2016 Indy Lights

Indy Light season February 2025 Indy Lights Indy Lights 2016 18 March 12 September 11 UAE Ed Jones GBR Carlin URU Santiago Urrutia 2015 2017 The 2016 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 31st season of the Indy Lights series and the 15th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. Dubai born British sophomore driver Ed Jones won the championship by a narrow two point margin over rookie Uruguayan Santiago Urrutia. Jones won two races compared to Urrutia's four wins but Jones more consistently finished on the podium. American Kyle Kaiser won twice and made few mistakes and finished third in points. Kaiser finished just ahead of American Zach Veach whose season began poorly but won three of the last ten races. Dean Stoneman and Félix Serrallés also captured two wins, but were much less consistent and finished fifth and sixth in the championship respectively. Swede Felix Rosenqvist won three races but missed much of the season due to his role as a Mercedes factory driver in Europe. Jones' Carlin team won the teams' championship and in the final race of the season, Jones' Carlin teammate Serrallés ceded fourth place to Jones on the final lap, allowing him to win the championship. Team and driver chart All drivers compete in Cooper Tire–shod Dallara IL-15 chassis with Mazda AER engine. Team No. Car number Drivers Rounds Andretti Autosport 27GBR Dean StonemanMalsher, David. Andretti signs Stoneman for Indy Lights, Motorsport.com, February 24, 2016, Retrieved 2016-02-24 All 28CAN Dalton Kelletthttp://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/andretti-promotes-kellett-to-indy-lights/ Andretti promotes Kellett to Indy Lights Valentin Khorounzhiy Motorsport.com September 22, 2015 November 3, 2015 All 51USA Shelby BlackstockMalsher, David. Blackstock staying at Andretti Autosport, leads opening Lights test, Motorsport.com, November 21, 2015, Retrieved 2015-11-25 AllBelardi Auto Racing 5USA Zach VeachKhorounzhiy, Valentin. Veach returns to Indy Lights with Belardi https://web.archive.org/web/20160312151046/http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/veach-returns-to-indy-lights-with-belardi/ 2016-03-12 , Motorsport.com, November 25, 2015, Retrieved 2015-11-25 All 14SWE Felix Rosenqvisthttp://indylights.com/news/belardi-auto-racing-confirms-felix-rosenqvist-for-indy-lights Belardi Auto Racing confirms Felix Rosenqvist for Indy Lights Indy Lights February 22, 2016 February 23, 2016 June 23, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200623021303/https://www.indylights.com/news/belardi-auto-racing-confirms-felix-rosenqvist-for-indy-lights dead 1–8, 12–13 45USA James French 9–10 Carlinhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116996 Carlin aims for IndyCar after launching 2015 Indy Lights programme James Roberts Autosport Haymarket Publications December 1, 2014 December 1, 2014 4PRI Félix Serralléshttp://www.paddockscout.com/felix-serralles-teams-up-with-carlin-for-second-indy-lights-year/32836 Felix Serralles teams up with Carlin for second Indy Lights year Allen Peter Paddock Scout January 7, 2016 January 7, 2016 All 11UAE Ed Joneshttp://www.paddockscout.com/ed-jones-commits-to-a-second-season-of-indy-lights-with-carlin/31520 Ed Jones commits to a second season of Indy Lights with Carlin Peter Allen Paddock Scout October 19, 2015 November 3, 2015 All 22USA Neil Albericohttp://www.carlin.co.uk/news/indy-lights/carlin-sign-al-lights-series/ Carlin sign Alberico for 2016 Indy Lights Series Carlin January 25, 2016 January 25, 2016 June 25, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200625234937/http://www.carlin.co.uk/news/indy-lights/carlin-sign-al-lights-series/ dead All Juncos Racing 13CAN Zachary Claman DeMelohttp://www.juncosracing.com/canadian-zachary-claman-demelo-joins-juncos-racing-for-2016-indy-lights-campaign/ Canadian Zachary Claman DeMelo joins Juncos Racing for 2016 Indy Lights campaign Juncos Racing December 15, 2015 December 15, 2015 December 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112943/http://www.juncosracing.com/canadian-zachary-claman-demelo-joins-juncos-racing-for-2016-indy-lights-campaign/ dead All 18USA Kyle Kaiserhttp://www.paddockscout.com/kyle-kaiser-sticks-with-juncos-for-2016-indy-lights-season/31638 Kyle Kaiser sticks with Juncos for 2016 Indy Lights season Peter Allen Paddock Scout October 29, 2015 November 3, 2015 All McCormack Racing 34USA Davey Hamilton Jr. 17–18 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7USA RC Enersonhttp://www.spmindycar.com/rc-enerson-to-compete-with-spm-in-2016/ RC Enerson to compete with SPM in 2016 October 30, 2015 November 6, 2015 SPM IndyCar Schmidt Peterson Motorsports February 7, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207173939/http://www.spmindycar.com/rc-enerson-to-compete-with-spm-in-2016/ dead 1–8 17BRA André Negrãohttp://indylights.com/docs/default-source/schedule/indy-lights-entry-list8c2d0e2f8d4765b8b2f6ff0000cf2672.pdf?sfvrsn=0 