2013 IndyCar Series / Mazda Road to Indy discussion

Great result for Ganassi, 1, 2, 3.

I quite like that track for an oval seems pretty good... I like when they said that some of the corners are taken after other race tracks.

Felt sorry for Marco Andretti, third race in a row something happens outside his control to take him out of contention. Hinchcliffe seems to be emulating Paul Tracy's 1993 season (crash or win), and Sato turned back to his kamikaze self (costing Hunter-Reay in the championship hunt).
 
Pocono race results

1. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Honda 2hrs 4mins 26.4178secs/160 laps
2. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Honda +0.4572s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi-Honda +1.1989s
4. Will Power Penske-Chevrolet +5.632s
5. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +7.1949s
6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +9.4074s
7. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +13.3012s
8. Helio Castroneves Penske-Chevrolet +13.9376s
9. Ed Carpenter ECR-Chevrolet +15.550s
10. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +18.4584s
11. Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +32.0478s
12. James Jakes Rahal-Letterman-Honda +36.2536s
13. Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +41.5507s
14. Ryan Briscoe Panther-Chevrolet +1 lap
15. Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +1 lap
16. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon-Chevrolet +1 lap
17. Alex Tagliani Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +2 laps
18. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +2 laps
19. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +2 laps

Retirements

Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +39 laps/Collision damage
Ernesto Viso Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +56 laps/Collision damage
Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +99 laps/Collision
Sebastian Saavedra Dragon-Chevrolet +158 laps/Throttle
James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +160 laps/Accident

Fastest lap: 218.320mph/41.2239s by Takuma Sato on lap 56

Race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQrM1V9GAN4

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

News updates:

Mike Conway returns with Dale Coyne Racing for the Toronto and Houston double-header events - http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-8-Conway-to-race-at-Toronto-Houston

The standing start procedure for Race 1 at Toronto and Houston has been clarified - http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-9-Standing-starts-upedate-for-Toronto

Carlos Munoz took the victory at Pocono, round 7 of the Indy Lights championship. He now has a 4-point lead in the standings over Sage Karam (281 points), who finished second in the race. Gabby Chaves remains in third place on 246. (http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.co...ndy-lights-likely-for-munoz-the-rest-of-2013/)
 
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Indycar Series Rounds 12 & 13 of 19: Honda Indy Toronto

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Venue: Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada
Track length: 1.76 miles
Race length: 85 laps (149.2 miles)
Lap record: 57.143 (Gil de Ferran, Reynard 99i-Honda, 1999)

Overview: Indycar began racing on the streets of Toronto in 1986 under CART sanction, and continued until 2008 when Champ Car folded. Four time champion Dario Franchitti took his first Indycar victory in Toronto in 1999. The race was revived in 2009 by the unified Indycar series with the same layout but a shorter race length (10 less laps); 2013 will see two 85-lap races on Saturday 13th July and Sunday 14th July. Race 1 will have a standing start. The USF2000, Pro Mazda and Indy Lights feeder series also race here.

Current points standings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Drivers' preview:


Entry list:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...-TOR/indycar-entrylist?vs=1&d=20130709T153549

Mike Conway returns in the #18 for Dale Coyne Racing. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-8-Conway-to-race-at-Toronto-Houston)

Spotters' guide:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...R/indycar-spotterguide?vs=1&d=20130709T153551

Schedule:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...ndycar-weekendschedule?vs=1&d=20130709T154909

TV coverage:

Race 1: ESPN UK, 01:00 Sunday 14 July. Highlights at 20:00 on Tuesday 16 July, 00:00 and 15:00 Friday 19 July.

Race 2: ESPN UK, 20:15 Sunday 14 July. Highlights at 21:00 on Tuesday 16 July, 01:00 and 16:00 Friday 19 July.
 
