2018 Indy Lights
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{American Championship Car season
|series = Indy Lights
|series_name = Indy Lights
|year = 2018
|series_logo =
|races = 17
|start_date = March 10
|end_date = September 2
|season_champ = {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward
|champ_team = {{flagicon|USA}} Andretti Autosport
|rookie_of_year = {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward
|most_popular = TBA
|freedom_winner = {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta
|previous = 2017
|next = 2019
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/mazda-road-to-indy-reveals-all-three-2018-schedules-altered-points-966757/|title=Mazda Road To Indy reveals all three 2018 schedules, altered points|website=Motorsport.com|accessdate=21 July 2018}}
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
Schedule
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! Rd. ! Date ! Race name ! Track ! Location |
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! 1 | March 10 |rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} St. Petersburg 100 |rowspan=2| Streets of St. Petersburg |rowspan=2| St. Petersburg, Florida |
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! 2 | March 11 |
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! 3 | April 21 |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} Legacy Indy Lights 100 |rowspan=2|Barber Motorsports Park |rowspan=2|Birmingham, Alabama |
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! 4 | April 22 |
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! 5 | May 11 |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} Grand Prix of Indianapolis |rowspan=2|Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course |rowspan=2|Speedway, Indiana |
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! 6 | May 12 |
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! 7 | May 25 | {{flagicon|USA}} Freedom 100 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval |
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! 8 | June 23 |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} Mazda Grand Prix of Road America |rowspan=2|Road America |rowspan=2|Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
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! 9 | June 24 |
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! 10 | July 8 | {{flagicon|USA}} Mazda Iowa 100 |
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! 11 | July 14 |rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CAN}} Grand Prix of Toronto |rowspan=2|Exhibition Place |
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! 12 | July 15 |
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! 13 | July 28 |rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio |rowspan=2|Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course |rowspan=2|Lexington, Ohio |
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! 14 | July 29 |
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! 15 | August 25 | {{flagicon|USA}} Illinois 100 |
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! 16 | September 1 | rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} Grand Prix of Portland | rowspan=2| Portland International Raceway | rowspan=2| Portland, Oregon |
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! 17 | September 2 |
Race results
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!rowspan=2| Race !rowspan=2| Pole position !rowspan=2| Fastest lap !rowspan=2| Most laps led !colspan=2| Race Winner |
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Driver
! Team |
1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Telitz | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
2
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|URY}} Santiago Urrutia |
3
| {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
4
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
5
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta |
6
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni | {{flagicon|URY}} Santiago Urrutia | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta |
7
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett | {{flagicon|USA}} Davey Hamilton Jr. | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta |
8
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta |
9
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni | {{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni | {{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni |
10
| Iowa | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
11
| {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
12
| {{flagicon|URY}} Santiago Urrutia | {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Telitz | {{flagicon|URY}} Santiago Urrutia | {{flagicon|URY}} Santiago Urrutia |
13
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
14
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
15
| Gateway | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Norman | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Norman |
16
| {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
17
| {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Norman | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward |
Championship standings
=Drivers' Championship=
;Scoring system
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! Position |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 7th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 8th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 9th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 10th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 16th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 17th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 19th |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 20th |
Points ({{tooltip|2=Road courses|R}})
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 30 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 25 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 22 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 19 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 13 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 2 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1 |
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Points ({{tooltip|2=Ovals|O}})
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 45 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 38 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 33 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 29 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 26 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 23 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 21 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 20 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 18 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 17 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 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.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center" |
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver !colspan=2| STP !colspan=2| BAR !colspan=2| IMS ! INDY !colspan=2| ROA ! IOW !colspan=2| TOR !colspan=2| MOH ! GMP !colspan=2| POR !valign="middle"| Points |
1
| align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} Patricio O'Ward {{Color box|yellow|RY|border=silver}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7* | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* !491 |
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2
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |8 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |7 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |6 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2* | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 !447 |
3
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|URU}} Santiago Urrutia | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2* | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4* | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 !395 |
4
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Norman | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |8 !345 |
5
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Victor Franzoni {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |8 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1* | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |6 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 !341 |
6
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Telitz | style="background:#FFFFFF;" |DNS | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |9 | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |8 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 !316 |
7
| align="left" | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |8 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3* | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 !299 |
8
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Blackstock | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !42 |
9
| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Neil Alberico | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !31 |
10
| align="left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} Heamin Choi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |8 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |6 !28 |
11
| align="left" | {{flagicon|MEX}} Alfonso Celis Jr. {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | | | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | !27 |
12
| align="left" | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}} Davey Hamilton Jr. {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}}} | | | | | | | style="background:#CFEAFF;" |7 | | | | | | | | | | !21 |
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver !colspan=2| STP !colspan=2| BAR !colspan=2| IMS ! INDY !colspan=2| ROA ! IOW !colspan=2| TOR !colspan=2| MOH ! GMP !colspan=2| POR !valign="middle"| Points |
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{| style="margin-right:0; font-size:85%; text-align:center;" class="wikitable"
! Color ! Result |
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| Gold | Winner |
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| Silver | 2nd place |
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| Bronze | 3rd place |
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| Green | 4th & 5th place |
style="background:#CFEAFF;"
| Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
style="background:#CFCFFF;"
| Dark Blue | Finished |
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| Purple | Did not finish |
style="background:#FFCFCF;"
| Red | Did not qualify |
style="background:#DFC484;"
| Brown | Withdrawn |
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| Black | Disqualified |
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| White | Did not start |
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| Did not |
Not competing |
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|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center colspan=2|In-line notation |
style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Bold
|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Pole position |
style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Italics
|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Ran fastest race lap |
style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center| |style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Led most race laps |
style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|1
|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Qualifying cancelled |
style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|{{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}
|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Rookie |
style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|{{Color box|yellow|RY|border=silver}}
|style="background:#F2F2F2;" align=center|Rookie of the Year |
- Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
|}
|}
=Teams' championship=
;Scoring system
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! Position |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4th |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 7th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 8th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 9th |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 10th+ |
Points
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 22 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 18 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 15 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 6 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 2 |style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 1 |
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- 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
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!Pos !Team !Points |
1
|{{flagicon|USA}} Andretti Autosport !614 |
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2
|{{flagicon|USA}} Belardi Auto Racing !455 |
3
|{{flagicon|USA}} Juncos Racing !291 |
4
|{{flagicon|USA}} Team Pelfrey !59 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Official website|http://indylights.com/|Indy Lights Series website}}
{{Firestone Indy Lights Series}}
{{Road to Indy}}