# 2012 Indy Lights

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2012 Indy Lights season Firestone Indy Lights Season Races 12 Start date March 24 End date September 15 Awards Drivers' champion Tristan Vautier Teams' champion Sam Schmidt Motorsports Rookie of the Year Tristan Vautier ← 2011 2013 →

The **2012 [Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights) season** was the 27th season of the series and the eleventh sanctioned by [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar), acting as the primary support series for the [IZOD IndyCar Series](/source/IndyCar_Series). It began March 24, 2012, in [St. Petersburg](/source/Streets_of_St._Petersburg).[1]

The championship was dominated by the [Sam Schmidt Motorsports](/source/Sam_Schmidt_Motorsports) team with French driver [Tristan Vautier](/source/Tristan_Vautier) winning the championship by eight points ahead of experienced Argentine teammate [Esteban Guerrieri](/source/Esteban_Guerrieri). SSM drivers won seven out of the twelve races over the course of the season and Vautier also claimed the rookie of the year title. Colombian driver [Gustavo Yacamán](/source/Gustavo_Yacam%C3%A1n) from [Team Moore Racing](/source/Team_Moore_Racing) finished a tight battle for third with countryman [Sebastián Saavedra](/source/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Saavedra).[2]

## Team and driver chart

- All drivers will compete in [Firestone Firehawk](/source/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company)–shod [Dallara](/source/Dallara) chassis.

Team No. Drivers Rounds Sam Schmidt Motorsports 3 Victor Carbone[3] All 7 Oliver Webb[4] All 11 Esteban Guerrieri[5] All 77 Tristan Vautier[6] All Team Moore Racing 2 Gustavo Yacamán[7] All 22 David Ostella[8] All Andretti Autosport AFS Racing 26 Carlos Muñoz[9] All 27 Sebastián Saavedra All Bryan Herta Autosport 28 Troy Castaneda[9] 1–2 Nick Andries[10] 3 Anders Krohn[N 1] 4, 7 Juncos Racing[11] 86 João Victor Horto 1–2, 4 Bruno Palli 12 Chase Austin 7 87 4 Team E 17 Brandon Wagner 4 Belardi Auto Racing 4 Jorge Goncalvez[12] All 9 Alon Day[13] 1–7 Peter Dempsey[14] 8–12 19 Mike Larrison[15] 4, 6–7, 12 Brooks Associates Racing 8 Alex Jones 3 Adderly Fong 11 Fan Force United 24 Armaan Ebrahim[16] 1–5 Bryan Clauson[17] 6–7 Stefan Wilson 12 42 Emerson Newton-John[18] 4, 11 Younessi Racing 15 Peter Dempsey[19] 4–5 16 Rodin Younessi[20] 1, 5 Jeffrey Mark Motorsport 76 Juan Pablo Garcia[N 2] All Hillenburg Motorsports 20 Darryl Wills 1–3

## Schedule

IndyCar announced that all Firestone Indy Lights Series races would be broadcast on the [NBC Sports Network](/source/NBC_Sports_Network) in 2012.[21]

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location 1 March 24 St. Petersburg 100 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 April 1 Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama 3 April 15 Grand Prix of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 4 May 25 Firestone Freedom 100 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana 5 June 2 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan 6 June 15 Firestone Indy Lights 100 Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 7 June 22 Sukup 100 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa 8 July 7 Toronto 100 Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 9 July 21 Edmonton 100 Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta 10 August 5 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec 11 September 1 Grand Prix of Baltimore Streets of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 12 September 15 Auto Club Speedway Foundation 100 Auto Club Speedway Fontana, California

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## Race results

Rd. Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 St. Petersburg Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Sam Schmidt Motorsports 2 Barber Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián Saavedra Andretti Autosport 3 Long Beach Sebastián Saavedra Victor Carbone Esteban Guerrieri Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 4 Indianapolis Gustavo Yacamán João Victor Horto Victor Carbone Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 5 Belle Isle Oliver Webb Gustavo Yacamán Oliver Webb Gustavo Yacamán Team Moore Racing 6 Milwaukee Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Sam Schmidt Motorsports 7 Iowa Tristan Vautier Esteban Guerrieri Tristan Vautier Esteban Guerrieri Sam Schmidt Motorsports 8 Toronto Victor Carbone Gustavo Yacamán Gustavo Yacamán Gustavo Yacamán Team Moore Racing 9 Edmonton Carlos Muñoz Esteban Guerrieri Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport 10 Trois-Rivières Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Sam Schmidt Motorsports 11 Baltimore Tristan Vautier Sebastián Saavedra Tristan Vautier Tristan Vautier Sam Schmidt Motorsports 12 Fontana Sebastián Saavedra David Ostella Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport

