Indy Lights season 2016

The 2016 Indy Lights season was the 31st season of the American Indy Lights racing series . The season started on March 12th in Saint Petersburg and ended on September 11th in Monterey .

Teams and drivers

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

team	No.	driver	run
Juncos Racing	13	Zachary Claman DeMelo	1-18
	18th	Kyle Kaiser	1-18
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w / Curb-Agajanian	07th	RC Enerson	1-8
	17th	André Negrao	1-18
	55	Santiago Urrutia	1-18
	77	Scott Anderson	1, 2, 4-7
		Heamin Choi	3, 8, 11, 17, 18
Carlin	04th	Felix Serralles	1-18
	11	Ed Jones	1-18
	22nd	Neil Alberico	1-18
Belardi Auto Racing	05	Zach Veach	1-18
	14th	Felix Rosenqvist	1-8, 12, 13
	45	James French	9, 10
Andretti Autosport	27	Dean Stoneman	1-18
	28	Dalton Kellett	1-18
	51	Shelby Blackstock	1-18
Team Pelfrey	02	Juan Piedrahita	1-13
		Sean Rayhall	17, 18
	03	Scott Hargrove	1-8
		Garett Grist	9, 10, 12-18
McCormack Racing	34	Davey hamilton jr.	17, 18

Racing calendar

The 2016 Indy Lights season consisted of 18 races. Except for the last race weekend, all races took place as part of the IndyCar Series . New to the calendar were the Phoenix International Raceway , Road America and Watkins Glen International . The Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit and the Milwaukee Mile were no longer on the calendar .

No.	date	Racetrack	Art	First	Second	Third
1.	March 12th	Saint Petersburg	T	Felix Serralles	Scott Hargrove	Kyle Kaiser
2.	March 13th			Felix Rosenqvist	Kyle Kaiser	Zach Veach
3.	02nd of April	Avondale	0	Kyle Kaiser	Ed Jones	RC Enerson
4th	April 23	Birmingham	P	Ed Jones	Felix Serralles	Zach Veach
5.	April 24th			Santiago Urrutia	Ed Jones	Dean Stoneman
6th	May 13th	Indianapolis	P	Ed Jones	Santiago Urrutia	Dean Stoneman
7th	May 14th			Dean Stoneman	Santiago Urrutia	Kyle Kaiser
8th.	May 27th		O	Dean Stoneman	Ed Jones	Dalton Kellett
9.	25th June	Elkhart Lake	P	Zach Veach	Dean Stoneman	Felix Serralles
10.	June 26th			Santiago Urrutia	André Negrao	Zach Veach
11.	10th of July	Newton	O	Felix Serralles	Zach Veach	Ed Jones
12.	16th of July	Toronto	T	Felix Rosenqvist	Felix Serralles	Kyle Kaiser
13.	17th July			Felix Rosenqvist	André Negrao	Kyle Kaiser
14th	30th July	Lexington	P	Santiago Urrutia	André Negrao	Dean Stoneman
15th	July 31			Santiago Urrutia	Dean Stoneman	André Negrao
16.	0September 3	Watkins Glen	T	Zach Veach	Ed Jones	André Negrao
17th	September 10	Monterey	P	Kyle Kaiser	Ed Jones	Zach Veach
18th	September 11			Zach Veach	Santiago Urrutia	Kyle Kaiser

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

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded according to the following scheme:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
Points	30th	25th	22nd	19th	17th	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5

