2018 IndyVirtual Series

2018 IndyVirtual season

Champions
Drivers' Champion: Marcus Thunder
Teams' Champions: Signature Performance
Manufacturers' Champions: Chevrolet
Triple Crown Champion: Nathaniel Powers
Oval Champion: Kip Maxwell
Street Champion: Brock Kidd
Road Champion: Marcus Thunder
Triple crown races
Japan 500: Kip Maxwell
Monaco 250: Brock Kidd
Laguna Seca: Felix Beyer
Chronology
Previous: 2017	Next: 2019
Top tier: FV • IndyVirtual
Second tier: FV2 • VWRS
Third tier: FV3 • VERS • VARS • VOARS

The 2018 Steak 'n Shake IndyVirtual Series will be the second season of the IndyVirtual Series.

Brock Kidd will enter the series as defending Drivers' Champion after winning the title in the inaugural season, while Team Morley are defending Teams' Champions.

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Driver	Rounds
Sapporo Team Morley Racing	Toyota	9	Daniel Bruner^[1]	All
		10	Nick Addison^[1]	All
		11	Yakumi Takahashi^[2]	All
		12	Hugh Dwyer^[1]	All
American Engineering	Chevrolet	1	Brock Kidd^[3]	All
		8	Rodrigo Sanchez^[4]	All
		88	Luke Stokey^[3]	All
Formation Competition	Jaguar	13	Marcus Thunder^[5]	All
		14	Nathaniel Powers^[6]	3, 9, 16
		17	Scott Parsons^[1]	All
Cerberus Motorsport	Chevrolet	2	Enzo Domenicalli^[7]	All
		24	Felipe Cesar^[8]	All
		27	Enrique Ruiz^[6]	3, 9, 16
KGP	Chevrolet	21	Hiroto Nakumaya^[1]	All
KGP	Chevrolet	74	Aron Einarsson^[1]	All
Signature Performance	Chevrolet	7	Keith Murphy^[9]	All
		19	Alexander McLaughlin^[9]	All
		22	Kip Maxwell^[9]	All
		96	Stuart Harrison^[9]	All
Rodeo Racing	Chevrolet	38	Lewis Ellington^[6]	3, 9, 16
Rodeo Racing	Chevrolet	69	Will Taylor^[1]	All
Vroom Autosport^[10]	Toyota	46	Keith Boston^[11]	All
		47	Jochem van Snelheid^[11]	All
		48	Kiara Thunder^[11]	All
Lancashire Racing Team	Jaguar	42	Callum Brandon^[12]	All
		43	Alex Wright^[12]	All
		44	Sam Hudson^[6]	3, 9, 16
Scuderia Stars^[1]	Jaguar	5	Felix Beyer^[6]	3, 9, 16
		6	Mikko Heininen^[1]	All
		23	Dino Palma^[1]	All
Aggies Racing	Chevrolet	51	Drake Davies ^[13]	All
Aggies Racing	Chevrolet	52	Ethan Matthews^[6]	3, 9, 16

Team changes

Grip Autosport will be taken over by businesswoman and engineer Roos Vroom, and will become Vroom Autosport for 2018. The team will switch to a Dutch racing license and numbers 46, 47 & 48, but will continue to use Toyota manufactured cars. ^[10]

CopaMundo was taken over by motor sport fan Ahmed Cheema and renamed Scuderia Stars. The team will change from Brazilian to Italian. They will use the numbers 6 and 23, but will keep Jaguar manufactured cars. ^[1]

