Indy Lights 2017 season

The 2017 Indy Lights season is the 32nd season of the American Indy Lights racing series . The season started on March 12th in Saint Petersburg and ends on September 3rd in Watkins Glen .

Teams and drivers

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

team	No.	driver	run
Andretti Autosport	27	Nico Jamin	1-16
	28	Dalton Kellett	1-16
	48	Ryan Norman	1-16
Andretti Steinbrenner Racing	98	Colton Herta	1-16
Belardi Auto Racing	05	Santiago Urrutia	1-16
	09	Aaron Telitz	1-16
	51	Shelby Blackstock	1-16
	84	Chad Boat	15th
Carlin	11	Garth Rickards	1-16
	13	Zachary Claman DeMelo	1-16
	22nd	Neil Alberico	1-16
	26th	Matheus Leist	1-16
Juncos Racing	18th	Kyle Kaiser	1-16
	31	Nicolas Dapero	1-16
Team Pelfrey	02	Juan Piedrahita	1-16
	03	Patricio O'Ward	1-4

Racing calendar

The 2017 Indy Lights season consisted of 16 races. During the race weekend, all races are part of the IndyCar Series . Gateway Motorsports Park is new to the calendar . The Phoenix International Raceway and the Laguna Seca Raceway are no longer in the calendar .

No.	date	Surname	Racetrack	Art	place
01	March 11	St. Petersburg 100	Streets of St. Petersburg	T	St. Petersburg
02	March 12th
03	April 22	Legacy Indy Lights 100	Barber Motorsports Park	P	Birmingham
04th	April 23
05	12th of May	Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	P	Speedway
06th	May 13th
07th	May 26	Freedom 100	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	O	Speedway
08th	June 24th	Grand Prix of Road America	Road America	P	Elkhart Lake
09	25th June
10	0July 9	Mazda Iowa 100	Iowa Speedway	O	Newton
11	15th of July	Grand Prix of Toronto	Exhibition Place	T	Toronto
12	16th of July
13	29th of July	Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	P	Lexington
14th	30th July
15th	August 27	Illinois 100	Gateway Motorsports Park	O	Madison
16	0September 3	Grand Prix of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	P	Watkins Glen

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

Results

The 2017 Indy Lights season consisted of 16 races. During the race weekend, all races are part of the IndyCar Series . The Phoenix International Raceway , Road America and Watkins Glen International are new to the calendar . The Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit and the Milwaukee Mile are no longer on the calendar .

No.	date	Racetrack	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Most lead laps	First	Second	Third
1.	March 11	St. Petersburg	Aaron Telitz	Colton Herta	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Colton Herta	Neil Alberico
2.	March 12th		Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Santiago Urrutia	Patricio O'Ward
3.	April 22	Birmingham	Kyle Kaiser	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Kyle Kaiser	Neil Alberico
4th	April 23		Colton Herta	Santiago Urrutia	Colton Herta	Colton Herta	Kyle Kaiser	Nico Jamin
5.	12th of May	Indianapolis GP	Nico Jamin	Matheus Leist	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Kyle Kaise
6th	May 13th		Kyle Kaiser	Zachary Claman DeMel	Kyle Kaiser	Kyle Kaiser	Santiago Urrutia	Matheus Leist
7th	May 26	Indianapolis	Matheus Leist	Santiago Urrutia	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Aaron Telitz	Dalton Kellett
8th.	June 24th	Elkhart Lake	Matheus Leist	Kyle Kaiser	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Santiago Urrutia	Kyle Kaiser
9.	25th June		Colton Herta	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Kyle Kaiser	Colton Herta
10.	0July 9	Newton	Colton Herta	Dalton Kellett	Matheus Leist	Matheus Leist	Santiago Urrutia	Dalton Kellett
11.	15th of July	Toronto	Kyle Kaiser	Colton Herta	Kyle Kaiser	Kyle Kaiser	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Santiago Urrutia
12.	16th of July		Colton Herta	Kyle Kaiser	Colton Herta	Kyle Kaiser	Aaron Telitz	Zachary Claman DeMelo
13.	29th of July	Lexington	Santiago Urrutia	Shelby Blackstock	Santiago Urrutia	Santiago Urrutia	Colton Herta	Nico Jamin
14th	30th July		Colton Herta	Santiago Urrutia	Nico Jamin	Nico Jamin	Santiago Urrutia	Shelby Blackstock
15th	August 27	Gateway	Colombia	Zachary Claman DeMelo	Colombia	Santiago Urrutia	Colombia	Colton Herta
16.	0September 3	Watkins Glen	Colton Herta	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Aaron Telitz	Santiago Urrutia	Colton Herta

