Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit 2013
Racing data | ||
---|---|---|
6th and 7th of 19 races of the IndyCar Series 2013 | ||
Surname: | Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit | |
Date: | June 1st and 2nd, 2013 | |
Place: | Detroit , Michigan , United States | |
Course: | Raceway at Belle Isle | |
Length: | 264.738 km in 70 laps of 3.782 km
|
|
Weather: | cloudy | |
1st race | ||
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Dario Franchitti | Target Chip Ganassi Racing |
Time: | 1: 19.3311 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing |
Time: | 1: 17.8447 min (lap 47) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing |
Second: | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport |
Third: | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing |
2nd race | ||
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing |
Time: | 1: 18.0977 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing |
Time: | 1: 17.4371 min (lap 58) | |
Podium | ||
First: | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports |
Second: | James Jakes | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
Third: | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing |
The 2013 Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit took place on June 1st and 2nd at the Raceway at Belle Isle in Detroit , Michigan , United States and was the sixth and seventh races of the 2013 IndyCar Series .
Reports
background
After the Indianapolis 500 , Marco Andretti led the drivers' standings with 11 points on Takuma Satō and 16 points on Hélio Castroneves .
Compared to the previous season, a different variant of the Raceway at Belle Isle was chosen and the one used that was last used in 2001. This meant that parts of the route where the surface had not withstood the loads in the previous season were left out.
The Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit was the first IndyCar event to feature two full-distance races in one weekend. It was the first of three so-called double headers in the 2013 season. There was separate qualifying for both races and full points were achieved in both races.
In both races of the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, the drivers were allowed a total of 150 seconds to use the push-to-pass button. The overtaking aid could be activated ten times during the race.
The starting field was reduced by almost all vehicles that were not registered for the entire season. Only the Penske team remained in the starting field with AJ Allmendinger and once again fielded an additional vehicle. In addition, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing temporarily stopped racing for financial reasons at this race weekend and withdrew from the IndyCar Series until further notice. There were also two driver changes. Mike Conway replaced Ana Beatriz at Dale Coyne Racing . He last competed in Long Beach . Ryan Briscoe , who had driven an additional Chip Ganassi Racing vehicle in the previous race , switched to Panther Racing , where he replaced JR Hildebrand . Hildebrand was fired after an early accident at the Indianapolis 500.
In the first of the two races, Sébastien Bourdais competed in an IndyCar race for the 100th time.
With Castroneves (twice), Tony Kanaan , Justin Wilson and Scott Dixon (once each), four former winners competed in these Indys.
training
Because of the second race, there was only one training session before qualifying. This was interrupted six times. Briscoe triggered the first interruption with a spin in the eleventh corner. A family of ducks crossing the racetrack was responsible for the second red phase. Dixon then parked his racing car at Turn 9. He was brought back to the pits. At the same time, Dixon's team-mate Dario Franchitti hit the wall in the seventh corner. Then James Hinchcliffe drove into the tire wall of the first corner. The fifth red phase was triggered by a James Jakes turner . Allmendinger finally triggered the last interruption after he rolled out at Turn 7.
Alex Tagliani was ultimately the fastest pilot ahead of Dixon and Josef Newgarden .
1. Qualifying
Qualifying for the first race took place according to the original format for street courses. The track dried up, so the times got faster from segment to segment. Rain tires were used in the first two sections.
The first part of the time training was held in two groups. 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. In the first group, Tagliani drove the fastest lap, in the second group Satō was the fastest driver.
In the second segment of the qualification, the six fastest drivers qualified for the final section. Ryan Hunter-Reay posted the fastest lap time. Besides him, Franchitti, Conway, Tagliani, EJ Viso and Jakes made it into the third part of qualifying, the so-called Firestone Fast Six . As Castroneves spun in the final phase after a driving error in the third corner and it turned into a red phase, some drivers were no longer able to improve their time.
