2012 Honda Indy Toronto

  2012 Honda Indy Toronto

Race details
9th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 8, 2012
Official name	Honda Indy Toronto
Location	Streets of Toronto
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.755 mi / 2.824 km
Distance	85 laps, 149.175 mi / 240.074 km
Weather	Temperatures 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
Driver	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing
Time	59.3510 sec
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
Time	60.0639 sec (on lap 62 of 85)
Podium
First	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport
Second	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing
Third	Mike Conway	A.J. Foyt Enterprises

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	Dario Franchitti	12	Will Power
2	18	Justin Wilson	7	Sébastien Bourdais
3	9	Scott Dixon	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay
4	3	Hélio Castroneves	77	Simon Pagenaud (R)
5	15	Takuma Sato	38	Graham Rahal
6	14	Mike Conway	2	Ryan Briscoe
7	83	Charlie Kimball	22	Oriol Servià
8	4	J.R. Hildebrand	98	Alex Tagliani ^†
9	11	Tony Kanaan	8	Rubens Barrichello
10	27	James Hinchcliffe ^†	67	Josef Newgarden (R)
11	20	Ed Carpenter	26	Marco Andretti
12	5	E.J. Viso	19	James Jakes ^†
13	78	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	Points^1
1	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	85	1:33:26.5096	6	36	52
2	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+ 0.0757^†	13	0	40
3	14	Mike Conway	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	85	+ 0.2848	11	0	35
4	11	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 1.6672	17	0	32
5	22	Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	85	+ 1.9128	14	0	30
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 2.4795	7	0	28
7	4	J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	85	+ 2.6233	15	1	26
8	19	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+ 3.7294	24	0	24
9	15	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+ 6.5633	9	0	22
10	98	Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	85	+ 9.9764	16	0	20
11	8	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 11.4636	18	0	19
12	77	Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	85	+ 43.8734^‡	8	23	18
13	67	Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	20	0	17
14	7	Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	4	0	16
15	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	2	20	15
16	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	22	0	14
17	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	1	5	14
18	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	21	0	12
19	2	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	83	+ 2 laps	12	0	12
20	5	E.J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	81	+ 4 laps	23	0	12
21	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	67	Contact	3	0	12
22	27	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	33	Mechanical	19	0	12
23	38	Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23	Contact	10	0	12
24	78	Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	9	Mechanical	25	0	12
25	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	7	Engine	5	0	10
^† Under caution ^‡ Pagenaud penalised 30 seconds for blocking
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE[4]

Notes

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

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 335 2 Will Power 301 3 Hélio Castroneves 289 4 Scott Dixon 281 5 James Hinchcliffe 268

Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 81 2 Honda 69 3 Lotus 40 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.

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. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
4. Honda Indy Toronto Box Score

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