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Lucas School of Racing Entry List March 3, 2016 March 9, 2016 Indy Lights Andersen Promotions June 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200626020237/https://www.indylights.com/docs/default-source/schedule/indy-lights-entry-list8c2d0e2f8d4765b8b2f6ff0000cf2672.pdf?sfvrsn=0 dead All 55URU Santiago Urrutiahttp://velocidadtotal.com/nota/355-santiago-urrutia-a-la-indylights/ Santiago Urrutia a la IndyLights January 27, 2016 January 27, 2016 Velocidad Total Velocidad Total es Santiago Urrutia goes up to IndyLights All 77USA Scott Anderson 1–2, 4–7KOR Heamin Choi 3, 8, 11, 17–18Team Pelfreyhttp://indylights.com/news/team-pelfrey-expands-to-indy-lights-presented-by-cooper-tires Team Pelfrey expands to Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires October 26, 2015 November 6, 2015 Indy Lights Andersen Promotions November 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032216/http://indylights.com/news/team-pelfrey-expands-to-indy-lights-presented-by-cooper-tires dead 2COL Juan Piedrahitahttp://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c7db2f6409216d122eb094fcd&id=d0f3d15769 Piedrahita signs with Team Pelfrey for 2016 IndyLights season February 18, 2016 February 18, 2016 Team Pelfrey Indy Lights Team Pelfrey 1–13USA Sean Rayhallhttp://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/pelfrey-calls-up-rayhall-for-lights-finale-816309/ Pelfrey calls up Rayhall for Lights finale Khorounzhiy Valentin September 6, 2016 September 6, 2016 motorsport.com Motorsport.com November 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161104224635/http://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/pelfrey-calls-up-rayhall-for-lights-finale-816309/ dead 17–18 3CAN Scott Hargrovehttp://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2016/03/24/hargrove-pelfrey-plan-phoenix-barber-in-working-towards-full-season/ Hargrove, Pelfrey, plan Phoenix, Barber in working towards full season 24 March 2016 1–8CAN Garett Gristhttp://www.indylights.com/news/garett-grist-to-make-indy-lights-debut-with-team-pelfrey Garett Grist to make Indy Lights debut with Team Pelfrey June 14, 2016 June 14, 2016 Indy Lights Andersen Promotions October 22, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161022184252/http://www.indylights.com/news/garett-grist-to-make-indy-lights-debut-with-team-pelfrey dead 9–10, 12–18 Team Pelfrey purchased the assets of 8Star Motorsports Schedule The 2016 schedule was released on October 27, 2015.http://indylights.com/news/2016-mazda-road-to-indy-schedules-announced October 27, 2015 November 3, 2015 IndyLights 2016 Mazda Road to Indy schedules announced March 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160301054357/http://www.indylights.com/news/2016-mazda-road-to-indy-schedules-announced dead Phoenix and Road America returned to the calendar. Long Beach was removed from the schedule, and with the IndyCar Series not returning to the Milwaukee Mile, Indy Lights will not return either. The Grand Prix of Boston was announced in late May 2015. The race was scheduled to be run on Labor Day Weekend on September 4, 2016. The proposed street circuit was based in the Boston Seaport District. On April 29, 2016, Boston newspapers reported that the race weekend, which was to include an Indy Lights support race, had been canceled.Golen Jimmy Scheduled IndyCar race on streets of Boston cancelled http://racing.ap.org/article/scheduled-indycar-race-streets-boston-canceled April 29, 2016 Associated Press Associated Press AP Sports April 29, 2016 Boston https://web.archive.org/web/20160501111634/http://racing.ap.org/article/scheduled-indycar-race-streets-boston-canceled May 1, 2016 dead The race was replaced by a race at Watkins Glen International, on the same weekend.IndyCar returning to Waktins Glen International for Labor Day weekend http://www.indycar.com/News/2016/05/05-13-WGI-announcement May 14, 2016 IndyCar.com May 13, 2016 The season will expand to 18 races, two more than the previous season. All races on road courses and street circuits will be double headers with the exception of Watkins Glen, which, like the oval tracks, will have only one race. All races will be run in support of IndyCar races except the final weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, which will be a Mazda Road to Indy headliner weekend. Rd. Date Race name Track Location TV 1 March 12 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Presented by Lucas School of Racing Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida NBCSN 2 March 13 3 April 2 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Phoenix Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona NBCSN 4 April 23 Legacy Indy Lights 100 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama NBCSN 5 April 24 6 May 13 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana NBCSN 7 May 14 8 May 27 Mazda Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway, Indiana