The 2012

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season was the 27th season of the series and the eleventh sanctioned by

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, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2012 in

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. The championship was dominated by the

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team with French driver

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winning the championship by eight points ahead of experienced Argentine team mate

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. 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 Gustavo "''El Tigrillo''" (English: Ocelot) Yacamán Aristizabal (born February 25, 1991) is a Colombian racing driver from Santiago de Cali. Yacamán began his career in open-wheel racing, but switched to sports car endurance racing in 2012. He ...

from

Team Moore Racing Team Moore Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the Firestone Indy Lights series. It was owned by former racer Tom Wood and Mark Moore and is based in Pittsboro, Indiana. The team was formed in 2007 with Wood driving. However, after t ...

finished a tight battle for third with countryman

Sebastián Saavedra Sebastián Saavedra (born 2 June 1990) is a Colombian racing driver from Bogotá. In 2014, he drove for KVSH Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series before being replaced by former GP2 Series driver Stefano Coletti. Racing career Early career Aft ...

Team and driver chart

* All drivers will compete in Firestone Firehawk–shod

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chassis.

Schedule

IndyCar announced that all Firestone Indy Lights Series races would be broadcast on the

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in 2012.

Race results

Driver standings

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

Footnotes

References

{{Road to Indy Indy Lights seasons