
2019 Indy Lights season
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Welcome to the official feeder of the IndyCar Series, the Indy Lights championship. 20 cars will hit the track as a support event to 10 races of the IndyCar calendar, with a new technical package debuting. The new VGP i1 chassis is paired to an Infiniti V6H (built by AER), and with tyres supplied by Hankook.
TEAMS
There will be a maximum of twenty cars in the field. This will be comprised of an undefined number of teams, but will include Belardi Auto Racing Carlin, Juncos Racing and Team Pelfrey. Users can either apply to run these teams, or set-up their own, which can have either one or two cars. Carlin is unique in having three slots.
SPONSORS
This part is critical. There will be something akin to a Lite version of the senior series' sponsorship system, but its implementation is a bit different. There are no engines and chassis to buy, it's simply about scraping together the budget to run as many races as you can in the course of the season.
Sponsors are not guaranteed, there is an RNG for each and every one, and there's a chance you could end up short on budget for the year and have to miss a few races. Sponsors are on a per car, not a per-team basis, and sponsors have different levels of funding and requirements to be met. There are also pay-drivers who can cover a certain number of races in the season on their own.
To try and make this a bit simpler to digest, we won't be using actual monetary budgets. Sponsors will fund you for the stated number of races (some will change their investment if you meet or fail certain conditions), and to run all 10 races of the season, you have to make sure you have enough sponsorship for all 10 rounds for that car.
As for pay-drivers, some can pay for the entire season in one go, some only have enough money for part of the season. You can keep them for the rest of the season they don't have money to pay for if you secure a sponsor for the other races. Or you can opt to sign someone else, perhaps because the other sponsor you were able to get demands as much!
Below is the list of sponsors available to sign, and any requirements that need to be met to keep them onboard. Pay-drivers are also listed on the second sheet.
Sponsors & Pay Drivers List
SCHEDULE
Nine of the ten races act as a support round to the IndyCar Series, while the series opener is run in conjunction with FIA PC.
The full calendar is available to view on the wiki.
POINTS SYSTEM
To keep things nice and straightforward, we'll stick with what works in real life. This means all 20 drivers score points, so long as they are classified as finishers. Again, this information is available to view on the wiki.
SIGNUP PROCESS
This will be a three-phase process. Firstly, in the first seven days, people will be able to bid for the four locked-in teams if they wish, or alternatively wait for this process to end, so they can enter their own choice of team afterwards. You have to outline your strategy for the year ahead and why you should be charged with the stewardship of the team.
After those four teams have been assigned owners, we will then move on to the sponsorship stage. I'll go into further detail at the time we move into that stage, but briefly speaking, you'll have to select a maximum of 4 sponsors per car to pitch to. If you don't get the entire season's budget sorted at the first hurdle, it's not a massive problem, there'll still be a chance to find another sponsor at the half-way stage of the year, where a second process will kick-off. You will also be able to bid for/sign pay-drivers at this phase, but not any other drivers.
Lastly, the driver market opens fully after that phase is complete, assuming there are seats left after mandatory clauses and pay-driver hires have been executed from phase two.
SERIES RESOURCES
Pre-Season sponsorship outcomes
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