2022 Indy Lights

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2022 Indy Lights season
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Start dateFebruary 27
End dateSeptember 11
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The 2022 Indy Lights season is the 36th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 20th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series.

Series news[]

  • On September 24, 2021, it was announced that Penske Entertainment, the owner of INDYCAR, would take over promotion of the series from Andersen Promotions, who remain responsible for the rest of the Road to Indy. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company would continue sponsoring the series, as Goodyear acquired Cooper Tire in 2021. Branding would remain as Cooper.[1]
  • On February 22, 2022, it was announced that as part of IndyCar taking over the role of the sanctioning body, Indy Lights would adjust its points structure to follow that of the IndyCar series.[2]

Team and driver chart[]

The following drivers and teams compete in the series.

Team No. Drivers Round(s)
Abel Motorsports 11 Canada Antonio Serravalle[3] 1
51 United States Jacob Abel[4] All
Andretti Autosport 2 United States Sting Ray Robb[5] All
27 New Zealand Hunter McElrea[6] All
28 Denmark Christian Rasmussen[7] All
83 Australia Matthew Brabham[8] All
Force Indy[9] 99 United States Ernie Francis Jr.[9] All
Global Racing Group
with HMD Motorsports 		24 United States Benjamin Pedersen[10] All
HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing[11] 7 United States Christian Bogle[12] All
26 Sweden Linus Lundqvist[13] All
59 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán[14] All
68 Singapore Danial Frost[15] All
TJ Speed Motorsports[16] 12 Republic of Ireland James Roe Jr.[17] All
21 Barbados Kyffin Simpson[18][19] All

Schedule[]

The provisional schedule was announced on January 11, 2022. Only three events of the schedule are planned to be double-headers, a significant change from 2021.[20]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 27 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 May 1 TBA  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3 May 13–14 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
4
5 June 4–5 TBA  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
6
7 June 12 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8 July 3 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
9 July 23 TBA  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
10 August 7 TBA  R  Nashville Street Circuit Nashville, Tennessee
11 August 20 TBA  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
12 September 4 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13 September 10–11 TBA  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
14
References: [20]

Race results[]

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 United States Streets of St. Petersburg New Zealand Hunter McElrea Denmark Christian Rasmussen Denmark Christian Rasmussen Australia Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport
2 United States Barber Motorsports Park
3 R1 United States Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
4 R2
5 R1 United States Raceway on Belle Isle
6 R2
7 United States Road America
8 United States Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
9 United States Iowa Speedway
10 United States Nashville Street Circuit
11 United States World Wide Technology Raceway
12 United States Portland International Raceway
13 R1 United States WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
14 R2

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 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • Every driver who leads at least one lap gets awarded a bonus point, the driver leading the most laps gets two points
Pos Driver STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points
1 Australia Matthew Brabham 1L 51
2 United States Benjamin Pedersen 2 40
3 Sweden Linus Lundqvist 3 35
4 United States Sting Ray Robb 4 32
5 Singapore Danial Frost 5 30
6 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 6 28
7 United States Ernie Francis Jr. 7 26
8 Canada Antonio Serravalle 8 24
9 United States Christian Bogle 9 22
10 Denmark Christian Rasmussen 12L* 21
11 United States Jacob Abel 10 20
12 Barbados Kyffin Simpson 11 19
13 New Zealand Hunter McElrea 14L 18
14 Republic of Ireland James Roe Jr. 13 17
Pos Driver STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG 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
L Led a race lap (1 point)
* Led most race laps (2 points)
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
  • 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 STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points
1 Andretti Autosport 1 34
4
2 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing 3 25
5
3 Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports 2 21
4 Abel Motorsports 7 10
8
5 Force Indy 6 10
6 TJ Speed Motorsports 9 3
10
Pos Team STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "INDYCAR To Sanction, Promote Indy Lights Series Following 2021 Season". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  2. ^ Staff, Speedway Digest. "New Era for Indy Lights Begins on Streets of St. Petersburg". speedwaydigest.com. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  3. ^ "ANTONIO SERRAVALLE JOINS ABEL MOTORSPORTS FOR GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETE". Rtd-media.com. February 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "ABEL, FAMILY TEAM CLIMBING TO INDY LIGHTS IN 2022". Indylights.com. December 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Brittle, Cian (2021-10-28). "Sting Ray Robb moves to Andretti for 2022 IndyLights season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ "MCELREA TO DRIVE FOR ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT IN INDY LIGHTS IN 2022". Indylights.com. November 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Andretti Autosport | INDY PRO 2000 CHAMPION CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN JOINS ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT'S INDY LIGHTS LINEUP FOR 2022". Andretti Autosport. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  8. ^ "MATTHEW BRABHAM RETURNS TO ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT INDY LIGHTS LINEUP". Andrettiautosport.com. January 10, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "African American-Led Force Indy Rises To Indy Lights with Francis". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  10. ^ "Pedersen Keeping It Simple as Strong 2022 Title Hopeful". www.indylights.com. November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  11. ^ "HMD Motorsports Partners With Dale Coyne Racing In Indy Lights". Rtd-media.com. February 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Bogle Moves to HMD Motorsports for 2022 Indy Lights Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (February 10, 2022). "Lundqvist Lands HMD Motorsports Seat For Second Indy Lights Season". Formulascout.com.
  14. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-02-18). "Manuel Sulaiman secures 2022 Indy Lights seat with HMD Motorsports". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  15. ^ "Frost Joins HMD Motorsports for 2022 Indy Lights Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  16. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-06-15). "TJ Speed team to join Indy Lights grid in 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  17. ^ "James Roe Joins TJ Speed Indy Lights Program for 2022". TJ Speed. 2022-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
  18. ^ "SIMPSON TO MAKE INDY LIGHTS DEBUT IN 2022 WITH TJ SPEED MOTORSPORTS". indylights.com. October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  19. ^ "FIA - Driver categorisation". driverscategorisation.fia.com.
  20. ^ a b "Indy Lights' New Era Starting with 14-Race Schedule in 2022". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.

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