Franchitti finally set the fastest time and scored the bonus point for pole position ahead of Viso and Conway. Since Franchitti was penalized by ten positions due to an early engine change, he started the race from eleventh place and Viso started from first position. Before Franchitti set his fastest lap, he had to drive through the pit lane again due to a wrong exit from the pit.
In addition, Graham Rahal , Newgarden and Charlie Kimball were moved ten positions back due to an early engine change.
2nd qualifying
The second qualifying was held in two groups. Each group had twelve minutes each. The first in each group received a bonus point for a pole position. The first place on the grid went to the faster of the two.
In the first group, Tagliani triggered a red phase with a spinner. The race management then gave him the fastest lap. Jakes was the fastest ahead of Hunter-Reay and Simon Pagenaud . In the second group, Conway set the fastest lap ahead of Will Power and Viso.
Since Conway was the fastest overall, he got first place on the grid and all drivers in the second group were sorted into the odd grid positions based on the qualifying order. The drivers of the first group got the even starting positions.
1st race
Viso started badly from first place and was overtaken directly by Conway. In the third corner, Hunter-Reay also passed Viso. Shortly afterwards there was already a money phase: Allmendinger was caught in front of the fourth corner between Wilson and Dixon. Allmendinger caught up with Dixon and flew off. He was unharmed.
At the restart, Conway kept the lead. Viso briefly passed Hunter-Reay, but was overtaken in the third corner as at the start. This time, however, Tagliani also drove past him. Viso fell further behind over the next few laps. Franchitti, on the other hand, made up a few positions and was already in the top 5 in the seventh lap.
Conway and Hunter-Reay had separated from the rest of the field. Conway pitted on lap 25 and lost the lead to Hunter-Reay. Shortly thereafter, Satō rolled out in the third corner, which triggered a yellow phase. Before the caution phase, Bourdais had given up with technical problems. His accelerator pedal stuck. Satō resumed the race. During the caution phase, Tagliani slipped into the tire wall at the third corner, which ended his race.
Hunter-Reay took the lead during his pit stop and kept it ahead of Conway when he restarted. Behind them followed Franchitti and Power, who came close at the restart. Franchitti passed Power at the restart. A little later, Andretti and Sebastian Saavedra dueled . Andretti pushed his opponent into the track barrier in the fifth corner. The accident triggered the third and final caution phase. Saavedra was eliminated in the accident. The race management assessed the duel as a racing incident and did not impose any consequences.
Hunter-Reay stayed in front at the restart. Power passed Franchitti. The two pilots were overtaken by Kanaan and Wilson a little later. On the 44th lap, Conway took the lead again. In the third corner he braked past Hunter-Reay. Hunter-Reay didn't get along well with the Reds , the tire compound he was using at the time.
During the following pit stops, Wilson briefly took the lead, but gave it back to his teammate Conway after his stop. The order in the top three after the final pit stop was Conway, Hunter-Reay and Wilson.
In the closing stages, Wilson was put under pressure by Dixon. Meanwhile, while in the top 10, Briscoe hit the tire wall of corner six four laps from the end. The race management did not send the safety car out on the track and left it with the yellow flags displayed locally.
Conway eventually won the race ahead of Hunter-Reay and his teammate Wilson. It was Conway's second win after the 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach . Dixon couldn't get past Wilson and was fourth ahead of Castroneves and Franchitti. The top 10 completed Newgarten, Power, Rahal and Jakes.
Final training
In the final training session on Sunday morning, Franchitti was the fastest driver ahead of Bourdais and Conway.
2nd race
As on the day before, Allmendinger retired on the first lap due to an accident. Allmendinger started in the replacement chassis. Because he sustained a thumb injury the day before, he took pain medication. With oversteer he drove into the wall. After the restart, Power lost the lead to Conway, who held it for a long time.
Four shorter caution phases followed in the next few laps. The first was triggered by Simona de Silvestro , who drove into the tire wall after a puncture in the eighth corner. The pilot dropped out. At the restart there was a three-way battle between Ed Carpenter , Tagliani and Newgarden. The result of contact was that Tagliani had an accident in the third corner and Newgarden stopped in the sixth. This resulted in another yellow phase. All pilots resumed the race. Debris was responsible for the next neutralization of the race. The fifth yellow phase triggered an accident by Satō. Satō drove into the wall on the third corner. At the same time, Hunter-Reay drove into the limit in the eighth corner. Both drivers resumed the race.
