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Vautier moves into Indy Lights points lead after victory at Milwaukee

Tristan Vautier survived late-race pressure from Sebastian Saavedra to claim his second Indy Lights victory of the season at Milwaukee

Vautier started from pole and led every lap, but he was forced to work hard for his win when his tyres began to fade in the final stages, allowing Saavedra to close in.

The Colombian stayed close as they navigated lapped traffic, but despite repeated tries on both the high and low line, and a gentle bump from his left-front against Vautier's right-rear, he was unable to find a way past. The margin between the pair was 0.3370s.

"I just had an amazing car," said Vautier, who gave team owner Sam Schmidt his 50th Lights victory and moved into the championship lead in the process.

"It was a great race, we were in control. The end was a little harder with the lapped traffic, but an awesome day, an awesome job from the team."

Esteban Guerrieri worked his way up to third with the help of a late pass on Carlos Munoz, while fourth went to David Ostella, who seemed immune to the tyre drop-off being experienced by those around him and picked up several positions over the last 20 laps.

Results - 100 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team             Time/Gap
 1.  Tristan Vautier     Schmidt       49m22.6164s
 2.  Sebastian Saavedra  AFS/Andretti    + 0.3370s
 3.  Esteban Guerrieri   Schmidt
 4.  David Ostella       Moore
 5.  Carlos Munoz        Andretti
 6.  Victor Carbone      Schmidt
 7.  Alon Day            Belardi
 8.  Gustavo Yacaman     Moore
 9.  Jorge Goncalvez     Belardi
10.  Bryan Clauson       Fan Force
11.  Juan Pablo Garcia   Jeffrey Mark      + 1 lap
12.  Oliver Webb         Schmidt           + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Mike Larrison       Belardi           34 laps

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