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The 2022 Indy Lights season is the 36th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 20th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series.

2022 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races14
Start dateFebruary 27
End dateSeptember 11
Awards
Drivers' championSweden Linus Lundqvist

← 2021

2023 →

Series news

  • On September 24, 2021, it was announced that Penske Entertainment, the owner of INDYCAR, would take over promotion of the series from Andersen Promotions, who remain responsible for the rest of the Road to Indy. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company would continue sponsoring the series, as Goodyear acquired Cooper Tire in 2021. Branding would remain as Cooper.[1]
  • On February 22, 2022, it was announced that as part of IndyCar taking over the role of the sanctioning body, Indy Lights would adjust its points structure to follow that of the IndyCar series.[2]
  • On June 22, 2022, it was announced that Firestone will become the sole tire supplier for Indy Lights starting in 2023, replacing Cooper Tires and returning to the series for the first time since 2013.[3]

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams compete in the series.

Team No. Drivers Round(s)
Abel Motorsports 11   Antonio Serravalle[4] 1–2
15   Flinn Lazier[5] 12–14
51   Jacob Abel[6]  R  All
61   Ryan Phinny[7] 3–6
Andretti Autosport 2   Sting Ray Robb[8] All
27   Hunter McElrea[9]  R  All
28   Christian Rasmussen[10]  R  All
83   Matthew Brabham[11] All
Force Indy[12] 99   Ernie Francis Jr.[12]  R  All
Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports 24   Benjamin Pedersen[13] All
HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing[14] 7   Christian Bogle[15] All
11   Antonio Serravalle[16] 3–9
  James Roe Jr.[17]  R  10–11
  Nolan Siegel[18] 13–14
21   Kyffin Simpson[19][20]  R  9–14
26   Linus Lundqvist[21] All
59   Manuel Sulaimán[22]  R  1–2
68   Danial Frost[23] All
TJ Speed Motorsports[24] 12   James Roe Jr.[25]  R  1–9
21   Kyffin Simpson[26][20]  R  1–8

Schedule

The provisional schedule was announced on January 11, 2022. Only three events of the schedule are planned to be double-headers, a significant change from 2021.[27]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 February 27 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 May 1 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Barber Motorsports Park  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3 May 13–14 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
4
5 June 4–5 Indy Lights Detroit Grand Prix  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
6
7 June 12 Indy Lights Grand Prix at Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8 July 3 Indy Lights at Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
9 July 23 Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
10 August 7 Indy Lights Music City Grand Prix  R  Nashville Street Circuit Nashville, Tennessee
11 August 20 Indy Lights at World Wide Technology Raceway  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
12 September 4 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13 September 10–11 TBA  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
14
References: [27]

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1   Streets of St. Petersburg   Hunter McElrea   Christian Rasmussen   Christian Rasmussen   Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport
2   Barber Motorsports Park   Linus Lundqvist   Christian Rasmussen   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing
3 R1   Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist   Danial Frost   Danial Frost HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing
4 R2   Linus Lundqvist   Matthew Brabham   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing
5 R1   Raceway on Belle Isle   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing
6 R2   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing
7   Road America   Sting Ray Robb   Sting Ray Robb   Christian Rasmussen   Christian Rasmussen Andretti Autosport
8   Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Hunter McElrea   Hunter McElrea   Hunter McElrea   Hunter McElrea Andretti Autosport
9   Iowa Speedway   Hunter McElrea   Matthew Brabham   Hunter McElrea   Hunter McElrea Andretti Autosport
10   Nashville Street Circuit   Linus Lundqvist[a]   Sting Ray Robb   Linus Lundqvist   Linus Lundqvist HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing
11   World Wide Technology Raceway   Linus Lundqvist   Benjamin Pedersen   Linus Lundqvist   Matthew Brabham Andretti Autosport
12   Portland International Raceway   Benjamin Pedersen   Matthew Brabham   Benjamin Pedersen   Benjamin Pedersen Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports
13 R1   WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca   Sting Ray Robb   Sting Ray Robb   Sting Ray Robb   Sting Ray Robb Andretti Autosport
14 R2   Christian Rasmussen

