2021 Indy Lights

The 2021 Indy Lights season will be the 35th season of the Indy Lights open wheel motor racing series and the 19th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. After going into a hiatus in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season is currently planned to start on 17 April at Barber Motorsports Park and to be held over 20 races spanning ten meetings.[1]

2021 Indy Lights season
Indy Lights
Season
Races20
Start dateMarch 6
End dateTBA
Awards

Series news
  • On October 7, 2020, Indy Lights announced a series of changes for the 2021 season. The champion's scholarship will increase to $1,250,000. The top-three finishers in the championship will each earn an IndyCar Series test and all cars will be equipped with a titanium halo to increase driver safety.[2]

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams are announced to compete in the series.

Team No. Drivers Round(s)
Andretti Autosport 27 Robert Megennis[3] All
28 Kyle Kirkwood[4] All
68 Danial Frost[5] All
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport 17 Devlin DeFrancesco[6] All
Carlin[7] TBA Christian Bogle[8] All
TBA Alex Peroni[7] All
GRG with HMD Motorsports[9] TBA Linus Lundqvist[10] All
TBA Benjamin Pedersen[11] All
HMD Motorsports[12] 59 Nikita Lastochkin[13] All
79 David Malukas[14] All
Juncos Racing[15] 2 Sting Ray Robb[16] All
51 Toby Sowery[17] All

Schedule

The provisional 2021 race calendar was announced on 21 October 2020, with the final round to be announced at a later date.[18] This last round was later confirmed to be at Barber Motorsports park, after the IndyCar series moved its season opener there.[19] The calendar is the first since 2002 to not feature the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 April 17–18 TBA  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
2
3 April 24–25 TBA  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
4
5 May 14–15 TBA  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
6
7 June 12–13 TBA  R  The Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan
8
9 June 19–20 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11 July 3–4 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12
13 July 10–11 TBA  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
14
15 August 20–21 TBA  O  Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
16
17 September 11–12 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
18
19 September 18–19 TBA  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
20

See also

References
  1. "Indy Lights 2021 event schedule" (PDF).
  2. "INDY LIGHTS RETURN CONFIRMED FOR 2021". indylights.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  3. "Megennis Returns to Andretti Autosport for 2021". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. Wood, Elliot (2020-11-18). "Andretti confirms Kyle Kirkwood as part of 2021 Indy Lights line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. Woollard, Craig (2020-11-23). "Danial Frost confirms Andretti Indy Lights move for 2021". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. "DeFrancesco Steps Up to Indy Lights with Return of Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  7. "Carlin return to Indy Lights with Peroni". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  8. "BOGLE STEPS UP TO INDY LIGHTS WITH CARLIN". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  9. "Global Racing Group Enters Indy Lights in Partnership with HMD Motorsports". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  10. "Lundqvist to Make Indy Lights Debut with Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  11. "Global Racing Group with HMD Motorsports Inks Pedersen for 2021". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  12. Wood, Elliot (2020-11-17). "Global Racing Group joins Indy Lights grid in alliance with HMD". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  13. "NIKITA LASTOCHKIN JOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS". February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  14. "Malukas Set for Championship Run with HMD Motorsports". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  15. Pruett, Marshall (2020-11-14). "PRUETT: A new dawn for Indy Lights". Racer.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  16. "INDY PRO 2000 CHAMPION ROBB ADVANCES TO INDY LIGHTS WITH JUNCOS RACING". indylights.com. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  17. "Juncos Racing signs Sowery for 2021 Season". March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  18. "Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires Unveils 2021 Schedule". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  19. "Road to Indy Announces 2021 Schedule Adjustments". www.indylights.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
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