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Practice 1 highlights from Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91xm-HXjYU

Top 3 in first practice - Ryan Hunter-Reay (1:00.6082), Josef Newgarden (1:00.6851), and Ryan Briscoe (1:00.6890). Full timesheet here: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2013-07-12/TOR indycar-results-p1.pdf

Race 1 qualifying highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVYvjQ9SK8

Driver interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gT4qBpIRCY&feature=c4-overview&list=UUy1F61QvUUQXAXi2Voa_fUw

Dario Franchitti starts from pole position for the first race at Toronto (59.6756), followed by Sebastien Bourdais (59.7701), and Will Power (1:00.0612)

Full grid:

1) Dario Franchitti
2) Sebastien Bourdais
3) Will Power
4) Tony Kanaan
5) Scott Dixon
6) Ryan Hunter-Reay
7) Helio Castroneves
8) Justin Wilson
9) Ryan Briscoe
10) Marco Andretti
11) Takuma Sato
12) Simon Pagenaud
13) James Hinchcliffe
14) Ernesto Viso
15) James Jakes*
16) Charlie Kimball
17) Alex Tagliani
18) Graham Rahal
19) Josef Newgarden
20) Mike Conway
21) Tristan Vautier
22) Simona De Silvestro
23) Ed Carpenter
24) Sebastian Saavedra

Qualifying timesheet: http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07...yCar-Series/11-TOR/indycar-qualresults-R1.pdf

*10 place grid penalty for early engine change
 
Toronto race 1 results

1. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Honda 1hrs 41mins 17.0605secs/85 laps
2. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon-Chevrolet +1.7007s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi-Honda +2.9116s
4. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +3.7273s
5. Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +4.5961s
6. Helio Castroneves Penske-Chevrolet +5.072s
7. Mike Conway Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +5.5749s
8. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +8.658s
9. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +10.214s
10. Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +10.8797s
11. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +11.3536s
12. James Jakes Rahal-Letterman-Honda +11.6899s
13. Ed Carpenter ECR-Chevrolet +13.0557s
14. Ernesto Viso Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +47.5037s
15. Will Power Penske-Chevrolet +1 lap
16. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon-Chevrolet +1 lap
17. Alex Tagliani Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +1 lap
18. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +2 laps
19. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +2 laps
20. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +3 laps
21. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +51 laps

Retirements

Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Honda +13 laps/Collision damage
Ryan Briscoe Panther-Chevrolet +21 laps/Collision
Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +53 laps/Gearbox

Fastest lap: 59.8267s by Helio Castroneves on lap 57

Race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7BIMBMme6k

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO1sQ32KEfM

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

News updates:

Ryan Briscoe will miss race 2 - http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-13-Briscoe-to-miss-Race-2

Jack Hawksworth won round 8 of the Indy Lights championship at Toronto, his second win of the season. Points leader Carlos Munoz was fourth, extending his advantage over Sage Karam to 8 points on 317. (http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/13/jack-hawksworth-takes-indy-lights-win-at-toronto/)
 
Practice 2/Warm-up highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12G7DQxTbYA

Helio Castroneves set the fastest time in the final practice session of the weekend (59.4075 seconds), with Scott Dixon second (59.4154) and Dario Franchitti third (59.5046).

Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/2768/2013-07-14/indycar-results-pf.pdf

Race 2 qualifying highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-OxoehNiog

Pole winner interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAz7seP6hYM

Yesterday's qualifying session for race 2 sees Scott Dixon start from pole position (58.9686), joined on the front row by his teammate Dario Franchitti (59.1905) and Helio Castroneves (59.1953). Dixon will win an additional $100,000 bonus prize if he successfully sweeps both races. A standing start will be attempted in race 2, due to the aborted start for the disabled car of Josef Newgarden in race 1.

