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 Pelfrey purchased the assets of 8Star Motorsports
Schedule
The 2016 schedule was released on October 27, 2015.[20] 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.[21] The race was replaced by a race at Watkins Glen International, on the same weekend.[22]
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.
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^Malsher, David. Blackstock staying at Andretti Autosport, leads opening Lights test, Motorsport.com, November 21, 2015, Retrieved 2015-11-25
^Khorounzhiy, Valentin. Veach returns to Indy Lights with Belardi 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, Motorsport.com, November 25, 2015, Retrieved 2015-11-25
^"Belardi Auto Racing confirms Felix Rosenqvist for Indy Lights". Indy Lights. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
^Roberts, James (December 1, 2014). "Carlin aims for IndyCar after launching 2015 Indy Lights programme". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
^Allen, Peter (January 7, 2016). "Felix Serralles teams up with Carlin for second Indy Lights year". Paddock Scout. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
^Allen, Peter (October 19, 2015). "Ed Jones commits to a second season of Indy Lights with Carlin". Paddock Scout. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
^. Carlin. January 25, 2016. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^"Canadian Zachary Claman DeMelo joins Juncos Racing for 2016 Indy Lights campaign". Juncos Racing. December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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^"Santiago Urrutia a la IndyLights" [Santiago Urrutia goes up to IndyLights]. Velocidad Total (in Spanish). Velocidad Total. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
^"Team Pelfrey expands to Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires". Indy Lights. Andersen Promotions. October 26, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
^"Piedrahita signs with Team Pelfrey for 2016 IndyLights season". Team Pelfrey Indy Lights. Team Pelfrey. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
^Khorounzhiy, Valentin (September 6, 2016). "Pelfrey calls up Rayhall for Lights finale". motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
^"Hargrove, Pelfrey, plan Phoenix, Barber in working towards full season". 24 March 2016.
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^"IndyCar returning to Waktins Glen International for Labor Day weekend". IndyCar.com. May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
External links
Indy Lights Series website
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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 2016 Indy Lights seasonIndy LightsSeasonRaces18Start dateMarch 12End dateSeptember 11AwardsDrivers championEd JonesTeams championCarlinRookie of the YearSantiago Urrutia 20152017 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 Felix Serralles 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 Serralles ceded fourth place to Jones on the final lap allowing him to win the championship Contents 1 Team and driver chart 2 Schedule 3 Race results 4 Championship standings 4 1 Drivers championship 4 2 Teams championship 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksTeam and driver chart EditAll drivers compete in Cooper Tire shod Dallara IL 15 chassis with Mazda AER engine Team No Drivers RoundsAndretti Autosport 27 Dean Stoneman 1 All28 Dalton Kellett 2 All51 Shelby Blackstock 3 AllBelardi Auto Racing 5 Zach Veach 4 All14 Felix Rosenqvist 5 1 8 12 1345 James French 9 10Carlin 6 4 Felix Serralles 7 All11 Ed Jones 8 All22 Neil Alberico 9 AllJuncos Racing 13 Zachary Claman DeMelo 10 All18 Kyle Kaiser 11 AllMcCormack Racing 34 Davey Hamilton Jr 17 18Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 7 RC Enerson 12 1 817 Andre Negrao 13 All55 Santiago Urrutia 14 All77 Scott Anderson 13 1 2 4 7 Heamin Choi 3 8 11 17 18Team Pelfrey 15 2 Juan Piedrahita 16 1 13 Sean Rayhall 17 17 183 Scott Hargrove 18 1 8 Garett Grist 19 9 10 12 18Team Pelfrey purchased the assets of 8Star MotorsportsSchedule EditThe 2016 