Canada 2012 Honda Indy Toronto
Race details
9th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
DateJuly 8, 2012
Official nameHonda Indy Toronto
LocationStreets of Toronto
CourseTemporary street circuit
1.755 mi / 2.824 km
Distance85 laps
149.175 mi / 240.074 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 27.8 °C (82.0 °F); with temperatures dropping slightly to 24 °C (75 °F) by the end of the event[1]
Pole position
DriverDario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time59.3510 sec
Fastest lap
DriverJosef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing)
Time60.0639 sec (on lap 62 of 85)
Podium
FirstRyan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
SecondCharlie Kimball (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdMike Conway (A. J. Foyt Enterprises)
Canadian Alex Tagliani driving the Barracuda car

The 2012 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, July 8, 2012. The race was contested over 85 laps at the 1.755-mile (2.824 km) street course at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport won the race, his third consecutive win of the season, which also gave him the series' points lead.

With his victory, Hunter-Reay became the first American driver to win three races in a row since A. J. Allmendinger in 2006, and the first American to lead the driver's points championship since Sam Hornish Jr., also in 2006.[2] Toronto was Dario Franchitti fourth pole position of the year, but he had bad luck in one of his pitstops when he stopped too far from the refuelling device and then later a collision with Ryan Briscoe, he finished the race in 17th position.[3]

Classification

Starting grid

Row Inside Outside
1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 12 Australia Will Power
2 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 7 France Sébastien Bourdais
3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay
4 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 77 France Simon Pagenaud (R)
5 15 Japan Takuma Sato 38 United States Graham Rahal
6 14 United Kingdom Mike Conway 2 Australia Ryan Briscoe
7 83 United States Charlie Kimball 22 Spain Oriol Servià
8 4 United States J. R. Hildebrand 98 Canada Alex Tagliani †
9 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello
10 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe † 67 United States Josef Newgarden (R)
11 20 United States Ed Carpenter 26 United States Marco Andretti
12 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso 19 United Kingdom James Jakes †
13 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro †
† Tagliani, Hinchcliffe, Jakes and de Silvestro penalised 10 places for changing engine

Race results

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points1
1 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 1:33:26.5096 6 36 52
2 83 United States Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 + 0.0757† 13 0 40
3 14 United Kingdom Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 85 + 0.2848 11 0 35
4 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 1.6672 17 0 32
5 22 Spain Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 85 + 1.9128 14 0 30
6 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 2.4795 7 0 28
7 4 United States J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 85 + 2.6233 15 1 26
8 19 United Kingdom James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 + 3.7294 24 0 24
9 15 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 + 6.5633 9 0 22
10 98 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 85 + 9.9764 16 0 20
11 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 11.4636 18 0 19
12 77 France Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 85 + 43.8734‡ 8 23 18
13 67 United States Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 20 0 17
14 7 France Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 4 0 16
15 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 2 20 15
16 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 22 0 14
17 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 1 5 14
18 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 21 0 12
19 2 Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 83 + 2 laps 12 0 12
20 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 81 + 4 laps 23 0 12
21 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 67 Contact 3 0 12
22 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 33 Mechanical 19 0 12
23 38 United States Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23 Contact 10 0 12
24 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 9 Mechanical 25 0 12
25 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 7 Engine 5 0 10
† Under caution
‡ Pagenaud penalised 30 seconds for blocking
Notes

1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  2. ↑ Lewandowski, Dave (July 8, 2012). "Eau, what a feeling: Hunter-Reay wins again". IndyCar. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Hunter Reay now leads the 2012 IndyCar Championship". GrandPrixRankings.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ Honda Indy Toronto Box Score
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