Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis 2015

Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis 2015

Racing data
5th of 16 races of the IndyCar Series 2015
Surname:	Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Date:	May 9, 2015
Place:	Speedway , Indiana , United States
Course:	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Length:	321.867 km in 82 laps of 3.925 km
Pole position
Driver:	Will power	Verizon Team Penske
Time:	1: 09.4886 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Time:	1: 10.8604 min (lap 68)
Podium
First:	Will power	Verizon Team Penske
Second:	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Third:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske

The Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis 2015 took place on May 9th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway near Indianapolis , Indiana , United States and was the fifth race of the 2015 IndyCar Series .

Reports

background

After the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama , Juan Pablo Montoya led the drivers' standings with three points ahead of Hélio Castroneves and with 13 points ahead of Scott Dixon .

There were two driver changes and two additional vehicles in the starting field. Sebastián Saavedra returned to Chip Ganassi Racing after a race break and took over the car from Sage Karam . The two drivers shared the cockpit this season. At Dale Coyne Racing , Carlos Huertas came back to work after two races and replaced Rodolfo González . Andretti Autosport fielded a fourth vehicle for Justin Wilson . Wilson returned to the championship on a part-time basis, having not received a regular cockpit after seven years. CFH Racing expanded its line-up to three racing cars. JR Hildebrand received the third car. He had most recently for the predecessor team Ed Carpenter Racing at Indianapolis 500 2014 participated.

At this Grand Prix, Castroneves took part in an IndyCar race 300 times. He turned 40 one day after the race.

With Simon Pagenaud currently the only former winners entered in this Grand Prix.

Two days after the Grand Prix, which was held on a Saturday, the training sessions for the Indianapolis 500 2015 began on the oval course of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

training

In the first practice session on Thursday, Sébastien Bourdais set the fastest time ahead of Power and Dixon. The Chevrolet drivers were largely superior to the Honda drivers. The ratio within the top ten was eight to two. Takuma Satō was the best Honda driver in sixth. In the second training session, Dixon took the lead. Power was second, Montoya third. The training session was briefly interrupted in the initial phase after Power went off the track at Turn 7. Eight Chevrolet drivers were again in the top 10. The best Honda driver was Graham Rahal in seventh place.

In the third training session on Friday, Castroneves took the lead. Bourdais was second ahead of Pagenaud. Rahal was eighth and the only Honda rider in the top ten.

Qualifying

The first part of the qualifying was held in two groups according to the usual qualifying system for street courses. The six fastest drivers in each group came into the second segment. The remaining starting positions were determined from the result of the first qualifying segment, with the drivers in the first group being assigned the odd positions from 13 and the drivers in the second group the even positions from 14. Power drove the fastest lap in the first group, and Dixon was the fastest driver in the second group. Of the twelve Honda drivers, only Jack Hawksworth managed to qualify for the second section.

In the second segment of the qualification, the six fastest drivers qualified for the final section. Power achieved the fastest lap time. Alongside him, Pagenaud, Castroneves, Tony Kanaan , Montoya and Dixon made it into the third part of qualifying, the so-called Firestone Fast Six . Hawksworth was the best Honda driver in eleventh place.

In the third part, Power finally set the fastest time and achieved pole position ahead of his teammates Dixon and Castroneves. Power set a new best time on his fastest lap.

Final training

In the final training session on Saturday morning, Stefano Coletti achieved the fastest lap ahead of Pagenaud and Dixon. Rahal was the only Honda rider in the top 10 in sixth place.

run

At the start, Power kept the lead. Several collisions occurred in the wider field. The second-placed Dixon was shot by Castroneves, which is why Dixon had to pit to change both wings. Separately, Hawksworth met Luca Filippi , with other drivers being affected. Josef Newgarden collided with James Hinchcliffe and pitted. While many drivers lost positions due to the chaos on the track, Rahal benefited greatly from the incidents and improved from 17th to 5th place on the first lap.

At the restart, Power kept the lead ahead of Pagenaud, Bourdais, Montoya and Rahal. The first five positions remained unchanged until the first pit stop phase. On the 20th lap, Montoya began the pit stop phase. Power, Pagenaud and Bourdais followed a lap later. Rahal stayed two laps longer on the track and was now in the lead. Thanks to the later pit stop, he returned to the track in second place ahead of Pagenaud. During the stops, James Jakes and Hinchcliffe also performed. After the pit stops, Power was back in front of Rahal, Pagenaud, Bourdais and Montoya.

The first five positions remained unchanged until the next pit stop phase. Power made his second stop on lap 39. Rahal took the lead for four laps. During the stops, Dixon and Hinchcliffe were briefly in the lead. Power then led Rahal again. Behind them, Montoya took third place in front of Bourdais and Pagenaud. The last one was canceled shortly before the third and final pit stop phase with an electronics problem.

The drivers also completed the last pit stop under green and Power stopped again in front of Rahal. Charlie Kimball led for a lap in between before Power took the lead again. The first four positions were unchanged after the pit stop. Wilson retired after the last stop with a technical problem. Power led the race for 65 of 82 laps. He only gave up the lead during pit stops.

Power thus achieved his first win of the season ahead of Rahal, Montoya, Bourdais and Kimball. Castroneves was sixth ahead of Kanaan and Coletti, who dueled for a long time in the race. Satō and Dixon completed the top 10.