## Driver standings

Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY DET MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL FON Pts 1 Tristan Vautier RY 1* 2 3 3 5 1* 4* 11 6 1* 1* 4 461 2 Esteban Guerrieri 2 3 1* 1 7 3 1 6 3 4 3 3 453 3 Gustavo Yacamán 6 4 10 4 1 8 2 1* 7 2 2 11 394 4 Sebastián Saavedra 3 1* 2 5 6 2 13 2 2 9 10 14 383 5 Carlos Muñoz R 14 14 5 2 2 5 7 10 1* 3 11 1* 377 6 Victor Carbone 5 5 4 6* 4 6 3 3 8 8 DNS 5 340 7 Oliver Webb R 4 13 6 15 3* 12 12 5 4 5 6 8 310 8 David Ostella 15 9 8 18 13 4 5 7 10 6 4 2 298 9 Juan Pablo Garcia 7 8 7 11 9 11 14 8 9 10 9 10 260 10 Jorge Goncalvez 11 10 9 12 DNS 9 6 9 11 7 7 13 247 11 Peter Dempsey 14 11 4 5 11 5 12 164 12 Alon Day R 12 6 11 8 8 7 DNS 147 13 Armaan Ebrahim R 8 12 12 13 10 97 14 Mike Larrison R 9 13 11 9 80 15 João Victor Horto R 13 7 7 69 16 Darryl Wills R 10 11 15 54 17 Chase Austin R 10 8 44 18 Bryan Clauson 10 10 40 19 Troy Castaneda R 9 15 37 20 Anders Krohn 19 9 34 21 Rodin Younessi R 16 12 32 22 Emerson Newton-John R 17 12 31 23 Stefan Wilson 6 28 24 Bruno Palli R 7 26 25 Adderly Fong R 8 24 26 Nick Andries R 13 17 27 Alex Jones R 14 16 28 Brandon Wagner 16 14 Pos Driver STP BAR LBH INDY DET MIL IOW TOR EDM TRO BAL FON 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 not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (1 point) Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps (2 points) 1 Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded Rookie of the Year Rookie

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

- Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** In conjunction with [Curb Agajanian Performance Group](/source/Curb_Agajanian_Performance_Group).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** In technical alliance with [Bryan Herta Autosport](/source/Bryan_Herta_Autosport).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Garcia returns to Firestone Indy Lights"](https://www.indynxt.com/news/2012/march/garcia-returns-to-firestone-indy-lights). *IndyCar.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20260202093552/https://www.indynxt.com/news/2012/march/garcia-returns-to-firestone-indy-lights) from the original on February 2, 2026. Retrieved February 2, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Vautier claims championship by 8 points over Guerrieri"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120918061413/http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/09-September/9-15-Vautier-claims-title). *indycar.com*. IndyCar. September 16, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/09-September/9-15-Vautier-claims-title) on September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Victor Carbone continues with Schmidt in Indy Lights"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140116102715/http://www.racer.com/victor-carbone-continues-with-schmidt-in-indy-lights/article/221102/). *[Racer](/source/Racer_(magazine))*. [Haymarket Media Group](/source/Haymarket_Media_Group). December 29, 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.racer.com/victor-carbone-continues-with-schmidt-in-indy-lights/article/221102/) on January 16, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sam Schmidt Motorsports signs Webb"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120103082853/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51006-sam-schmidt-motorsports-signs-webb/). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). December 1, 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51006-sam-schmidt-motorsports-signs-webb/) on January 3, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Esteban Guerrieri ci riprova con Sam Schmidt Motorsports"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170103224939/http://www.stopandgo.tv/news/campionati/racing-usa/it/indy-lights-esteban-guerrieri-ci-riprova-con-sam-schmidt-motorsports.html) [Esteban Guerrieri is back with Sam Schmidt Motorsports]. *stopandgo.tv* (in Italian). Stop&Go. March 15, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.stopandgo.tv/news/campionati/racing-usa/it/indy-lights-esteban-guerrieri-ci-riprova-con-sam-schmidt-motorsports.html) on January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Vautier joins Schmidt for 2012 Indy Lights season"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111120061444/http://www.racer.com/vautier-joins-schmidt-for-2012-indy-lights-season/article/217140/). *[Racer](/source/Racer_(magazine))*. [Haymarket Media Group](/source/Haymarket_Media_Group). November 18, 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.racer.com/vautier-joins-schmidt-for-2012-indy-lights-season/article/217140//) on November 20, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [El Tigrillo Yacamán se queda en la Indy Lights](http://www.elcolombiano.com/BancoConocimiento/E/el_tigrillo_yacaman_se_queda_en_la_indy_lights/el_tigrillo_yacaman_se_queda_en_la_indy_lights.asp), *el Colombiano*, March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012 (in Spanish)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Ostella Joins Team Moore in Firestone Indy Lights Series](http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Ostella-Joins-Team-Moore-in-Firestone-Indy-Lights-Series-in-2012.html?soid=1104362209911&aid=6tMX79xkXZc) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120507200559/http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Ostella-Joins-Team-Moore-in-Firestone-Indy-Lights-Series-in-2012.html?soid=1104362209911&aid=6tMX79xkXZc) May 7, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *David Ostella PR*, January 2, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2012

