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.[1]
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.[2]
Team and driver chart
The following drivers and teams competed in the series.
- 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.[26] This last round was later confirmed to be at Barber Motorsports park, after the IndyCar series moved its season opener there.[27] 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. |
Date |
Race name |
Track |
Location |
1 |
April 17–18 |
Indy Lights Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park
Presented by Cooper Tires |
R Barber Motorsports Park |
Birmingham, Alabama |
2 |
3 |
April 24–25 |
Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Presented by Foundation Building Materials |
R Streets of St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg, Florida |
4 |
Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Presented by Andersen Interior Contracting |
5 |
May 14–15 |
Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Presented by Cooper Tires |
R Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course |
Speedway, Indiana |
6 |
7 |
June 12–13 |
Indy Lights Grand Prix of Detroit
Presented by Cooper Tires |
R The Raceway at Belle Isle Park |
Detroit, Michigan |
8 |
9 |
June 19–20 |
Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Road America
Powered by AER |
R Road America |
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
10 |
11 |
July 3–4 |
Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio |
R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course |
Lexington, Ohio |
12 |
13 |
August 20–21 |
Cooper Tires Indy Lights Oval Challenge of St. Louis |
O Gateway Motorsports Park |
Madison, Illinois |
14 |
15 |
September 11–12 |
Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Portland |
R Portland International Raceway |
Portland, Oregon |
16 |
17 |
September 18–19 |
Indy Lights Grand Prix of Monterey
Presented by Cooper Tires |
R WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca |
Monterey, California |
18 |
19 |
October 1–3 |
VP Racing Fuels Champhionship Weekend
Presented By Cooper Tires |
R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course |
Lexington, Ohio |
20 |
References: [28][29] |
Race results
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 (R) |
30 |
25 |
22 |
19 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Points (O) |
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.
|
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 |
* |
Led most race laps
(1 point) |
1 |
Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded |
R |
Rookie |
RY |
Rookie 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+ |
Points |
22 |
18 |
15 |
12 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
- 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
Notes
- ↑ Entry list has Global Racing Group as a separate team of two cars, while official points list HMD and GRG as the same team.
- ↑ Entry list has Andretti / Andretti Steinbrenner as two teams with one and three cars, while official teams standings list it as a single team.
See also
References
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External links
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USAC Mini-Indy Series |
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CART American Racing Series |
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CART Firestone/Dayton Indy Lights |
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IRL Infiniti/Indy Pro Series |
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Firestone Indy Lights Series |
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Indy Lights Series presented by Cooper Tire |
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Firestone Indy NXT Series |
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