Driver changes

Yakumi Takahashi was set to leave Team Morley and switch to Formation Competition replacing Dino Palma, ^[5] however this deal was later reversed with Takahashi instead deciding to stick with Morley. ^[2]
Having participated for Signature Performance in the two rounds that took place in Australia in 2017, Alexander McLaughlin will move into the series full-time with the team for 2018. He will be joined by fellow new recruits Stuart Harrison - who was left seeking a drive after being dropped by FV team Meteor - and Kip Maxwell, who will also join the series full-time having participated in the Triple Crown for Lancashire Racing Team in 2017. As such, Rossendo Werner, Didier Arnaud and Jamie Gerrard all left the team. ^[9]
Dmytro Kovalenko was signed to American Engineering to replace Mikko Heininen, ^[3] but the team later agreed a deal with Formula Virtual outfit AMR to allow him to race for them instead. ^[14] As a result, American Engineering signed Rodrigo Sanchez from CopaMundo. ^[4]
Following the Vroom takeover of Grip Autosport, Jochem van Snelheid signed for the team in a switch from Formula Virtual. Keith Boston was retained and Kiara Thunder given a full contract, meaning Michal Kubat left the team. ^[11]
CopaMundo signed Mikko Heininen and Dino Palma. After the team changed to Scuderia Stars, both drivers were retained. ^[1]

Calendar

The calendar consisting of eighteen races was announced on 9 February 2018. ^[1]

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Type
1	AT&T V-Prix of Florida	St Petersburg Street Circuit, St Petersburg	25 March	Street
2	Steak 'n Shake New York V-Prix	Watkins Glen International, New York	8 April	Road
3	Toyota Japan 500	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	22 April	Oval
4	Fosters Surfers Paradise V-Prix	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland	29 April	Street
5	Sasol V-Prix of South Africa	Kyalami Racing Circuit, Midrand	13 May	Road
6	Eni V-Prix of Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27 May	Road
7	Chevrolet Indianapolis 250	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana	10 June	Oval
8	Molson Dry Race of Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	24 June	Street
9	Rolex 250 Miles of Monaco	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	8 July	Street
10	DS Automobiles Course de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	22 July	Road
11	Deutsche Post 250	Eurospeedway Lausitz, Lausitz	12 August	Oval
12	ING Race van Nederland	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	2 September	Road
13	Jaguar British 250	Rockingham Motor Speedway, Corby	16 September	Oval
14	Virgin Atlantic 250 Miles of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	30 September	Oval
15	Verizon V-Prix of Long Beach	Long Beach Grand Prix Circuit, California	7 October	Street
16	Mazda V-Prix of California	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey	21 October	Road
17	Telmex V-Premio de México	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed, Puebla	28 October	Oval
18	Guia Macau V-Prix	Guia Circuit, Macau	11 November	Street

^* Races marked in gold make up the IndyVirtual triple crown and are all double length and worth double points.

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Race winner			Report
Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Most laps led	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Report
1	Florida	Nick Addison	Yakumi Takahashi	Yakumi Takahashi	Yakumi Takahashi	Sapporo Team Morley Racing	Toyota	Report
2	New York	Yakumi Takahashi	Keith Murphy	Yakumi Takahashi	Will Taylor	Rodeo Racing	Chevrolet	Report
3	Japan	Lewis Ellington	Yakumi Takahashi	Lewis Ellington	Kip Maxwell	Signature Performance	Chevrolet	Report
4	Surfers Paradise	Jochem van Snelheid	Yakumi Takahashi	Will Taylor	Jochem van Snelheid	Vroom Autosport	Toyota	Report
5	South Africa	Marcus Thunder	Marcus Thunder	Marcus Thunder	Marcus Thunder	Formation Competition	Jaguar	Report
6	Italy	Nick Addison	Felipe Cesar	Nick Addison	Alexander McLaughlin	Signature Performance	Chevrolet	Report
7	Indianapolis	Brock Kidd	Will Taylor	Brock Kidd	Marcus Thunder	Formation Competition	Jaguar	Report
8	Canada	Nick Addison	Hugh Dwyer	Hugh Dwyer	Hugh Dwyer	Sapporo Team Morley Racing	Toyota	Report
9	Monaco	Enrique Ruiz	Nathaniel Powers	Nathaniel Powers	Brock Kidd	American Engineering	Chevrolet	Report
10	France	Brock Kidd	Drake Davies	Yakumi Takahashi	Marcus Thunder	Formation Competition	Jaguar	Report
11	Germany	Kip Maxwell	Kip Maxwell	Kip Maxwell	Kip Maxwell	Signature Performance	Chevrolet	Report
12	Netherlands	Nick Addison	Marcus Thunder	Kip Maxwell	Marcus Thunder	Formation Competition	Jaguar	Report
13	Britain	Will Taylor	Brock Kidd	Will Taylor	Alex Wright	Lancashire Racing Team	Jaguar	Report
14	Daytona	Aron Einarsson	Keith Murphy	Felipe Cesar	Aron Einarsson	KGP	Chevrolet	Report
15	Long Beach	Yakumi Takahashi	Yakumi Takahashi	Yakumi Takahashi	Yakumi Takahashi	Sapporo Team Morley Racing	Toyota	Report
16	California	Felix Beyer	Nathaniel Powers	Nathaniel Powers	Felix Beyer	Scuderia Stars	Jaguar	Report
17	Mexico	Felipe Cesar	Marcus Thunder	Alexander McLaughlin	Felipe Cesar	Cerberus Motorsport	Chevrolet	Report
18	Macau	Alexander McLaughlin	Marcus Thunder	Kiara Thunder	Alexander McLaughlin	Signature Performance	Chevrolet	Report

