racing291 4 Team Pelfrey59
See also 2018 IndyCar Series 2018 Pro Mazda Championship 2018 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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