2011 Indy Lights season

[NaBUru38]

Check this Corsa frontpage. Loeb's sixth consecutive win at Argentina; Vettel winning at Monaco; an off-track TC win; Wheldon winning a historic race and Esteban Guerrieri getting an interview. All that on the weekend after my birthday! I'll consider buying the magazine.

[Jonerz]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

Wheldon winning a historic race

What was he driving? 962?

Chris

[Belatti]

I hope Esteban can win on a regular basis and get to Indy next year.

[gomick]

He gotta get win #1 first

[JasonZBell]

Here is a video I shot during the pre-race ceremonies for the Centennial Indy 500, that included an interview with Indy Lights driver and Freedom 100 winner Josef Newgarden, along with "Night Before the 500" and Star Mazda star Connor De Phillippi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV4JXLhxzN8

[kobefly]

Today at the Milwaukee Mile Guerrieri got his first win at Indy Lights and also first oval win of his career.
He managed to short the distance to championship leader Newgarden to half, only 13 points now.
Excelent performance por Esteban who never drove at oval before and has a 2nd and 1st position on Indy and Milwaukee. Next week Iowa.

Indy Lights 2011 - Drivers Standings
1) [=0] Josef Newgarden 191 pts
2) [=0] Esteban Guerrieri 178 pts
3) [+1] Stefan Wilson 145 pts
4) [-1] Victor Garcia 141 pts
5) [+5] Jorge Goncalvez 125 pts
6) [+2] David Ostella 121 pts
7) [-2] Peter Dempsey 119 pts
8) [+1] Anders Krohn 116 pts
9) [+4] Gustavo Yacaman 111 pts
10) [-4] Conor Daly 109 pts
11) [+3] Victor Carbone 106 pts
12) [-5] Mikael Grenier 102 pts
13) [-1] Duarte Ferreira 101 pts
14) [-2] James Winslow 83 pts
15) [=0] Juan Pablo Garcia 71 pts
16) [+1] Bryan Clauson 62 pts
17) [-1] Rusty Mitchell 45 pts
18) [+2] Brandon Wagner 35 pts
19) [-1] Chase Austin 22 pts
20) [-1] Joel Miller 17 pts
21) [=0] Ryan Phinny 14 pts

[Belatti]

The interesting bit of the race was that Esteban won without radio (and spotters) and he was watching at the other cars numbers in the pole to check positions...

[NaBUru38]

Congratulations to both of you! I'm very happy about Guerrieri's success in motorsport.

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Is anybody else following the current controversy surrounding the Sam Schmidt cars and other allegations of cheating?

You can learn more on some Indycar centric forums. The top two cars at Indianapolis apparently failed tech inspection as well as possibly over 20 other post race inspection failures this season that have gone without punishment and now there are a lot of angry teams/sponsors. After a meeting of the teams O2 Racing has withdrawn its cars (including coming into Milwaukee Peter Dempsey P2 in driver standings) from Milwaukee and the rest of the Indy Lights season in protest to this.

[kobefly]

Originally Posted by FordCosworthPanoz

Is anybody else following the current controversy surrounding the Sam Schmidt cars and other allegations of cheating?

You can learn more on some Indycar centric forums. The top two cars at Indianapolis apparently failed tech inspection as well as possibly over 20 other post race inspection failures this season that have gone without punishment and now there are a lot of angry teams/sponsors. After a meeting of the teams O2 Racing has withdrawn its cars (including coming into Milwaukee Peter Dempsey P2 in driver standings) from Milwaukee and the rest of the Indy Lights season in protest to this.

I am trying to follow. However, information is not clear at all. It is being said that Victor GarcÃ*a from Team Moore Racing did not pass tech after winning at Barber and the team only had to pay $5000 but results were not modified.
Only 14 entries for Iowa.

[gomick]

Josef Newgarden wins at Iowa - his 3rd win of the season...

Indy Lights Standings

[NaBUru38]

Too bad that Guerrieri got his engine blown. Now Indy Lights has the Canadian streets season with races at Toronto, Edmonton (actually an airport) and Trois-Rivieres. I hope that Guerrieri wins a couple and catches Newgarden soon.