NBCSN 9 June 25 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI NBCSN 10 June 26 11 July 10 Indy Lights Iowa Challenge Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa NBCSN 12 July 16 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto NBCSN 13 July 17 14 July 30 Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio NBCSN 15 July 31 16 September 3 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York NBCSN 17 September 10 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Monterey Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California NBCSN 18 September 11 #FFFFFF Oval/Speedway solid 1px #AAAAAA #DFFFDF Road Course solid 1px #AAAAAA #D0E7FF Temporary Street Circuit solid 1px #AAAAAA Race results Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race WinnerDriverTeam 1 St. Petersburg 1 USA Kyle Kaiser USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach PRI Félix Serrallés Carlin 2 St. Petersburg 2 SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist Belardi Auto Racing 3 Phoenix USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing 4 Birmingham 1 UAE Ed Jones URY Santiago Urrutia UAE Ed Jones UAE Ed Jones Carlin 5 Birmingham 2 UAE Ed Jones URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 6 Indianapolis GP 1 UAE Ed Jones CAN Zachary Claman DeMelo UAE Ed Jones UAE Ed Jones Carlin 7 Indianapolis GP 2 UAE Ed Jones SWE Felix Rosenqvist GBR Dean Stoneman GBR Dean Stoneman Andretti Autosport 8 Indianapolis UAE Ed Jones USA Neil Alberico GBR Dean Stoneman GBR Dean Stoneman Andretti Autosport 9 Road America 1 USA Zach Veach CAN Zachary Claman DeMelo USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach Belardi Auto Racing 10 Road America 2 UAE Ed Jones GBR Dean Stoneman URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 11 Iowa UAE Ed Jones USA Zach Veach UAE Ed Jones PRI Félix Serrallés Carlin 12 Toronto 1 SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist Belardi Auto Racing 13 Toronto 2 SWE Felix Rosenqvist PRI Félix Serrallés SWE Felix Rosenqvist SWE Felix Rosenqvist Belardi Auto Racing 14 Mid-Ohio 1 URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 15 Mid-Ohio 2 URY Santiago Urrutia PRI Félix Serrallés URY Santiago Urrutia URY Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 16 Watkins Glen URY Santiago Urrutia GBR Dean Stoneman USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach Belardi Auto Racing 17 Laguna Seca 1 USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser USA Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing 18 Laguna Seca 2 UAE Ed Jones USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach USA Zach Veach Belardi Auto Racing 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 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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. The driver who obtained the fastest lap in a race was awarded one additional point. Pos Driver STP PHX ALA IND INDY RDA IOW TOR MOHWGL LAG Pts 1 UAE Ed Jones 10 7 2 1* 2 1* 4 21 4 13 31 6 5 6 11 2 2 4 363 2URU Santiago Urrutia yellow RY silver 4 13 4 11 1* 2 2 14 9 1* 5 4 4 1* 1* 12 5 2 361 3 USA Kyle Kaiser 3 2 1* 15 6 6 3 16 6 6 6 3 3 9 6 4 1* 3 334 4 USA Zach Veach 16* 3 8 3 10 5 10 10 1* 3 2* 9 6 5 4 1* 3 1* 332 5GBR Dean Stoneman orange R silver 8 6 5 16 3 3 1* 1* 2 9 4 5 14 3 2 10 13 9 316 6 PRI Félix Serrallés 1 4 7 2 15 7 5 6 3 14 1 2 10 4 10 7 8 5 311 7BRA André Negrão orange R silver 6 5 6 8 11 9 16 15 10 2 13 11 2 2 3 3 9 6 268 8 USA Shelby Blackstock 14 11 14 4 5 10 7 4 13 5 12 10 9 8 5 6 10 11 227 9CAN Zachary Claman DeMelo orange R silver 11 16 11 5 7 13 14 13 5 4 8 13 13 7 7 9 12 7 199 10CAN Dalton Kellett orange R silver 15 10 10 9 9 16 12 3 14 12 9 8 11 11 9 11 7 13 193 11USA Neil Alberico orange R silver 12 15 9 12 14 11 13 7 11 11 11 12 8 12 8 5 6 10 193 12SWE Felix Rosenqvist orange R silver 7 1* 15 14 8 4 6 9 1* 1* 185 13 COL Juan Piedrahita 9 8 12 7 16 15 11 8 12 7 7 14 12 135 14 USA RC Enerson 5 12 3 6 4 8 15 11 111 15CAN Garett Grist orange R silver 7 10 7 7 10 12 8 11 15 103 16CAN Scott Hargrove orange R silver 2 14 13 13 12 14 9 5 93 17 USA Scott Anderson 13 9 10 13 12 8 61 18KOR Heamin Choi orange R silver 16 12 10 15 12 40 19 USA Sean Rayhall 4 8 32 20USA James French orange R silver 8 8 26 21USA Davey Hamilton Jr. orange R silver 14 14 14 Pos Driver STP PHX ALA IND INDY RDA IOW TOR MOHWGL LAG Pts 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookie Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes. Teams' championship PosTeamPoints 1GBR Carlin413 2USA Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w/ Curb-Agajanian384 3USA Belardi Auto Racing322 4USA Andretti Autosport281 5USA Juncos Racing275 6USA Team Pelfrey135 See also 2016 IndyCar Series season 2016 Pro Mazda Championship season 2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship References 2 External links http://indylights.com/ Indy Lights Series website Category:Indy Lights seasons Indy Lights Indy Lights