Full grid:

1) Scott Dixon
2) Dario Franchitti
3) Helio Castroneves
4) Ryan Hunter-Reay
5) Will Power
6) Tony Kanaan
7) Sebastien Bourdais
8) Ryan Briscoe*
9) Alex Tagliani
10) Simona de Silvestro
11) Ernesto Viso
12) James Hinchcliffe
13) Simon Pagenaud
14) Justin Wilson
15) Takuma Sato
16) Charlie Kimball
17) Tristan Vautier
18) Marco Andretti
19) Josef Newgarden
20) Graham Rahal
21) James Jakes
22) Sebastian Saavedra
23) Ed Carpenter
24) Mike Conway

*Car #4 will be moved to the back of the grid due to a driver change

Qualifying timesheet: http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07...yCar-Series/11-TOR/indycar-qualresults-R2.pdf

Carlos Munoz will pilot the #4 for Panther in place of Ryan Briscoe: http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-14-Munoz-to-sub-for-Briscoe
 
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Quite the weekend for Scott Dixon and a weekend to forget for Will Power.

Was glad they got the standing start sorted for the second race, was a bit disappointed they went for a rolling start on the first.
 
Quite the weekend for Scott Dixon and a weekend to forget for Will Power.

Yup. Dixon is always strong at Mid-Ohio, so he's looking good for a potential third championship.

Was glad they got the standing start sorted for the second race

No first lap collisions either. Can you imagine Grosjean and Maldonado going 3-4 wide with the field in Toronto? They'd never make it a full lap :p

Shame about the backmarkers triggering the late yellows, was looking good for a 100% green flag run. Still cleaner than Monaco though ;)

was a bit disappointed they went for a rolling start on the first.

It was defined before the race (as per the article I linked on the 10th: http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-9-Standing-starts-upedate-for-Toronto). Unfortunate that Newgarden had an engine problem.
 
Yup. Dixon is always strong at Mid-Ohio, so he's looking good for a potential third championship.



No first lap collisions either. Can you imagine Grosjean and Maldonado going 3-4 wide with the field in Toronto? They'd never make it a full lap :p

Shame about the backmarkers triggering the late yellows, was looking good for a 100% green flag run. Still cleaner than Monaco though ;)



It was defined before the race (as per the article I linked on the 10th: http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-9-Standing-starts-upedate-for-Toronto). Unfortunate that Newgarden had an engine problem.

Yea Dixon has really moved forward now, will be interesting to see if he ca reel in Castroneves.

When they explained about the switch tot eh rolling start it made sense was still a bit disappointing after the big build up but we got a standing start in race 2 so can't complain :)
 
Yea Dixon has really moved forward now, will be interesting to see if he can reel in Castroneves.

I wouldn't count out Ryan Hunter-Reay just yet, although he has made some crucial mistakes in the last few races.

When they explained about the switch to the rolling start it made sense was still a bit disappointing after the big build up but we got a standing start in race 2 so can't complain :)

There was mixed response to it from what I can tell. I'd prefer single file rolling starts on street\road courses, it's easier to maintain formation and spot drivers jumping the start.
 
Toronto race 2 results

1. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Honda 1hrs 35mins 2.3755secs/85 laps
2. Helio Castroneves Penske-Chevrolet +0.8772s
3. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon-Chevrolet +1.7213s
4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi-Honda +2.763s
5. Ernesto Viso Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +3.5804s
6. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Honda +4.4245s
7. Mike Conway Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +5.0432s
8. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +5.4582s
9. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +5.8601s
10. Alex Tagliani Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +7.1766s
11. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +7.843s
12. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +14.4211s
13. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +1 lap
14. Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +1 lap
15. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon-Chevrolet +1 lap
16. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +1 lap
17. Carlos Munoz Panther-Chevrolet +1 lap
18. Will Power Penske-Chevrolet +2 laps/Collision
19. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +2 laps/Collision
20. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +2 laps/Collision
21. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +4 laps

Retirements

Ed Carpenter ECR-Chevrolet +8 laps/Accident
James Jakes Rahal-Letterman-Honda +23 laps/Accident
Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +50 laps/Accident

Fastest lap: 59.7982s by Dario Franchitti on lap 62

Race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AdypYiFkX4

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d8GkEB4UHQ

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Scott Dixon moved up to 7th in the all-time Indycar wins category with 32. AJ Foyt (67), Mario Andretti (52) and Michael Andretti (42) are the current top three.