Montoya remained in the lead in the drivers' championship. Power took over second position, pushing Castroneves into third place.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used the Dallara DW12 chassis and Firestone tires .

team	No.	driver	Aero kit / engine
Verizon Team Penske	01	Will power	Chevrolet
Team Penske	02	Juan Pablo Montoya
	03	Helio Castroneves
	22nd	Simon Pagenaud
KV Racing Technology	04th	Stefano Coletti	Chevrolet
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	05	James Hinchcliffe	Honda
	07th	James Jakes
CFH Racing	06th	JR Hildebrand	Chevrolet
	20th	Luca Filippi
	21st	Josef Newgarden
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	08th	Sebastian Saavedra	Chevrolet
	09	Scott Dixon
	10	Tony Kanaan
	83	Charlie Kimball
KVSH Racing	11	Sébastien Bourdais	Chevrolet
AJ Foyt Enterprises	14th	Takuma Satō	Honda
	41	Jack Hawksworth
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	15th	Graham Rahal	Honda
Dale Coyne Racing	18th	Carlos Huertas	Honda
	19th	Francesco Dracone
Andretti Autosport	25th	Justin Wilson	Honda
	26th	Carlos Muñoz
	27	Marco Andretti
	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay
BHA with Curb Agajanian	98	Gabby Chaves	Honda

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Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Group 1	Group 2	Top 12	FF6	begin
01	Will power	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.0394	-	1: 09.6443	1: 09.4886	01
02	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 09.7798	1: 09.9966	1: 09.7156	02
03	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 09.8917	1: 09.8773	1: 09.7388	03
04th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.2695	-	1: 09.9151	1: 09.8072	04th
05	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 10.0145	1: 09.7769	1: 09.8715	05
06th	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 10.2264	1: 09.9038	1: 10.2772	06th
07th	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.2779	-	1: 10.0230	-	07th
08th	Sebastián Saavedra	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.5573	-	1: 10.1572	-	08th
09	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.3168	-	1: 10.1969	-	09
10	Stefano Coletti	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.3840	-	1: 10.3679	-	10
11	Jack Hawksworth	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 10.3971	1: 10.4558	-	11
12	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 10.4283	1: 10.8321	-	12
13	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	1: 10.6273	-	-	-	13
14th	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 10.5031	-	-	14th
15th	JR Hildebrand	CFH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 10.6380	-	-	-	15th
16	Gabby Chaves	BHA with Curb Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 10.5282	-	-	16
17th	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 10.6480	-	-	-	17th
18th	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 10.5776	-	-	18th
19th	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	1: 10.8345	-	-	-	19th
20th	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 10.6749	-	-	20th
21st	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	1: 10.8786	-	-	-	21st
22nd	Takuma Satō	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 10.7391	-	-	22nd
23	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 12.5038	-	-	-	23
24	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 11.1636	-	-	24
25th	Francesco Dracone	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 12.5814	-	-	25th

Swell:

run

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Round	time	begin	Leadership laps
01	Will power	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	1: 42: 42.0940	01	65
02	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	82	+ 1.5023	17th	09
03	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 7.1967	04th	00
04th	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 7.7336	07th	00
05	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 25.1179	14th	01
06th	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 31.7352	03	00
07th	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 32.3191	06th	00
08th	Stefano Coletti	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 35.3853	10	00
09	Takuma Satō	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	82	+ 40.8267	22nd	00
10	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 47.4715	02	01
11	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	82	+ 48.5410	19th	00
12	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	82	+ 49.5461	13	04th
13	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	82	+ 54.2372	21st	00
14th	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+ 54.8713	09	00
15th	Gabby Chaves	BHA with Curb Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	82	+1: 01,3092	16	00
16	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	82	+1: 07.2448	24	00
17th	Sebastián Saavedra	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Chevrolet	82	+1: 09.2079	08th	00
18th	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	81	+ 1 lap	20th	02
19th	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	81	+ 1 lap	23	00
20th	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	81	+ 1 lap	12	00
21st	JR Hildebrand	CFH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	81	+ 1 lap	15th	00
22nd	Francesco Dracone	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 2 rounds	25th	00
23	Jack Hawksworth	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	69	+ 13 rounds	11	00
24	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	68	DNF	18th	00
25th	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	57	DNF	05	00

Swell:

Guide sections

section	Round	driver
01	1-21	Will power
02	22-23	Graham Rahal
03	24-25	James Jakes
04th	26th	James Hinchcliffe
05	27-39	Will power
06th	40-43	Graham Rahal
07th	44	Scott Dixon
08th	45-47	James Hinchcliffe
09	48-58	Will power
10	59-61	Graham Rahal
11	62	Charlie Kimball
12	63-82	Will power

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Yellow phases

No.	Duration	Round	Reason for yellow phase
1	1-2	2	Contact: Scott Dixon (# 9), Josef Newgarden (# 21) and Jack Hawksworth (# 41) in Turn 1

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Score after the race

Driver ranking

The allocation of points is explained here .

Item driver Points 01.  Juan Pablo Montoya 171 02.  Will power 166 03.  Helio Castroneves 158 04th  Scott Dixon 144 05.  Graham Rahal 144 06th  Tony Kanaan 136 07th  James Hinchcliffe 129 08th.  Josef Newgarden 129 09.  Sébastien Bourdais 123 10.  Simon Pagenaud 101

Item driver Points 11.  Carlos Muñoz 101 12.  Ryan Hunter-Reay 100 13.  Marco Andretti 95 14th  Charlie Kimball 89 15th  Luca Filippi 85 16.  James Jakes 75 17th  Takuma Satō 72 18th  Gabby Chaves 71 19th  Stefano Coletti 65 20th  Jack Hawksworth 64

Item driver Points 21st  Simona de Silvestro 44 22nd  Francesco Dracone 38 23.  Say Karam 35 24.  Sebastián Saavedra 33 25th  Carlos Huertas 31 26th  Conor Daly 13 27.  Rodolfo González 10 28.  JR Hildebrand 9 29  Justin Wilson 6th

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