IndyCar 2012

Well that was a disappointing finish for Taku...

Hunter-Reay judged to be at fault and penalised by race control, Hinchcliffe gets 3rd.
 
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Warm-up and race highlights:



Classification

Code: 
1. Will Power		        1:54:01.6082s
2. Simon Pagenaud 		+0.865
3. James Hinchcliffe		+13.272
4. Tony Kanaan		        +18.195
5. JR Hildebrand	        +22.995
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay		+42.563*
7. Ryan Briscoe		        +1:40.127
8. Takuma Sato		        +1 lap
9. Rubens Barrichello		+1 lap
10. Justin Wilson               +1 lap
11. James Jakes		        +1 lap
12. EJ Viso            		+1 lap
13. Helio Castroneves		+1 lap*
14. Ed Carpenter                +2 laps
15. Dario Franchitti		+3 laps
16. Oriol Servia                +3 laps
17. Sebastien Bourdais	        +3 laps
18. Charlie Kimball	        +5 laps
19. Katherine Legge		+5 laps
20. Simona de Silvestro	        +11 laps Mechanical
21. Alex Tagliani               +39 laps Mechanical
22. Mike Conway		        +44 laps Mechanical
23. Scott Dixon		        +58 laps Mechanical
24. Graham Rahal                +62 laps Contact
25. Marco Andretti		+63 laps Contact
26. Josef Newgarden		+85 laps Contact

Fastest lap: 102.154mph (1:09.354) on lap 73 by Tony Kanaan

*30 second penalty for causing avoidable collision


Drivers championship

Code: 
1. Will Power	        127 pts
2. Helio Castroneves	103 pts		
3. Simon Pagenaud	100 pts
4. Scott Dixon		96 pts
5. James Hinchcliffe	95 pts
6. Ryan Hunter-Reay	81 pts
7. Ryan Briscoe		73 pts
8. Graham Rahal		62 pts
9. Rubens Barrichello	59 pts
10. JR Hildebrand       57 pts
11. Tony Kanaan		54 pts
12. EJ Viso             54 pts
13. Justin Wilson       52 pts
14. Dario Franchitti	52 pts
15. Mike Conway		50 pts
16. Takuma Sato		48 pts
17. Sebastien Bourdais	47 pts
18. Marco Andretti	45 pts
19. Oriol Servia        45 pts
20. Charlie Kimball     44 pts
21. James Jakes		43 pts
22. Josef Newgarden	42 pts
23. Ed Carpenter        40 pts
24. Alex Tagliani       37 pts
25. Katherine Legge	36 pts		
26. Simona de Silvestro	36 pts


Power takes his second win in a row and leads the standings after 3 rounds.

Looks like Simon Pagenaud has rookie of the year tied up, may well be a championship contender if he keeps up his strong performances.
 
Qualifying Summary

Penske dominate again, Power and Dixon are on the front row, Dario Franchitti gets 3rd (on merit for a change).

Unfortunately Takuma Sato was unable to set a time, and Justin Wilson was sent to the back for breaching stipulation 14.4.3.13 of the IZOD regulations.

Ana Beatriz took up the entry left vacant by Alex Tagliani, qualifying 20th. Forum favourite Rubens Barrichello lines up 12th, and Sebastian Bourdais a lowly 18th.

Full grid for the race:

1. Will Power
2. Scott Dixon
3. Dario Franchitti
4. James Hinchcliffe
5. Ryan Hunter-Reay
6. Graham Rahal
7. Mike Conway
8. Josef Newgarden
9. Ryan Briscoe
10. Marco Andretti
11. Tony Kanaan
12. Rubens Barrichello
13. EJ Viso
14. JR Hildebrand
15. Charlie Kimball
16. Simon Pagenaud
17. James Jakes
18. Sebastian Bourdais
19. Helio Castroneves
20. Ana Beatriz
21. Ed Carpenter
22. Simona de Silvestro
23. Oriol Servia
24. Katherine Legge
25. Takuma Sato
26. Justin Wilson
 
Sato's had a good run, Franchitti finally finding his feet... and Ana Beatriz is still ahead of Bourdais too :confused:

Wilson's rejoined a few laps down.

We're green :)
 
Seems they've all rejoined. Barrichello promoted to 10th by the incident.

Wilson retires with a mechanical issue. A weekend to forget for him.

Bourdais gone backwards after the restart, poor race for him too.
 
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