News updates:

USF2000 championship rounds 6 and 7 at Toronto saw Neil Alberico and Danilo Estrela take victories, with points leader Scott Hargrove only emerging from the weekend with 15th and 2nd respectively. Hargrove's advantage is down to 37 points over Estrela, with Alberico a further 19 points back. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-16-Alberico-and-Estrela-take-victories-in-Toronto)

Matthew Brabham lived up to his legendary surname by continuing to dominate the 2013 Pro Mazda championship, sweeping rounds 7 and 8 at Toronto. Diego Ferreira finished 2nd in both races and trails Brabham by 65 points in the overall standings. (http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/15/toronto-weekend-round-up-everything-besides-indycar/)
 
Time for a news round-up ahead of the Indycar Mid-Ohio open test on July 31st:

Pro Mazda championship rounds 9 and 10 at Mosport saw Spencer Pigot and Shelby Blackstock take victories, with points leader Matthew Brabham ending 3rd and 9th respectively. Brabham maintains a 51 point advantage over Diego Ferreira, Shelby Blackstock remains third, another 19 points back. (http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.co...ys-pro-mazda-series-visits-ctmp-this-weekend/)

James Davison (2009 Indy Lights championship runner-up and current Porsche Cup driver) will debut for Dale Coyne Racing at Mid-Ohio, piloting the #18 entry. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-25-Davison-to-made-series-debut-at-Mid-Ohio)

Lucas Luhr (ALMS LMP1 driver for Pickett Racing) will make his Indycar debut with Fisher-Hartman Racing at Sonoma, after participating in the pre-race test on August 13th. (http://sfhracing.com/lucas-luhr-to-drive-for-sfhr-and-partner-rw-motorsports-in-sonoma-2/)

Luhr (who recently celebrated his 34th birthday) would be among the most accomplished rookies to join the series in recent history. His achievements include:

FIA GT1 World Championship GT1 class champion: 2011
American Le Mans Series LMP1 class champion: 2008, 2012
American Le Mans Series LMP2 class champion: 2006
American Le Mans Series GT class champion: 2000, 2002, 2003
FIA GT N-GT class champion: 2004
24 Hours of Le Mans GT class winner: 2000, 2002, 2003
12 Hours of Sebring GT/GT2 class winner: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
24 Hours Nurburgring overall winner: 2006, 2011
Spa 24 Hours GT2 class winner: 2005
Petit Le Mans GT class winner: 2002
24 Hours of Daytona GT class winner: 2001
Porsche Supercup champion: 1999
 
Another news round-up as the series enters Mid-Ohio this weekend:

Luca Filippi (GP2 veteran and former Honda F1 test driver) will test for Bryan Herta Autosport at Mid-Ohio, as the team evaluates potential replacements for current driver Alex Tagliani. John Hildebrand has also been tipped for a possible return to Indycar in the #98 entry. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-26-Italian-driver-Filippi-to-test-for-Barracuda-Racing)

Oriol Servia will return to Panther to drive the #4 entry at Mid-Ohio, having finished 7th at Iowa in his previous start with the team. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-30-Servia-back-at-Panther-Racing-at-Mid-Ohio)

The open test scheduled tomorrow at Mid-Ohio will have live timing and scoring available on the Indycar website, starting at 9am EST. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-30-Timing-and-scoring-for-Open-Test-at-Mid-Ohio)

Following his test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Kurt Busch is said to be in negotiations to enter the Indycar finale at Fontana for Andretti Autosport. He has also expressed interest in running the Indy 500\Coca-Cola 600 double in 2014. (http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/R...2013/07/Kurt-Busch-Eyeing-IndyCar-Finale.aspx)
 
Indycar Series Round 14 of 19: Honda Indy 200

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Venue: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, OH
Track length: 2.258 miles
Race length: 90 laps (203.22 miles)
Lap record: 1:05.347 (Dario Franchitti, Reynard 99i-Honda, 1999)

Overview: Indycars began racing at Mid-Ohio 18 years after the construction of the narrow and winding circuit in 1980, continuing between 1983-2003. Following re-unification of American open wheel racing in 2008, the Indycar series returned to the circuit, with Scott Dixon winning 4 of 6 races held since then. From 2013 onwards, the Honda Indy 200 will be extended by 5 laps over the traditional distance to discourage fuel-saving strategies. All three of the Mazda Road to Indy junior series will be supporting this weekend's race.