On the lap after the restart, Bourdais turned Power around in the first S-bend. As a result, a mass collision occurred in which nine cars were involved. This dissolved the sixth and final yellow phase. Tagliani and Wilson dropped out, the rest took the race, e.g. Sometimes with several laps behind, up again. Power was very upset about the Bourdais action and pelted his opponent, who had continued driving, with his gloves on the next pass. Bourdais saw no guilt. As a result of the accident, only 13 out of 20 pilots were in the lead lap. Bourdais was given a drive-through penalty by the race management as the cause of the collision.
Conway lost the lead to Kanaan, who had been to the pits earlier, due to a bad pit stop in the caution phase. Conway improved from eighth to third place on the first lap after the restart. Through pit stops, the lead first went to Tristan Vautier , who led for the first time, and then back to Conway. Conway was the pilot with the most lead laps.
In the 46th lap, however, Conway was first overtaken by Kimball and then by Pagenaud. Kimball took the lead. With a different strategy and a longer middle stint, Pagenaud took the lead after Kimball pitted. Jakes used a similar tactic. Pagenaud briefly lost the lead to Jakes during his pit stop, but came back on track before the rest of the field, led by Conway. Conway had previously been involved in a duel with Franchitti, which had cost him time. Jakes fell behind Pagenaud after his stop, but stayed ahead of Conway. Franchitti was overtaken by his teammate Dixon in the final phase.
Pagenaud eventually won its first IndyCar race ahead of Jakes, Conway, Dixon and Franchitti. It was Jake's first podium finish. This meant that only Honda drivers were in the first five positions . The best Chevrolet driver was Andretti in sixth. The top 10 completed Kimball, Castroneves, Rahal and Saavedra. It was Saavedra's first IndyCar top 10 finish. It was also the first IndyCar victory for Sam Schmidt Motorsports , which Pagenaud's vehicle had reported under the name Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports .
Castroneves took the lead in the overall standings. Andretti, who started the weekend as the leader, was tied with him in second place. Hunter-Reay moved up into the top 3 of the drivers' standings in third place.
After the weekend there were penalties against four pilots:
- Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing was due to incorrectly set rear wing on the car of Jake after the first qualifying with a fine of 10,000 US dollars is.
- Saavedra was fined $ 30,000 for an improper gesture against Andretti after the two collided in race one. Saavedra was allowed to work off the sentence with PR appearances.
- Power was fined $ 10,000 for making clear gestures in race two and making comments against Bourdais. The race management also imposed a suspended sentence on him until the end of the season.
- Bourdais was given a suspended sentence until the end of the season due to negative comments made to IndyCar officials.
Registration list
All teams and drivers used the chassis Dallara DW12 with an aero kit from Dallara and tires from Firestone .
