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2012 Firestone Indy Lights Race RecapsSt. Petersburg 100 – Saturday, March 24 at Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla.Tristan Vautier avoided on-track issues with other <strong>com</strong>petitors, handled three restarts flawlesslyand went on to a 1.0391-second victory over Sam Schmidt Motorsports teammate Esteban Guerrieri in theseason-opening St. Petersburg 100.Vautier became the 10th driver to win his debut race in the series and the sixth who has won hisdebut at St. Petersburg (Marco Andretti, Raphael Matos, Junior Strous, J.K. Vernay and JosefNewgarden).Sebastian Saavedra moved up one position to claim third place in the No. 27 Team AFS car andOliver Webb was fourth in his series debut in the No. 7 Lucas Oil Sam Schmidt Motorsports car. VictorCarbone was fifth.Grand Prix of Alabama – Sunday, April 1 at Barber Motorsports ParkSebastian Saavedra outpaced the 15-car field in efficient manner in the 40-lap Grand Prix ofAlabama. It was the fourth victory in the series for Saavedra, driving the No. 27 Team AFS car, and firstthis season.Tristan Vautier, driving the No. 77 Mazda Road to Indy/Sam Schmidt Motorsports car and therace winner at St. Pete, retained the series championship points lead by finishing second. Saavedra iseight points behind heading to the street course race at Long Beach on April 15.Esteban Guerrieri, who started fourth in the No. 11 Pistas Argentinas/Sam Schmidt Motorsportscar, advanced to claim a podium finish.Grand Prix of Long Beach – Sunday, April 15 at Streets of Long BeachEsteban Guerrieri overtook Sunoco Pole Award winner Sebastian Saavedra in Turn 1 of Lap 1 onthe 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit and went on to his first Firestone Indy Lights victory of the seasonby 1.5989 seconds.It was the fourth career victory (11th top-five finish in 17 races) for the 27-year-old Argentinian.Picking up two bonus points for leading the most laps, Guerrieri heads to the Freedom 100 atIndianapolis Motor Speedway three points behind Saavedra (130) in the championship standings. TristanVautier, the points leader entering the race, was credited with third place and has 128 points.Vautier joined the duo in Victory Circle because of a 30-second penalty assessed the No. 2 TMR-Tuvacol-Xtreme Coil Drilling car driven by Gustavo Yacaman for ignoring the instructions of RaceControl. The car lost one of its mirrors with about 15 laps left in the 45-lap race, and the driver was calledto pit lane to replace it (a rule). However, the team didn't have a replacement mirror and he continued.Firestone Freedom 100 – Friday, May 25 at Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayEsteban Guerrieri overtook race leader Tristan Vautier and Gustavo Yacaman in Turn 1 on Lap38 and went on to win the Firestone Freedom 100.A close final two laps were expected, but the No. 4 Belardi Auto Racing car driven by JorgeGoncalvez made moderate contact with the Turn 2 wall on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway onLap 39, bringing out the yellow flag. He was checked at the infield care center and cleared.Guerrieri, winning for the second time this season, pumped his fist as the No. 11 PistasArgentinas/Sam Schmidt Motorsports with Curb-Agajanian car crossed under the checkered flag. It wasthe fourth consecutive year that a Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver won the race.Carlos Munoz, who got around Vautier and Yacaman before the caution finished second withVautier settling for third place.
OFFICIAL BOX SCOREFirestone Indy LightsSt Petersburg 100March 24, 2012LapsAwards Designated TotalFP SP Car Driver Car NameComp Running/Reason Out Pts Total Pts StandingsAwards Awards1 1 77 Tristan Vautier (R) Mazda Road to Indy/SSM 45 Running 53 531 $23,000 $5,000.00 $28,0002 2 11 Esteban Guerrieri Pistas Argentina/Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 Running 40 40 2 $18,000 $18,0003 4 27 Sebastian Saavedra Team AFS 45 Running 35 35 3 $14,000 $14,0004 3 7 Oliver Webb (R) Lucas Oil/Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 Running 32 32 4 $13,000 $13,0005 5 3 Victor Carbone Mav TV/Nevoni/Sam Schmidt Motorsports 45 Running 30 30 5 $12,000 $12,0006 6 2 Gustavo Yacaman TMR-Tuvacol-Xtreme Coil Drilling 45 Running 28 28 6 $11,500 $16,5007 9 76 Juan Pablo Garcia Freightliner Jeffrey Mark Motorsport 45 Running 26 26 7 $11,250 $11,2508 14 24 Armaan Ebrahim (R) Fan Force United/JK Tyre/AMG 45 Running 24 24 8 $11,000 $11,0009 13 28 Troy Castaneda (R) Forsythe/EMC/Barracuda Networks 45 Running 22 22 9 $10,750 $10,75010 15 20 Darryl Wills (R) Hillenburg Motorsports 44 Running 20 20 10 $10,500 $10,50011 11 4 Jorge Goncalvez Belardi Auto Racing 44 Running 19 19 11 $10,250 $10,25012 8 9 Alon Day (R) Belardi Auto Racing 43 Running 18 18 12 $10,000 $10,00013 10 86 JV Horto (R) Juncos Racing 42 Running 17 17 13 $9,750 $9,75014 7 26 Carlos Munoz (R) Team Dialy-Ser 29 Contact 16 16 14 $9,500 $9,50015 12 22 David Ostella TMR-Global Precast-Xtreme Coil Drilling 21 Contact 15 15 15 $9,250 $9,25016 16 16 Rodin Younessi (R) Younessi Racing 5 Handling 14 14 16 $9,000 $9,000Time of Race: 00:58:22.1898 Avg Speed: 83.262 Margin of Victory: 1.0391 seconds Lead Changes: 0 Caution Laps: 9Fastest Lap: 95.325 mph ( 67.9783 sec) on lap 18 by 77 - Tristan Vautier Fastest Leader Lap: 95.325 mph ( 67.9783 sec) on lap 18 by 77 - Tristan VautierSunoco Pole Award ($5,000) #77 Tristan VautierLegend: R = Rookie All Cars use Dallara Chassis, Firestone Tires, and Honda EnginesLap Leaders: Lap Leader Summary: Caution Flags:Laps Car # Driver Car Driver Times No Duration Total Reason for Caution1 77 Vautier, Tristan 77 Vautier 45 1 9 to 9 1 Spin: Car 20 in Turn 42 23 to 25 3 Contact: Car 22 in Turn 123 28 to 28 1 Spin: Car 4 in Turn 44 30 to 33 4 Contact: Cars 26 & 76 in Turn 2Information provided by Indy Racing Information System - Copyright Indy Racing League, LLC 2012
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