Current points standings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Drivers' preview:


Entry list:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...-MID/indycar-entrylist?vs=1&d=20130729T135503

James Davison will pilot the #18 for Dale Coyne Racing following testing with the team. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/07/7-31-Davison-preps-for-debut-at-Open-Test-at-Mid-Ohio)

Bryan Herta Autosport have confirmed their #98 entry will be driven by Luca Filippi following his participation in the pre-race test session.

Spotters' guide:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...D/indycar-spotterguide?vs=1&d=20130802T120652

Schedule:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...ndycar-weekendschedule?vs=1&d=20130730T151048

TV coverage:

BT Sport 2 - 20:00 Sunday 4th August (live)

ESPN UK - 17:30 Monday 5th August (re-run); 22:30 Tuesday 6th August (highlights); 06:00 Wednesday 7th August (highlights); 06:15 Thursday 8th August (highlights)
 
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First practice at Mid-Ohio saw Scott Dixon confirm his mastery of the circuit by turning in a brisk 1:05.7096 lap, with Ganassi teammate Dario Franchitti second fastest (1:05.7375). Defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay was third (1:06.0464). Rookies James Davison and Luca Filippi placed 21st and 19th respectively.

Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2013-08-02/M-O practice 1.pdf

Practice 1 highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUHG_2DAcj0

Will Power set the top time in second practice (1:05.4332), with Scott Dixon second (1:05.4469) and Ryan Hunter-Reay was third (1:05.5018).

Practice 2 highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V31jBoB7Bjg

Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2013-08-02/M-O indycar-results-pcomb.pdf

Josef Newgarden set the pace in third practice (1:06.6536) after overnight rain washed out the track surface. Marco Andretti (1:06.7244) set the second best time, and Ernesto Viso was third quickest (1:06.7339).

Practice 3 highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXb-9fzHSVI

Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2013-08-03/M-O indycar-results-p3.pdf

Ryan Hunter-Reay starts from pole position after narrowly missing the track record, setting a 1:05.3519 lap, followed by Will Power (1:05.5359) and Scott Dixon (1:05.7051). Justin Wilson qualified a season-high 7th. James Davison and Luca Filippi, making their first Indycar start, placed 17th and 24th respectively. Filippi was penalised his two fastest laps by causing a red flag in Q1, preventing him from advancing to Q2.

Qualifying highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxVXTHM_4r0

Post-qualifying interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U6dfufKuNM

Full timesheet: http://www.indycar.com/News/2013/08...IndyCar-Series/12-MID/indycar-qualresults.pdf

Starting grid

1) Ryan Hunter-Reay
2) Will Power
3) Scott Dixon
4) Marco Andretti
5) Charlie Kimball
6) Dario Franchitti
7) Justin Wilson
8) Simon Pagenaud
9) Simona de Silvestro
10) James Jakes
11) Ernesto Viso
12) James Hinchcliffe
13) Sebastien Bourdais
14) Helio Castroneves
15) Takuma Sato
16) James Davison
17) Oriol Servia
18) Josef Newgarden
19) Tony Kanaan
20) Sebastian Saavedra
21) Tristan Vautier*
22) Graham Rahal
23) Ed Carpenter
24) Luca Filippi

*10 place grid penalty for early engine change

Top three in the pre-race warm-up session: Justin Wilson (1:06.9952), Simona de Silvestro (1:07.0278), Marco Andretti (1:07.1320).

Warm-up highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx7eHnbVfHQ

Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/2800/2013-08-04/indycar-results-pf.pdf

More detailed statistics available here: http://www.indycar.com/Stats
 
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