schedule was released on October 27 2015 20 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 21 The race was replaced by a race at Watkins Glen International on the same weekend 22 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 TV1 March 12 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St Petersburg Presented by Lucas School of Racing Streets of St Petersburg St Petersburg Florida NBCSN2 March 133 April 2 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Phoenix Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix Arizona NBCSN4 April 23 Legacy Indy Lights 100 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham Alabama NBCSN5 April 246 May 13 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway Indiana NBCSN7 May 148 May 27 Mazda Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval Speedway Indiana NBCSN9 June 25 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake WI NBCSN10 June 2611 July 10 Indy Lights Iowa Challenge Iowa Speedway Newton Iowa NBCSN12 July 16 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto NBCSN13 July 1714 July 30 Cooper Tires Indy Lights Grand Prix of Mid Ohio Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington Ohio NBCSN15 July 3116 September 3 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen New York NBCSN17 September 10 Mazda Indy Lights Grand Prix of Monterey Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey California NBCSN18 September 11 Oval Speedway Road Course Temporary Street CircuitRace results EditRound Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race WinnerDriver Team1 St Petersburg 1 Kyle Kaiser Zach Veach Zach Veach Felix Serralles Carlin2 St Petersburg 2 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Belardi Auto Racing3 Phoenix Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing4 Birmingham 1 Ed Jones Santiago Urrutia Ed Jones Ed Jones Carlin5 Birmingham 2 Ed Jones Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports6 Indianapolis GP 1 Ed Jones Zachary Claman DeMelo Ed Jones Ed Jones Carlin7 Indianapolis GP 2 Ed Jones Felix Rosenqvist Dean Stoneman Dean Stoneman Andretti Autosport8 Indianapolis Ed Jones Neil Alberico Dean Stoneman Dean Stoneman Andretti Autosport9 Road America 1 Zach Veach Zachary Claman DeMelo Zach Veach Zach Veach Belardi Auto Racing10 Road America 2 Ed Jones Dean Stoneman Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports11 Iowa Ed Jones Zach Veach Ed Jones Felix Serralles Carlin12 Toronto 1 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Belardi Auto Racing13 Toronto 2 Felix Rosenqvist Felix Serralles Felix Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Belardi Auto Racing14 Mid Ohio 1 Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports15 Mid Ohio 2 Santiago Urrutia Felix Serralles Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Schmidt Peterson Motorsports16 Watkins Glen Santiago Urrutia Dean Stoneman Zach Veach Zach Veach Belardi Auto Racing17 Laguna Seca 1 Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing18 Laguna Seca 2 Ed Jones Zach Veach Zach Veach Zach Veach Belardi Auto RacingChampionship standings EditDrivers championship Edit Scoring systemPosition 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 1The 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 MOH WGL LAG Pts1 Ed Jones 10 7 2 1 2 1 4 21 4 13 31 6 5 6 11 2 2 4 3632 Santiago Urrutia 4 13 4 11 1 2 2 14 9 1 5 4 4 1 1 12 5 2 3613 Kyle Kaiser 3 2 1 15 6 6 3 16 6 6 6 3 3 9 6 4 1 3 3344 Zach Veach 16 3 8 3 10 5 10 10 1 3 2 9 6 5 4 1 3 1 3325 Dean Stoneman 8 6 5 16 3 3 1 1 2 9 4 5 14 3 2 10 13 9 3166 Felix Serralles 1 4 7 2 15 7 5 6 3 14 1 2 10 4 10 7 8 5 3117 Andre Negrao 6 5 6 8 11 9 16 15 10 2 13 11 2 2 3 3 9 6 2688 Shelby Blackstock 14 11 14 4 5 10 7 4 13 5 12 10 9 8 5 6 10 11 2279 Zachary Claman DeMelo 11 16 11 5 7 13 14 13 5 4 8 13 13 7 7 9 12 7 19910 Dalton Kellett 15 10 10 9 9 16 12 3 14 12 9 8 11 11 9 11 7 13 19311 Neil Alberico 12 15 9 12 14 11 13 7 11 11 11 12 8 12 8 5 6 10 19312 Felix Rosenqvist 7 1 15 14 8 4 6 9 1 1 18513 Juan Piedrahita 9 8 12 7 16 15 11 8 12 7 7 14 12 13514 RC Enerson 5 12 3 6 4 8 15 11 11115 Garett Grist 7 10 7 7 10 12 8 11 15 10216 Scott Hargrove 2 14 