2021 Indy Lights

The 2021 Indy Lights season was the 35th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 19th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. After going into a hiatus in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season started on April 17 at Barber Motorsports Park and was held over 20 races spanning ten meetings.

Series news 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 an IndyCar Series test and all cars were now equipped with a titanium halo to increase driver safety.

Team and driver chart The following drivers and teams competed in the series. TeamDriversRound(s)Andretti Autosport27 Robert MegennisAll28 Kyle KirkwoodAll68 Danial FrostAllAndretti Steinbrenner Autosport17 Devlin DeFrancescoAllCarlin5 Alex Peroni1–147 Christian BogleAllGlobal Racing Groupwith HMD Motorsports24 Benjamin PedersenAll26 Linus LundqvistAllHMD Motorsports 59 Nikita Lastochkin1–12 Manuel Sulaimán15–2079 David MalukasAllJuncos RacingJuncos Hollinger Racing12 Sting Ray RobbAll51 Toby Sowery1–14 Rasmus Lindh15–20 Pserra Racing/AS Promotions 11 Antonio Serravalle1–14, 19–20

1Juncos Racing were rebranded as Juncos Hollinger Racing in August 2021

Schedule The provisional 2021 race calendar was announced on October 21, 2020, with the final round to be announced at a later date. This last round was later confirmed to be at Barber Motorsports park, after the IndyCar series moved its season opener there. The calendar was the first since 2002 to not feature the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Toronto round originally scheduled was replaced by a standalone second weekend at Mid-Ohio in October. Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation1April 17–18Indy Lights Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports ParkPresented by Cooper Tires Barber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama23April 24–25Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. PetersburgPresented by Foundation Building Materials Streets of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg, Florida4Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. PetersburgPresented by Andersen Interior Contracting5May 14–15Indy Lights Grand Prix of IndianapolisPresented by Cooper Tires Indianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana67June 12–13Indy Lights Grand Prix of DetroitPresented by Cooper Tires The Raceway at Belle Isle ParkDetroit, Michigan89June 19–20Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road AmericaPowered by AER Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin1011July 3–4Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio1213August 20–21Cooper Tires Indy Lights Oval Challenge of St. Louis Gateway Motorsports ParkMadison, Illinois1415September 11–12Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Portland Portland International RacewayPortland, Oregon1617September 18–19Indy Lights Grand Prix of MontereyPresented by Cooper Tires WeatherTech Raceway Laguna SecaMonterey, California1819October 1–3VP Racing Fuels Champhionship WeekendPresented By Cooper Tires Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio20 References:

Race results RoundRacePole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace WinnerDriverTeam1Birmingham 1 Linus Lundqvist Toby Sowery Linus Lundqvist Linus LundqvistHMD Motorsports2Birmingham 2 David Malukas David Malukas David Malukas David MalukasHMD Motorsports3St. Petersburg 1 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport4St. Petersburg 2 David Malukas Kyle Kirkwood David Malukas David MalukasHMD Motorsports5Indianapolis GP 1 Linus Lundqvist Linus Lundqvist Linus Lundqvist Linus LundqvistHMD Motorsports6Indianapolis GP 2 David Malukas Kyle Kirkwood David Malukas David MalukasHMD Motorsports7Detroit 1 Kyle Kirkwood Linus Lundqvist Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport8Detroit 2 Linus Lundqvist David Malukas Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport9Road America 1 Danial Frost Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport10Road America 2 Danial Frost Robert Megennis David Malukas David MalukasHMD Motorsports11Mid-Ohio 1 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport12Mid-Ohio 2 Danial Frost Danial Frost Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport13Gateway 1 David Malukas David Malukas David Malukas David MalukasHMD Motorsports14Gateway 2 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood David MalukasHMD Motorsports15Portland 1 David Malukas Kyle Kirkwood David Malukas David MalukasHMD Motorsports16Portland 2 David Malukas Benjamin Pedersen Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport17Laguna Seca 1 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport18Laguna Seca 2 Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport19Mid-Ohio 3 Kyle Kirkwood Danial Frost Kyle Kirkwood Kyle KirkwoodAndretti Autosport20Mid-Ohio 4 David Malukas David Malukas Linus Lundqvist Linus LundqvistHMD Motorsports

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.

PosDriverALASTPIMSDETROAMOH1GATPORLAGMOH2 Points1 Kyle Kirkwood 951*2441*1*1*121*1*22*21*1*1*1*55372 David Malukas131*31*21*5371*331*11*242225243 Linus Lundqvist 1*2931*522454494332361*4494 Benjamin Pedersen 2 7 10 6 10 9 11 6 2 7 7 8 3 3 4 4 3 5 9 33565 Danial Frost 7122468612113226108684463386 331257675106554511798843267 Robert Megennis61347878832877755106393198 Sting Ray Robb 886139101010891110121191169572499 Toby Sowery4413932345136611823610 Alex Peroni 565853413134995622811 Christian Bogle 101011121212137981013891081111121022712 Antonio Serravalle 12117101111121161013121012111217513 Nikita Lastochkin 1198111313991211121112314 Rasmus Lindh 79571088115 Manuel Sulaimán 61071071175 Pos DriverALASTPIMSDETROAMOH1GATPORLAGMOH2 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+ Points221815121086421 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

PosTeamALASTPIMSDETROAMOH1GATPORLAGMOH2Points1HMD MotorsportsEntry list has Global Racing Group as a separate team of two cars, while official points list HMD and GRG as the same team.11311122213311122221665227325534544333333522Andretti AutosportEntry list has Andretti / Andretti Steinbrenner as two teams with one and three cars, while official teams standings list it as a single team.33124411121122211113622652466653322444464343Juncos RacingJuncos Hollinger Racing44563234575586564545324779977777987986756664Carlin56455346846655757787249888899999679675Pserra Racing/AS Promotions9967888868987978118PosTeamALASTPIMSDETROAMOH1GATPORLAGMOH2Points

Notes

See also 2021 IndyCar Series 2021 Indy Pro 2000 Championship 2021 U.S. F2000 National Championship

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