Drivers' standings

Points are awarded to classified finishers using the following structures:

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	F Lap	Led most laps
Standard	50	40	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1^*
Triple Crown	100	80	70	64	60	56	52	48	44	40	36	32	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	2^*

Points are also awarded in qualifying using the following structures:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Standard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Triple Crown	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	FLO	NYC	JPN		SUR	RSA	ITA	INDY	CAN	MON		FRA	GER	NED	GBR	DAY	LBH	CAL		MEX	MAC	Points
Pos	Driver	S	R	Q	O	S	R	R	O	S	Q	S	R	O	R	O	O	S	Q	R	O	S	Points
1	Marcus Thunder	3	Ret	18	Ret	7	1*	Ret	1	14	24	15	1	5	1	5	Ret	2	6	4	8	5	527
2	Yakumi Takahashi	1*	Ret*	15	3	6	9	4	6	Ret	15	8	5*	4	4	Ret	12	1*	4	10	Ret	9	518
3	Brock Kidd	Ret	10	7	5	3	3	5	Ret*	2	5	1	Ret	2	Ret	9	4	4	29	12	9	Ret	514
4	Will Taylor	Ret	1	6	4	5*	2	11	2	5	23	20	6	11	7	4*	Ret	7	12	Ret	7	4	483
5	Felipe Cesar	Ret	2	9	6	8	Ret	2	Ret	11	7	6	2	3	10	Ret	Ret*	12	7	9	1	6	480
6	Kip Maxwell	7	14	5	1	9	5	8	Ret	4	14	17	Ret	1*	5*	Ret	Ret	9	13	15	4	12	451
7	Alexander McLaughlin	14	Ret	24	14	Ret	Ret	1	4	10	11	18	Ret	9	18	6	7	Ret	20	3	2*	1	406
8	Aron Einarsson	8	4	8	Ret	10	16	19	7	9	17	9	8	7	13	8	1	21	17	14	Ret	2	401
9	Nick Addison	2	11	3	Ret	4	7	Ret*	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	6	2	13	14	6	3	7	Ret	Ret	400
10	Hugh Dwyer	4	3	14	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	1*	9	5	Ret	8	6	15	8	3	5	13	16	7	385
11	Drake Davies	10	Ret	19	8	18	15	18	5	7	21	Ret	3	12	Ret	14	18	11	14	5	3	Ret	341
12	Keith Murphy	12	5	22	11	11	18	10	12	Ret	18	23	11	Ret	15	2	11	16	32	17	12	16	303
13	Enzo Domenicalli	11	Ret	13	Ret	13	Ret	9	9	6	27	Ret	4	Ret	9	Ret	3	17	18	8	10	8	295
14	Luke Stokey	13	6	11	Ret	14	10	12	8	3	25	Ret	7	Ret	19	17	2	10	25	Ret	6	Ret	282
15	Jochem van Snelheid	6	8	20	16	1	13	Ret	13	16	13	10	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	9	19	24	Ret	15	Ret	281
16	Kiara Thunder	5	Ret	10	13	Ret	12	6	Ret	Ret	4	13	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	6	5	9	Ret	Ret	3*	254
17	Scott Parsons	16	7	16	21	16	4	7	14	13	8	24	Ret	14	8	16	Ret	18	28	11	Ret	Ret	250
18	Nathaniel Powers			2	2						2	7*							2	2*			247
19	Mikko Heininen	Ret	16	30	23	15	6	Ret	15	21	30	Ret	9	15	17	11	5	8	11	18	13	14	240
20	Rodrigo Sanchez	Ret	17	31	Ret	12	19	16	3	8	28	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	3	16	22	23	16	5	13	232
21	Daniel Bruner	9	9	28	18	17	Ret	14	Ret	17	19	12	14	17	14	Ret	13	14	30	Ret	14	10	223
22	Stuart Harrison	18	Ret	17	9	19	8	17	Ret	19	10	11	12	Ret	20	Ret	Ret	20	27	19	11	15	216
23	Hiroto Nakumaya	15	Ret	12	15	2	20	13	Ret	20	16	16	10	Ret	12	7	Ret	23	19	Ret	Ret	11	210
24	Dino Palma	19	13	26	19	Ret	11	3	10	18	31	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	15	15	16	Ret	17	17	210
25	Alex Wright	17	Ret	29	17	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	12	32	Ret	13	16	11	1	17	24	21	20	20	Ret	186
26	Keith Boston	Ret	12	32	10	Ret	Ret	15	11	15	29	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	10	13	26	Ret	19	Ret	154
27	Lewis Ellington			1	Ret*						6	3							8	6			146
28	Enrique Ruiz			4	7						1	4							10	Ret			134
29	Callum Brandon	20	15	33	Ret	20	21	20	16	Ret	33	22	15	18	21	12	19	Ret	33	21	18	Ret	133
30	Felix Beyer			23	Ret						26	21							1	1			122
31	Sam Hudson			21	12						12	Ret							22	Ret			32
32	Romano Agostino			27	20						22	19							31	Ret			30
33	Ethan Matthews			25	22						20	Ret							15	22			22
Pos	Driver	S	R	Q	O	S	R	R	O	S	Q	S	R	O	R	O	O	S	Q	R	O	S	Points
Pos	Driver	FLO	NYC	JPN		SUR	RSA	ITA	INDY	CAN	MON		FRA	GER	NED	GBR	DAY	LBH	CAL		MEX	MAC	Points