13 13 12 14 9 5 9317 Scott Anderson 13 9 10 13 12 8 6118 Heamin Choi 16 12 10 15 12 4019 Sean Rayhall 4 8 3220 James French 8 8 2621 Davey Hamilton Jr 14 14 14Pos Driver STP PHX ALA IND INDY RDA IOW TOR MOH WGL LAG Pts Color ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen 4th amp 5th placeLight Blue 6th 10th placeDark Blue Finished Outside Top 10 Purple Did not finishRed Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competingIn line notationBold Pole position 1 point Italics Ran fastest race lap 1 point Led most race laps 1 point 1 Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookieTies in points broken by number of wins or best finishes Teams championship Edit Pos Team Points1 Carlin 4132 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w Curb Agajanian 3843 Belardi Auto Racing 3224 Andretti Autosport 2815 Juncos Racing 2756 Team Pelfrey 135See also Edit2016 IndyCar Series season 2016 Pro Mazda Championship season 2016 U S F2000 National ChampionshipReferences Edit Malsher David Andretti signs Stoneman for Indy Lights Motorsport com February 24 2016 Retrieved 2016 02 24 Khorounzhiy Valentin September 22 2015 Andretti promotes Kellett to Indy Lights Motorsport com Retrieved November 3 2015 Malsher David Blackstock staying at Andretti Autosport leads opening Lights test Motorsport com November 21 2015 Retrieved 2015 11 25 Khorounzhiy Valentin Veach returns to Indy Lights with Belardi Archived 2016 03 12 at the Wayback Machine Motorsport com November 25 2015 Retrieved 2015 11 25 Belardi Auto Racing confirms Felix Rosenqvist for Indy Lights Indy Lights February 22 2016 Retrieved February 23 2016 Roberts James December 1 2014 Carlin aims for IndyCar after launching 2015 Indy Lights programme Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved December 1 2014 Allen Peter January 7 2016 Felix Serralles teams up with Carlin for second Indy Lights year Paddock Scout Retrieved January 7 2016 Allen Peter October 19 2015 Ed Jones commits to a second season of Indy Lights with Carlin Paddock Scout Retrieved November 3 2015 Carlin sign Alberico for 2016 Indy Lights Series Carlin January 25 2016 Archived from the original on June 25 2020 Retrieved January 25 2016 Canadian Zachary Claman DeMelo joins Juncos Racing for 2016 Indy Lights campaign Juncos Racing December 15 2015 Retrieved December 15 2015 Allen Peter October 29 2015 Kyle Kaiser sticks with Juncos for 2016 Indy Lights season Paddock Scout Retrieved November 3 2015 RC Enerson to compete with SPM in 2016 SPM IndyCar Schmidt Peterson Motorsports October 30 2015 Archived from the original on February 7 2016 Retrieved November 6 2015 a b Indy Lights Grand Prix of St Petersburg Presented by Lucas School of Racing Entry List PDF Indy Lights Andersen Promotions March 3 2016 Retrieved March 9 2016 Santiago Urrutia a la IndyLights Santiago Urrutia goes up to IndyLights Velocidad Total in Spanish Velocidad Total January 27 2016 Retrieved January 27 2016 Team Pelfrey expands to Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires Indy Lights Andersen Promotions October 26 2015 Retrieved November 6 2015 Piedrahita signs with Team Pelfrey for 2016 IndyLights season Team Pelfrey Indy Lights Team Pelfrey February 18 2016 Retrieved February 18 2016 Khorounzhiy Valentin September 6 2016 Pelfrey calls up Rayhall for Lights finale motorsport com Motorsport com Retrieved September 6 2016 Hargrove Pelfrey plan Phoenix Barber in working towards full season 24 March 2016 Garett Grist to make Indy Lights debut with Team Pelfrey Indy Lights Andersen Promotions June 14 2016 Retrieved June 14 2016 2016 Mazda Road to Indy schedules announced IndyLights October 27 2015 Retrieved November 3 2015 Golen Jimmy April 29 2016 Scheduled IndyCar race on streets of Boston cancelled Associated Press Boston AP Sports Associated Press Archived from the original on May 1 2016 Retrieved April 29 2016 IndyCar returning to Waktins Glen International for Labor Day weekend IndyCar com May 13 2016 Retrieved May 14 2016 External links EditIndy Lights Series website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Indy Lights amp oldid 1070127661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