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Muñoz_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Muñoz_9-1) [Muñoz, Castenada Join Indy Lights for St. Pete](http://www.racer.com/mu%C3%B1oz-castenada-join-indy-lights-for-st-pete/article/232706/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120327193228/http://www.racer.com/mu%C3%B1oz-castenada-join-indy-lights-for-st-pete/article/232706/) March 27, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), "RACER.com", March 19, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Andries to debut at Long Beach"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120411222115/http://www.racer.com/andries-to-debut-at-long-beach/article/235907/). *[Racer](/source/Racer_(magazine))*. [Haymarket Media Group](/source/Haymarket_Media_Group). April 10, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.racer.com/andries-to-debut-at-long-beach/article/235907/) on April 11, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** PaddockTalk. ["Juncos Signs Horto For Firestone Indy Lights"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141129042513/http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-185558.html). *paddocktalk.com*. Archived from [the original](http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/story-185558.html) on November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [""Goncalvez Returns to Belardi for 2012"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120125191404/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51102-israeli-driver-makes-history/). Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51102-israeli-driver-makes-history/) on January 25, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Driver Season Stats"](https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/). *Racing-Reference*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20260131235948/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/) from the original on January 31, 2026. Retrieved February 2, 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Dempsey joins Belardi Auto Racing for remainder of season"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120702053209/http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/06-June/6-29-Dempsey-joins-Belardi-Auto-Racing-for-remainder-of-season). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). June 29, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/06-June/6-29-Dempsey-joins-Belardi-Auto-Racing-for-remainder-of-season) on July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Knowlton, Veronica. [Mike Larrison Joins Belardi Auto Racing](http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Belardi-Auto-Racing-Announces-Third-Entry-in-Firestone-Indy-Lights-Program.html?soid=1108719110539&aid=8XqOkv1Ew-0) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150604031758/http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Belardi-Auto-Racing-Announces-Third-Entry-in-Firestone-Indy-Lights-Program.html?soid=1108719110539&aid=8XqOkv1Ew-0) June 4, 2015, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) *Belardi Auto Racing*, May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Fan Force United signs Ebrahim"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120109121706/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51060-ebrahim-to-make-u-s-debut/). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). January 3, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51060-ebrahim-to-make-u-s-debut/) on January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Fan Force United hires Clauson for two races"](http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/06-June/6-9-Fan-Force-United-hires-Clauson). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). June 9, 2012. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120617062553/http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/06-June/6-9-Fan-Force-United-hires-Clauson) from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** Guerra, Kate. [Newton-John enters the Freedom 100 with Fan Force United](http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/April/4-30-Newton-John-enters-Freedom-100) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120502114154/http://indycar.com/en/News/2012/April/4-30-Newton-John-enters-Freedom-100) May 2, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *IndyCar*, April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** [Dempsey returns to Firestone Indy Lights with Younessi](http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/05-May/5-07-Dempsey-returns-to-series-with-Younessi) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120511052018/http://indycar.com/News/2012/05-May/5-07-Dempsey-returns-to-series-with-Younessi) May 11, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** [Younessi Racing enters Indy Lights](http://www.racer.com/younessi-racing-enters-indy-lights/article/229763/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120325020517/http://www.racer.com/younessi-racing-enters-indy-lights/article/229763/) March 25, 2012, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *Racer*, February 28, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["NBC Sports Network to air 2012 races"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120219195545/http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51180-nbc-sports-network-to-air-2012-races/#). *[Firestone Indy Lights](/source/Firestone_Indy_Lights)*. [IndyCar](/source/IndyCar). February 17, 2012. Archived from [the original](http://www.indycar.com/news/show/56-firestone-indy-lights/51180-nbc-sports-network-to-air-2012-races/) on February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.

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