2012 Indy Lights
The 2012 Indy Lights season is a season of open wheel motor racing. It is the 27th season of the series and the eleventh sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2012 in St. Petersburg.
The championship was dominated by the Sam Schmidt Motorsports team with French driver Tristan Vautier winning the championship by eight points ahead of experienced Argentine team mate Esteban Guerrieri. SSM drivers won seven out of the twelve races over the course of the season and Vautier also claimed the rookie of the year title. Colombian driver Gustavo Yacamán from Team Moore Racing finished a tight battle for third with countryman Sebastián Saavedra.
Team and driver chart
- All drivers will compete in Firestone Firehawk–shod Dallara chassis.
| Team | Drivers | Sponsor | Rounds | |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 3 |  Victor Carbone | MAVTV / NevoNi | All |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 7 |  Oliver Webb ' | Lucas Oil | All |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 11 |  Esteban Guerrieri | Pistas Argentinas / Ironbox | All |
| Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 77 |  Tristan Vautier ' | Mazda Road to Indy / Braille Lithium Battery / Metro Elevator | All |
| Team Moore Racing | 2 |  Gustavo Yacamán | Tuvacol / Crepes & Waffles / Xtreme Coil Drilling | All |
| Team Moore Racing | 22 |  David Ostella | Global Precast / Xtreme Coil Drilling | All |
| Andretti Autosport AFS Racing | 26 | Carlos Muñoz ' | Automatic Fire Sprinklers / Dially-Ser | All |
| Andretti Autosport AFS Racing | 27 | Sebastián Saavedra | Automatic Fire Sprinklers | All |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 28 |  Troy Castaneda ' | Forsythe / EMC / Barracuda Networks | 1–2 |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 28 | Nick Andries ' | Barracuda Networks / TBolt | 3 |
| Bryan Herta Autosport | 28 |  Anders Krohn | i-TEC Well Solutions | 4, 7 |
| Juncos Racing | 86 | João Victor Horto ' | KONY 2012 | 1–2, 4 |
| Juncos Racing | 86 |  Bruno Palli ' | Team Viso Venezuela | 12 |
| Juncos Racing | 86 | Chase Austin ' | Starting Grid, Inc. | 7 |
| Juncos Racing | 87 | Chase Austin ' | Starting Grid, Inc. | 4 |
| Team E | 17 | Brandon Wagner | 4 | |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 4 | Jorge Goncalvez | TruFuel / Royal Oak Charcoal | All |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 9 |  Alon Day ' | Liberty Engineering | 1–7 |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 9 |  Peter Dempsey | TruFuel | 8–12 |
| Belardi Auto Racing | 19 | Mike Larrison ' | TruFuel / Royal Oak Charcoal / Royal Purple | 4, 6–7, 12 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 8 | Alex Jones ' | Race 2 Energy Independence | 1, 3 |
| Brooks Associates Racing | 8 |  Adderly Fong ' | 11 | |
| Fan Force United | 24 |  Armaan Ebrahim ' | JK Tyres / AMG | 1–5 |
| Fan Force United | 24 | Bryan Clauson | 6–7 | |
| Fan Force United | 24 | Stefan Wilson | Jacked Up Energy Drink | 12 |
| Fan Force United | 42 | Emerson Newton-John ' | Graystone Consulting / Pink & Blue for Two | 4, 11 |
| Younessi Racing | 15 | Peter Dempsey | 4–5 | |
| Younessi Racing | 16 | Rodin Younessi ' | 1, 5 | |
| Jeffrey Mark Motorsport | 76 |  Juan Pablo Garcia | Freightliner / Mygale | All |
| Hillenburg Motorsports | 20 | Darryl Wills | Tequila Distinguido | 1–3 |
Schedule
IndyCar announced that all Firestone Indy Lights Series races would be broadcast on the NBC Sports Network in 2012.| Rnd | Date | Race Name | Track | Location |
| 1 | March 24 | St. Petersburg 100 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2 | April 1 | Grand Prix of Alabama | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 3 | April 15 | Grand Prix of Long Beach | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California |
| 4 | May 25 | Firestone Freedom 100 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, Indiana |
| 5 | June 2 | Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix | Belle Isle | Detroit, Michigan |
| 6 | June 15 | Firestone Indy Lights 100 | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin |
| 7 | June 22 | Sukup 100 | Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa |
| 8 | July 7 | Toronto 100 | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario |
| 9 | July 21 | Edmonton 100 | Edmonton City Centre Airport | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 10 | August 5 | Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières | Circuit Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| 11 | September 1 | Grand Prix of Baltimore | Streets of Baltimore | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 12 | September 15 | Auto Club Speedway Foundation 100 | Auto Club Speedway | Fontana, California |
Race results
Driver standings
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
- Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
Footnotes