Teams' standings

The top finishing driver from each team in each race will score championship points for their respective team.

Pos	Team	FLO	NYC	JPN	SUR	RSA	ITA	INDY	CAN	MON	FRA	GER	NED	GBR	DAY	LBH	CAL	MEX	MAC	Points
Pos	Team	S	R	O	S	R	R	O	S	S	R	O	R	O	O	S	R	O	S	Points
1	Signature Performance	4	5	1	8	4	1	4	3	8	9	1	4	2	6	7	3	2	1	741
2	Formation Competition	2	7	2	6	1	7	1	9	5	1	5	1	5	Ret	2	2	6	5	720
3	Team Morley Racing	1	3	3	4	6	4	6	1	2	4	4	2	8	7	1	5	8	7	719
4	American Engineering	8	6	5	3	3	5	3	2	1	6	2	9	3	2	3	8	4	8	691
5	Rodeo Racing	Ret	1	4	5	2	8	2	4	3	5	8	5	4	Ret	5	6	5	4	614
6	Cerberus Motorsport	7	2	6	7	Ret	2	8	5	4	2	3	6	Ret	3	9	7	1	6	596
7	KGP	5	4	10	2	10	9	7	7	6	7	6	8	6	1	10	9	Ret	2	552
8	Scuderia Stars	10	9	11	9	5	3	9	11	9	8	10	10	7	4	6	1	7	9	547
9	Vroom Autosport	3	8	8	1	7	6	10	10	7	Ret	7	3	Ret	5	4	Ret	9	3	483
10	Aggies Racing	6	Ret	7	10	9	10	5	6	11	3	9	Ret	9	9	8	4	3	Ret	460
11	Lancashire Racing Team	9	10	9	11	8	11	11	8	10	10	11	7	1	8	11	10	10	Ret	440
Pos	Team	S	R	O	S	R	R	O	S	S	R	O	R	O	O	S	R	O	S	Points
Pos	Team	FLO	NYC	JPN	SUR	RSA	ITA	INDY	CAN	MON	FRA	GER	NED	GBR	DAY	LBH	CAL	MEX	MAC	Points

Manufacturers' standings

The top three finishing drivers from each manufacturer in each race score championship points for their respective manufacturer.