Source:
Classifications
1. Qualifying
- Remarks
- ↑ Dario Franchitti was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
- ↑ Graham Rahal was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
- ↑ Josef Newgarden was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
- ↑ Charlie Kimball was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
Swell:
2nd qualifying
Swell:
1st race
Swell:
Guide sections
section | Round | driver |
---|---|---|
1 | 1-23 | Mike Conway |
2 | 24-43 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
3 | 44-52 | Mike Conway |
4th | 53-55 | Justin Wilson |
5 | 56-70 | Mike Conway |
Swell:
Yellow phases
No. | Duration | Round | Reason for yellow phase |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1-3 | 3 | Contact: AJ Allmendinger (# 2) and Scott Dixon (# 9) in turn 4 |
2 | 25-30 | 6th | Standstill: Takuma Satō (# 14) in turn 3 |
3 | 34-38 | 5 | Contact: Sebastian Saavedra (# 6) in turn 5 |
Swell:
2nd race
Swell:
Guide sections
section | Round | driver |
---|---|---|
1 | 1-3 | Will power |
2 | 4-28 | Mike Conway |
3 | 29-38 | Tony Kanaan |
4th | 39 | Tristan Vautier |
5 | 40-45 | Mike Conway |
6th | 46-48 | Charlie Kimball |
7th | 49-54 | Simon Pagenaud |
8th | 55-58 | James Jakes |
9 | 59-70 | Simon Pagenaud |
Swell:
Yellow phases
No. | Duration | Round | Reason for yellow phase |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1-3 | 3 | Contact: AJ Allmendinger (# 2) in turn 2 |
2 | 10-12 | 3 | Contact: Simona de Silvestro (# 78) in turn 8 |
3 | 14th | 1 | Contact: Alex Tagliani (# 98) in turn 3, standstill: Josef Newgarden (# 67) in turn 6 |
4th | 20-22 | 3 | Debris in curve 2 |
5 | 24-26 | 3 | Contact: Takuma Satō (# 14) in turn 3 |
6th | 28-36 | 9 | Contact: Hélio Castroneves (# 3), Ryan Briscoe (# 4), EJ Viso (# 5), Sébastien Bourdais (# 7), Will Power (# 12), Graham Rahal (# 15), Justin Wilson (# 19) , Ed Carpenter (# 20), James Hinchcliffe (# 27) and Alex Tagliani (# 98) in turn 1 |
Swell:
Points standings after the race weekend
Driver ranking
The allocation of points is explained here .
|
|
|
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mario Fritsche: "Tagliani leads turbulent Detroit start". Motorsport-Total.com, May 31, 2013, accessed July 16, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Pete Fink: "Preview: Double-Header in Detroit". Motorsport-Total.com, May 29, 2013, accessed July 13, 2013 .
- ^ “IndyCar removes push-to-pass delay for 2013 season”. autosport.com, March 19, 2013, accessed March 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "The end for Dreyer and Reinbold?" Motorsport-Total.com, April 26, 2013, accessed on July 13, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Fink, Mario Fritzsche: "Surprise: Briscoe replaces Hildebrand at Panther". Motorsport-Total.com, May 30, 2013, accessed July 13, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Pete Fink: "Villain Bourdais is unreasonable". Motorsport-Total.com, June 3, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Detroit: Franchitti starts as the fastest from eleventh place". Motorsport-Total.com, May 31, 2013, accessed June 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Second qualifying in Detroit: Conway on the pole on Sunday". Motorsport-Total.com, June 1, 2013, accessed July 24, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Mario Fritzsche: "From the couch to victory: Conway wins for Dale Coyne". Motorsport-Total.com, June 1, 2013, accessed July 24, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d e Pete Fink: "'Detroit Crash City': Pagenaud with premiere victory". Motorsport-Total.com, June 2, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "De-Silvestro departure: It was a flat tire". Motorsport-Total.com, June 7, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Dave Lewandowski: “Pagenaud outduels field; sixth winner in 7 races ”. indycar.com, June 2, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ Pet Fink: "Detroit aftermath: Punishments hail". Motorsport-Total.com, June 7, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
- ↑ “Entry List - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit”. (PDF) indycar.com, May 30, 2013, accessed June 28, 2013 .
- ^ "Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans 1 at Raceway at Belle Isle Park". (PDF; 61 kB) indycar.com, May 31, 2013, accessed on July 4, 2013 .
- ^ "Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 1 - Official Starting Line Up". (PDF; 130 kB) indycar.com, June 1, 2013, accessed on July 4, 2013 .
- ↑ “Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans 2 at Raceway at Belle Isle Park”. (PDF; 61 kB) indycar.com, June 1, 2013, accessed on July 9, 2013 .
- ^ "Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 2 - Official Starting Line Up". (PDF; 135 kB) indycar.com, June 2, 2013, accessed on July 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c “OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans # 1”. (PDF) indycar.com, June 1, 2013, accessed July 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c “OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans # 2”. (PDF; 26 kB) indycar.com, June 2, 2013, accessed on July 9, 2013 (English).