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	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	30th	25th	22nd	19th	17th	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

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 ALA IND INDY RDA IOW GOAL MOH GAT WGL Points 01  Kyle Kaiser 6th 4th 2 2 3 1* 9 3 2 5 1* 1 12 12 4th 7th 330 02  Santiago Urrutia 13 2 15th 13 7th 2 5 2 11 2 3 11 1* 2 1 2 310 03  Colton Herta 2 1* 10 1* 12 10 13 12 3 4th 4th 10 * 2 6th 3 3 300 04th  Matheus Leist 15th 11 4th 7th 5 3 1* 1* 4th 1* 13 5 11 10 10 14th 279 05  Zachary Claman DeMelo 8th 7th 4th 14th 2 11 16 10 1* 6th 2 3 5 4th 6th 6th 274 06th  Aaron Telitz 1* 5 13 5 6th 13 2 11 5 9 5 2 8th 5 15th 1* 271 07th  Nico Jamin 7th 14th 1* 3 1* 4th 10 6th 14th 7th 14th 12 3 1* 11 5 269 08th  Neil Alberico 3 15th 3 4th 4th 6th 4th 7th 8th 11 8th 14th 6th 9 12 11 225 09  Juan Piedrahita 14th 10 11 11 DNS 5 8th 5 10 10 6th 4th 10 11 2 * 9 208 10  Shelby Blackstock 4th 6th 7th 8th 9 14th 11 8th 6th 13 11 13 4th 3 9 12 207 11  Ryan Norman 10 9 12 9 8th 7th 14th 4th 7th 8th 10 6th 9 7th 8th 10 200 12  Dalton Kellett 12 12 6th 10 13 9 3 9 9 3 12 9 7th 13 7th 13 198 13  Nicolas Dapero 9 8th 9 6th 11 8th 12 14th 12 12 7th 7th 14th 8th 5 8th 187 14th  Garth Rickards 11 13 14th 12 10 12 7th 13 13 13 9 8th 13 14th 13 DNS 146 15th  Patricio O'Ward 5 3 8th 15th 58 16  Chad Boat 14th 7th Item driver STP ALA IND INDY RDA IOW GOAL MOH GAT WGL 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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jamin to join Andretti Autosport for the 2017 Indy Lights Line Up. andrettiautosport.com, November 29, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Kellett returns to Andretti Autosport for 2017. indylights.com, September 8, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2018 . 
3. ^ Ryan Norman named third driver to Aandretti Indy Lights Roster. andrettiautosport.com, May 12, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Colton Herta quits Europe to race Indy Lights in 2017. motorsport.com, December 15, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2018 (English). 
5. ↑ Belardi Auto Racing confirms Urrutia for 2017. indylights.com, December 30, 2016, accessed on March 11, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ Belardi signs Pro Mazda champ Telitz for 2017. motorsport.com, November 9, 2016, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Belardi Auto Racing sings Blackstock for 2017. indylights.com, November 23, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2018 . 
8. ^ Chad Boat ready to try again to make Indy Lights debut. indycar.com, August 25, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
9. ^ Rickards moves up to Indy Lights with Carlin. carlin.co.uk, January 6, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
10. ^ Claman DeMelo ready for Indy Lights assault. carlin.co.uk, February 6, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Alberico returns with Carlin for 2017 season. carlin.co.uk, February 14, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Leist joins Carlin for Indy Lights. carlin.co.uk, February 3, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
13. ↑ American Kyle Kaiser looks to lead Juncos Racing in the 2017 Indy Lights championship. juncosracing.com, December 10, 2016, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Peter Allen: Dapero graduates with Juncos to Indy Lights. motorsport.com, November 28, 2016, accessed March 12, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Piedrahita to rejoin Team Pelfrey IL in 2017. indylights.com, February 3, 2017, accessed on March 12, 2018 (English). 
16. ↑ O'Ward joins Team Pelfrey IL for spring workout and the season opener. indylights.com, March 1, 2017, accessed March 12, 2018 .