Pos	Manufacturer	FLO	NYC	JPN	SUR	RSA	ITA	INDY	CAN	MON	FRA	GER	NED	GBR	DAY	LBH	CAL	MEX	MAC	Points
Pos	Manufacturer	S	R	O	S	R	R	O	S	S	R	O	R	O	O	S	R	O	S	Points
1	Chevrolet	5	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	5	2	1	4	3	1	1	2267
		6	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	6	3	2	6	5	2	2
		7	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	8	4	3	8	7	3	4
		84	122	224	105	105	120	107	107	234	107	125	82	107	125	84	182	125	122
2	Jaguar	3	5	2	7	1	3	1	5	6	1	5	1	1	4	2	1	4	5	1886
		8	8	7	8	4	7	6	6	8	6	8	7	5	8	7	2	5	8
		9	9	9	9	6	9	9	7	9	7	9	9	6	9	9	4	9	9
		81	76	176	72	110	83	100	84	148	104	76	98	108	78	88	244	84	76
3	Toyota	1	3	3	1	7	4	5	1	2	5	4	2	7	5	1	6	6	3	1852
		2	6	6	4	8	6	7	8	5	8	6	3	8	6	3	8	7	6
		4	7	8	6	9	8	8	9	7	9	7	4	Ret	7	5	9	8	7
		122	89	174	110	72	84	80	96	192	76	86	107	50	84	115	148	78	89
Pos	Manufacturer	S	R	O	S	R	R	O	S	S	R	O	R	O	O	S	R	O	S	Points
Pos	Manufacturer	FLO	NYC	JPN	SUR	RSA	ITA	INDY	CAN	MON	FRA	GER	NED	GBR	DAY	LBH	CAL	MEX	MAC	Points

References

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 2018 IndyVirtual season launched
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Takahashi returns to Morley for 2018 in U-turn
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kovalenko joins Kidd and Stokey at American Engineering
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Sanchez switches to American Engineering
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Takahashi to join Thunder at Formation in 2018
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 Additional Triple Crown entrants announced for 2018
↑ Domenicalli retained
↑ Cesar retained following win
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 Signature Performance announce 2018 driver lineup
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Vroom takeover of Grip Autosport confirmed for 2018
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 Vroom Autosport confirm 2018 driver line-up
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Lancashire Racing Team's 2018 Driver Line Up Confirmed
↑ Davies remains at Aggies
↑ Kovalenko joins AMR on 1-year deal amidst concerns regarding team's future

[IndyVirtual_2018_launch-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 2018 IndyVirtual season launched

[Takahashi_2018-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Takahashi returns to Morley for 2018 in U-turn

[American_2018-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kovalenko joins Kidd and Stokey at American Engineering

[Sanchez_2018-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sanchez switches to American Engineering

[Formation_2018-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Takahashi to join Thunder at Formation in 2018

[Triple_Crown_2018-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 Additional Triple Crown entrants announced for 2018

[Domenicalli_2018-7] Domenicalli retained

[Cesar_2018-8] Cesar retained following win

[Signature_2018-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 Signature Performance announce 2018 driver lineup

[Vroom_2018-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Vroom takeover of Grip Autosport confirmed for 2018

[Vroom_2018_line-up-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 Vroom Autosport confirm 2018 driver line-up

[Lancashire_2018-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Lancashire Racing Team's 2018 Driver Line Up Confirmed

[Aggies_2018-13] Davies remains at Aggies

[AMR_2018-14] Kovalenko joins AMR on 1-year deal amidst concerns regarding team's future

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