2018 Indy Lights
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 | ![]() | All |
Andretti Autosport | 28 | ![]() | All |
Andretti Autosport | 48 | ![]() | All |
Andretti Steinbrenner Racing | 98 | ![]() | All |
Belardi Auto Racing | 5 | ![]() | All |
Belardi Auto Racing | 9 | ![]() | All |
Juncos Racing | 7 | ![]() | 3–4 |
Juncos Racing | 7 | ![]() | 16–17 |
Juncos Racing | 23 | ![]() | All |
Team Pelfrey | 2 | ![]() | 1–2 |
Team Pelfrey | 2 | ![]() | 7 |
Team Pelfrey | 3 | ![]() | 1–2 |
Schedule
Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
1 | March 10 | ![]() | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
2 | March 11 | ![]() | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
3 | April 21 | ![]() | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
4 | April 22 | ![]() | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
5 | May 11 | ![]() | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
6 | May 12 | ![]() | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
7 | May 25 | ![]() | Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval | Speedway, Indiana |
8 | June 23 | ![]() | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
9 | June 24 | ![]() | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
10 | July 8 | ![]() | Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa |
11 | July 14 | ![]() | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
12 | July 15 | ![]() | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
13 | July 28 | ![]() | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
14 | July 29 | ![]() | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
15 | August 25 | ![]() | Gateway Motorsports Park | Madison, Illinois |
16 | September 1 | ![]() | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
17 | September 2 | ![]() | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
Race results
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
;Scoring systemPosition | 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.
Teams' championship
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 | Points |
1 | ![]() | 614 |
2 | ![]() | 455 |
3 | ![]() | 291 |
4 | ![]() | 59 |