Event Recap: 2018 Indy Lights Statistics from St. Petersburg, Race 2 (March 11, 2018)

Event statistics following the second race of the 2018 Indy Lights race, Race 2 of the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in the Streets of St. Petersburg in Florida.

Santiago Urrutia passed Patricio O’Ward on Lap 32 and led the rest of the 40-lap to win by more than 11 seconds. Shelby Blackstock finished second, followed by Ryan Norman.

Race Statistics

Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Race 2

Streets of St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg, Florida

- Winner (starting position): Santiago Urrutia (6th)

- Podium: Santiago Urrutia, Shelby Blackstock, Ryan Norman

- Full Results: Santiago Urrutia, Shelby Blackstock, Ryan Norman, Victor Franzoni, Neil Alberico, Dalton Kellett, Patricio O’Ward, Colton Herta, Aaron Telitz

- Laps Completed: 40

- Race Leaders: 3

- Laps Led: Patricio O’Ward (27), Santi Urrutia (9), Colton Herta (4)

- Pole Position: Patricio O’Ward (99.632 mph; 65.0392 seconds)

- Fastest Race Lap: Patricio O’Ward (98.254 mph; 65.9516 seconds)

- Hard Charger: Shelby Blackstock (+6; 8th to 2nd)

- Margin of Victory: 11.7406 seconds

- Car Count: 9

- Cars Entered: 9

- Cars Running at Finish: 7 (of 9; or 78 percent of the field)

- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 7

- Cautions: 2 for 6 laps

- Average Speed: 86.338 mph

- Lead Changes: 2 between 2 drivers

- Time of Race: 50 minutes, 2.1579 seconds

- Manufacturer Breakdown: Mazda (9)

Notes of Interest – Race Recap (Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Race 2)

- This is Santiago Urrutia’s first Indy Lights victory of the season and the seventh of his career in 36 races.

- Urrutia, driving for Belardi Auto Racing, has now won races in each of the last three Indy Lights seasons, dating back to 2016.

- Overall, Urrutia has 10 victories in the Mazda Road to Indy system. He earned three victories during the 2015 Pro Mazda season.

- This was Urrutia’s 18th podium in Indy Lights competition. He earned seven podiums in 2016, when he earned Rookie of the Year honors, and nine in 2017. It was Urrutia’s third podium at St. Petersburg. He has finished on the podium in 50 percent of the Indy Lights races in which he has competed (18 of 36).

- Urrutia was the only driver to finish on the podium in both races at St. Petersburg. He finished second in the first race of the weekend.

- Shelby Blackstock finished second, claiming his third career podium finish and the best finish of his career in Indy Lights. Blackstock, driving for Team Pelfrey, had two previous best finishes of third (Mid-Ohio, 2015; Mid-Ohio, 2017).

- Blackstock completed his 2,000th career Indy Lights lap on Lap 13.

- Ryan Norman finished third, his first career podium finish, driving for Andretti Autosport.

- Victor Franzoni finished fourth for the second consecutive race, in his second career Indy Lights race, driving for Juncos Racing.

- Neil Alberico finished a season-best fifth, driving for Team Pelfrey.

- Dalton Kellett finished sixth, driving for Andretti Autosport.

- Polesitter Patricio O’Ward finished seventh after leading a race-high 27 laps. He is the only driver to lead laps in both races this season.

- Colton Herta led the opening four laps. He finished eighth after an accident in Turn 8 on Lap 10.

- Aaron Telitz was credited with ninth for the second consecutive race. He hit the wall in Turn 2 on the opening lap. Telitz had an accident in qualifying ahead of Race 1 and was credited with ninth, despite not starting the race.