[Alex Toropov]

IndyCar suspended the O2 Racing Technology team and owner Mark Olson for the remainder of the Firestone Indy Lights season Wednesday for actions at The Milwaukee Mile event June 18-19.

Olson was suspended for attempting to impede the conduct of the event by encouraging others to breach contracts and withdraw from the race. He withdrew both of his cars from the race alleging IndyCar showed favoritism by ignoring technical violations found during the inspection process.

More here http://www.indystar.com/article/2011...-Lights-season

[NaBUru38]

Wow! It's about the Schmidtgate, right?

[kurski]

Yesterday Stefan Wilson took his first Indy Lights victory after capitalising on a mistake by pole-sitter Esteban Guerrieri, and led the race for its final 29 laps after Guerrieri had led the first 20. Wilson led home Andretti Autosport 1-2 after his new team-mate Peter Dempsey finished second, after close battling with both Gustavo Yacaman and championship leader Josef Newgarden. Newgarden would later make contact with Dempsey's car, and had to pit, resulting in an eighth place finish. Yacamán ended up completing the podium ahead of Guerrieri and Anders Krohn. Four of the 13-car grid failed to reach the finish of the race, all due to contact. Podium Finishers

[kobefly]

Indy Lights 2011 - Drivers Standings

1) Josef Newgarden 267 pts ()
2) Esteban Guerrieri 230 pts (-37)
3) Stefan Wilson 221 pts (-46) 1
4) Victor Garcia 199 pts (-68) 1
5) Gustavo Yacaman 186 pts (-81) 1
6) Jorge Goncalvez 181 pts (-86) 1
7) Anders Krohn 165 pts (-102) 1
8) David Ostella 160 pts (-107) 1
9) Peter Dempsey 159 pts (-108) 2
10) Victor Carbone 154 pts (-113) 1
11) Duarte Ferreira 151 pts (-116) 1
12) Conor Daly 109 pts (-158)
13) Mikael Grenier 102 pts (-165)
14) Bryan Clauson 97 pts (-170)
15) James Winslow 83 pts (-184)
16) Juan Pablo Garcia 71 pts (-196)
17) Brandon Wagner 52 pts (-215)
18) Rusty Mitchell 45 pts (-222)
19) Chase Austin 42 pts (-225)
20) Bruno Andrade 19 pts (-248) 2
21) Daniel Herrington 18 pts (-249) 1
22) Joel Miller 17 pts (-250) 2
23) Ryan Phinny 14 pts (-253) 2

[NaBUru38]

Oh, poor Esteban, he won't race IndyCar at Sears Point and he had a huge mistake.

[kobefly]

Guerrieri won the first of two races at Edmonton.
He's now 26 points behind Newgarden who ended the race in second today.

Tomorrow's starting grid

[NaBUru38]

Standsings after the Edmonton 100s:

1. Josef Newgarden (Schmidt), 361
2. Esteban Guerrieri (Schmidt), 298
3. Stefan Wilson (Andretti), 293
4. Gustavo Yacamán (Moore), 228
5. Jorge Goncalvez (Belardi), 225
6. Peter Dempsey (O2 -> Andretti), 212
7. Anders Krohn (Belardi), 210
8. Victor Carbone (Schmidt), 205
9. David Ostella (Jensen), 200
10. VÃ*ctor GarcÃ*a (Moore), 199
11. Duarte Ferreira (Herta), 197

Guerrieri's cut tire at Edmonton R2 made his lose ground to his rivals newgrden and Wilson.

[gomick]

Esteban Guerrieri won at Trois Rivieres...

Championship Standings

4 rounds to go - New Hampshire next weekend...

[cds_uk]

Guerrieri seems to be hitting his stride at the right time, he is a class act no doubt, he never seemed to get a fair crack of the whip in europe did he, definate race winner if he makes it to indycars though.

[jondownunder]

Willy T. Ribbs will race for his own team at Baltimore!

http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/93919

[Carsandmotorracing]

Newgarden's got some talent, but also a fantastic car.

Also kinda cool to see Willy back

[Mekola]

Gustavo Yacamán had his first ever IndyLights win at Baltimore!
Shame for Guerrieri who crashed when leading.

[NaBUru38]

I'm worried that Guerrieri is doing many more mistakes than last year. I hope that he recovers from them and keeps going forward.