2015 Indy Lights season

The 2015 Indy Lights season is the 30th season of the American Indy Lights racing series . The season started on March 28th in Saint Petersburg and ended on September 13th in Monterey .

Teams and drivers

All teams use the Dallara chassis Dallara IL-15 , engines from Mazda - AER and tires from Cooper .

team	No.	driver	run
Belardi Auto Racing	04th	Felix Serralles	1-16
	05	Juan Piedrahita	1-16
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w / Curb-Agajanian	07th	RC Enerson	1-16
	21st	Heamin Choi	15, 16
	42	Jack Harvey	1-16
	71	Ethan Ringel	1-16
	77	Scott Anderson	1-16
Andretti Autosport	51	Shelby Blackstock	1-16
	83	Matthew Brabham	1-3
8 Star Motorsports	08th	Scott Hargrove	1, 2
		Sean Rayhall	4-8, 13-16
Carlin	11	Ed Jones	1-16
	14th	Max Chilton	1-8, 11-16
		Nelson Piquet Jr.	9, 10
Juncos Racing	12	Spencer Pigot	1-16
	18th	Kyle Kaiser	1-16

Racing calendar

The 2015 Indy Lights season includes 16 races. Except for the last race weekend, all races take place as part of the IndyCar Series . Iowa Speedway and Laguna Seca Raceway are new to the calendar . The Pocono Raceway and the Sonoma Raceway are no longer in the calendar .

No.	date	Racetrack	Art	First	Second	Third
1.	28th March	Saint Petersburg	T	Ed Jones	Jack Harvey	Spencer Pigot
2.	March 29			Ed Jones	Jack Harvey	Spencer Pigot
3.	April 19th	Long Beach	T	Ed Jones	Spencer Pigot	Felix Serralles
4th	April 25	Birmingham	P	Spencer Pigot	Jack Harvey	RC Enerson
5.	26th of April			Spencer Pigot	Jack Harvey	Max Chilton
6th	08th of May	Indianapolis	P	Jack Harvey	Sean Rayhall	Ed Jones
7th	0May 9			Sean Rayhall	RC Enerson	Max Chilton
8th.	May 22		O	Jack Harvey	Ethan Ringel	Scott Anderson
9.	June 13th	Toronto	T	Spencer Pigot	Jack Harvey	Kyle Kaiser
10.	14th June			Spencer Pigot	Jack Harvey	Ed Jones
11.	July 12	West Allis	O	Felix Serralles	RC Enerson	Juan Piedrahita
12.	July 18th	Newton	O	Max Chilton	Ed Jones	RC Enerson
13.	0August 1st	Lexington	P	RC Enerson	Max Chilton	Shelby Blackstock
14th	0August 2nd			Sean Rayhall	Max Chilton	Spencer Pigot
15th	12th September	Monterey	P	Spencer Pigot	Kyle Kaiser	Ed Jones
16.	13.september			Spencer Pigot	Sean Rayhall	Max Chilton

• Explanation: O : oval course , T : temporary race track ( street course , airfield course ), P : permanent race track

Ratings

Point system

The points are awarded according to the following scheme:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13
Points	30th	25th	22nd	19th	17th	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th

There is also an additional point for the pole position , the fastest race lap and for the driver who led the race the most laps.

Driver ranking

Item driver STP LBH BAR INDY GOAL Mil IOW MDO LAG Points 01  S. Pigot 3 3 2 1* 1* 7th 12 9 1* 1* 7th 8th 8th 3 1* 1* 357 02  J. Harvey 2 2 10 2 2 1* 5 1 2 2 4th 5 11 10 5 9 330 03  E. Jones 1* 1* 1* 4th 11 3 4th 10 5 3 8th 2 9 9 * 3 4th 324 04th  R. Enerson 9 13 4th 3 7th 5 2 4th 8th 5 2 * 3 1* 4th 6th 6th 295 05  M. Chilton 12 4th 5 5 3 4th 3 12     6th 1* 2 2 11 3 258 06th  K. Kaiser 5 5 12 8th 12 12 6th 5 3 9 9 4th 4th 11 2 10 237 07th  F. Serralles 13 8th 3 6th 4th 9 11 11 11 7th 1 10 10 5 13 8th 225 08th  J. Piedrahita 6th 9 8th 7th 8th 11 7th 7th 10 4th 3 7th 6th 12 7th 7th 223 09  S. Anderson 7th 10 6th 11 5 6th 9 3 9 10 5 6th 7th 8th 9 13 219 10  S. Blackstock 10 11 9 9 10 8th 8th 8th 4th 6th 11 9 3 6th 8th 5 218 11  E. Ringlet 8th 12 7th 10 9 10 10 2 * 6th 11 10 11 12 7th 10 12 197 12  S. Rayhall       12 6th 2 1* 6th         5 1 4th 2 188 13  M. Brabham 11 7th 11                           35 14th  S. Hargrove 4th 6th                             34 15th  N. Piquet                 7th 8th             28 16  H. Choi                             12 11 19th Item driver STP LBH BAR INDY GOAL Mil IOW MDO LAG Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green 4th and 5th place Light Blue 6th to 10th place Dark blue Race ended (outside of the first ten pilots) violet Race not finished red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated did not appear (DNA) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) Further notation fat Pole position (1 point) Italic Fastest race lap (1 point) ° no qualifying, no bonus point for pole position * Most lead laps (1 point) Rookie of the Year Rookie

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tony DiZinno: Indy Lights: Belardi signs Felix Serralles for 2015 program. nbcsports.com, September 19, 2014, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Piedrahita joins Belardi team for 2015 Indy Lights. indycar.com, January 24, 2015, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Tony DiZinno: RC Enerson confirmed for Indy Lights with Schmidt Peterson. nbcsports.com, December 19, 2014, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
4. ^ Harvey Returns to SPM in 2015 Indy Lights. spmindycar.com, January 12, 2015, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Tony DiZinno: Ethan Ringel confirmed for Schmidt Peterson Indy Lights program. nbcsports.com, October 29, 2014, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Indy Lights: Scott Anderson completes the Schmidt Peterson lineup. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, Jan 16, 2015, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Reba McEntire's son gets Indy Lights ride with Andretti. usatoday.com, December 2, 2014, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
8. ^ Brabham returns to Indy Lights with Andretti. speedcafe.com, March 19, 2015, accessed on March 27, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Marshall Pruett: Indy Lights: 8Star continues driver search. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, February 5, 2015, archived from the original on March 17, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Tony DiZinno: Sean Rayhall finally gets his Indy Lights shot with 8Star. nbcsports.com, April 22, 2015, accessed April 25, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Tony DiZinno: MRTI: Carlin adds European F3 shoe Ed Jones to Indy Lights lineup. nbcsports.com, December 12, 2014, accessed March 27, 2015 . 
12. ^ Marshall Pruett: Indy Lights: Brabham, Chilton, Harvey highlight St. Pete entry list. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, March 23, 2015, archived from the original on March 25, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Tony DiZinno: Carlin confirms Nelson Piquet Jr. to make Indy Lights debut in Toronto. nbcsports.com, June 8, 2015, accessed June 14, 2015 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Gruz David, Valentin Khorounziy: Introducing the Road to Indy: 2015 season preview. paddockscout.com, March 27, 2015, accessed on March 27, 2015 .