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

Driver ranking

Item driver STP PHO BAR INDY ROA IOW GOAL MDO WGL LAG Points 01  E. Jones 10 7th 2 1* 2 1* 4th 2 4th 13 3 * 6th 5 6th 11 2 2 4th 363 02  S. Urrutia 4th 13 4th 11 1* 2 2 14th 9 1* 5 4th 4th 1* 1* 12 5 2 361 03  K. Kaiser 3 2 1* 15th 6th 6th 3 16 6th 6th 6th 3 3 9 6th 4th 1* 3 334 04th  Z. Veach 16 * 3 8th 3 10 5 10 10 1* 3 2 9 6th 5 4th 1* 3 1* 332 05  D. Stoneman 8th 6th 5 16 3 3 1* 1* 2 9 4th 5 14th 3 2 6th 13 9 316 06th  F. Serralles 1 4th 7th 2 15th 7th 5 6th 3 17th 1 2 10 4th 10 7th 8th 5 311 07th  A. Negra 6th 5 6th 8th 11 9 16 15th 10 2 13 11 2 2 3 3 9 6th 268 08th  S. Blackstock 14th 11 14th 4th 5 10 7th 4th 13 5 12 10 9 8th 5 6th 10 11 227 09  Z. DeMelo 11 16 11 5 7th 13 14th 13 5 4th 8th 13 13 7th 7th 9 12 7th 199 10  D. Kellett 15th 10 10 9 9 16 12 3 14th 12 9 8th 11 11 9 11 7th 13 193 11  N. Alberico 12 15th 9 12 14th 11 13 7th 11 11 11 12 8th 12 8th 5 6th 10 193 12  F. Rosenqvist 7th 1* 15th 14th 8th 4th 6th 9       1* 1*           185 13  J. Piedrahita 9 8th 12 7th 16 15th 11 8th 12 7th 7th 14th 12           135 14th  R. Enerson 5 12 3 6th 4th 8th 15th 11                     111 15th  G. Grist                 7th 10   7th 7th 10 12 8th 11 15th 102 16  S. Hargrove 2 14th 13 13 12 14th 9 5                     93 17th  S. Anderson 13 9   10 8th 12 8th                       61 18th  H. Choi     16         12     10           15th 12 40 19th  S. Rayhall                                 4th 8th 32 20th  J. French                 8th 8th                 26th 21st  D. Hamilton                                 14th 14th 14th Item driver STP PHO BAR INDY ROA IOW GOAL MDO WGL 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

• Zach Veach and Zachary Claman DeMelo were each subtracted 10 points at Watkins Glen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Allen: Zach Claman DeMelo heads to Indy Lights from MSV F3 Cup. paddockscout.com, December 15, 2015, accessed on March 12, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Peter Allen: Kyle Kaiser sticks with Juncos for 2016 Indy Lights season. paddockscout.com, October 29, 2015, accessed on March 12, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Enerson to remain with Schmidt in 2016. (No longer available online.) Racer.com, October 30, 2015, archived from the original on March 13, 2016 ; accessed on March 12, 2016 (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.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Lucas School of Racing. indycar.com, March 3, 2016, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
5. ^ RJ O'Connell: Santiago Urrutia joins Schmidt Peterson for Indy Lights. paddockscout.com, February 18, 2016, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
6. ^ Peter Allen: Felix Serralles teams up with Carlin for the second Indy Lights year. paddockscout.com, January 7, 2016, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
7. ^ Peter Allen: Ed Jones commits to a second season of Indy Lights with Carlin. paddockscout.com, October 19, 2015, accessed on March 12, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Gruz David Alberico Secure's Indy Lights graduation with Carlin. paddockscout.com, January 25, 2016, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Veach returns to Indy Lights with Belardi. motorsport.com, November 25, 2015, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Peter Allen: Felix Rosenqvist to race in Indy Lights with Belardi. paddockscout.com, February 23, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2016 . 
11. ^ RJ O'Connell: Dean Stoneman switches to Indy Lights with Andretti. paddockscout.com, February 24, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Andretti promotes Kellett to Indy Lights. motorsport.com, September 22, 2015, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
13. ↑ David Malsher: Blackstock staying at Andretti Autosport, leads opening Lights test. motorsport.com, November 21, 2015, accessed March 12, 2016 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} R. J. O'Connell: Indy Lights 2016 season preview. paddockscout.com, March 11, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2016 .