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 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • Every driver who leads at least one lap gets awarded a bonus point, the driver leading the most laps gets two points
Pos Driver STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points
1   Linus Lundqvist 3 1L* 5L 1L* 1L* 1L* 4 3 4L 11L* 2L* 3 515
2   Matthew Brabham 1L 7 10 9 3 4 6 2 3 4 1L 2 412
3   Hunter McElrea  R  14L 12 2L 6 12 2 3 1L* 1L* 3 5 5 401
4   Sting Ray Robb 4 3 3 3 11 3 2L 5 5 2 6 6 389
5   Benjamin Pedersen 2 2 11 4 2 6 11 6 9 6 3 1L* 386
6   Christian Rasmussen  R  12L* 11 4L 2 13 13 1L* 4 2 5 12 7 346
7   Danial Frost 5 4 1L* 7 10 5 8 13 7 10 4 10 330
8   Jacob Abel  R  10 6 8 5 14 12 5 11 6 9 7 4 293
9   Kyffin Simpson  R  11 5 12 8 5 7 9 9 11 8 10 9 276
10   Ernie Francis Jr.  R  7 8 9 10 9 10 10 10 8 11 9 8 263
11   Christian Bogle 9 14 7 14 4 14 12 7 10 7 11 11 256
12   James Roe Jr.  R  13 13 13 13 7 9 7 12 13 12 8 219
13   Antonio Serravalle 8 9 6 11 6 8 13 8 12 204
14   Ryan Phinny 14 12 8 11 77
15   Manuel Sulaimán  R  6 10 48
16   Flinn Lazier 12 18
Pos Driver STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points
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
L Led a race lap (1 point)
* Led most race laps (2 points)
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 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 STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points
1 Andretti Autosport 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 374
4 7 3 3 9 3 2 2 2 3 5 5
2 HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 3 365
5 4 4 6 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 7
3 Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports 2 2 7 4 2 5 9 4 7 4 3 1 209
4 Abel Motorsports 7 6 5 5 7 9 4 8 4 6 6 4 126
8 9 10 9 10 10 8
5 Force Indy 6 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 106
6 TJ Speed Motorsports 9 5 8 7 5 6 5 6 8 92
10 10 9 10 6 7 7 9
Pos Team STP ALA IMS DET ROA MOH IOW NSH GAT POR LAG Points

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Qualifying was cancelled due to a thunderstorm warning, so the result was based off of entrant standings.

References

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  12. ^ a b "African American-Led Force Indy Rises To Indy Lights with Francis". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  13. ^ "Pedersen Keeping It Simple as Strong 2022 Title Hopeful". www.indylights.com. November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "HMD Motorsports Partners With Dale Coyne Racing In Indy Lights". Rtd-media.com. February 22, 2022.
  15. ^ "Bogle Moves to HMD Motorsports for 2022 Indy Lights Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  16. ^ "ANTONIO SERRAVALLE JOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS IN INDIANAPOLIS". RTD Media. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  17. ^ "JAMES ROE JOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR THE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX – HMD Motorsports". Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  18. ^ "NOLAN SIEGEL SET FOR INDY LIGHTS PRESENTED BY COOPER TIRES DEBUT WITH HMD MOTORSPORTS – HMD Motorsports". Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  19. ^ "Simpson Joins HMD Motorsports for Rest of 2022 Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  20. ^ a b "FIA - Driver categorisation". driverscategorisation.fia.com.
  21. ^ Wood, Ida (February 10, 2022). "Lundqvist Lands HMD Motorsports Seat For Second Indy Lights Season". Formulascout.com.
  22. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-02-18). "Manuel Sulaiman secures 2022 Indy Lights seat with HMD Motorsports". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  23. ^ "Frost Joins HMD Motorsports for 2022 Indy Lights Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  24. ^ Wood, Ida (2021-06-15). "TJ Speed team to join Indy Lights grid in 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  25. ^ "James Roe Joins TJ Speed Indy Lights Program for 2022". TJ Speed. 2022-01-11. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
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