Indianapolis 500 2012

Indianapolis 500 2012

Racing data
5th of 15 races of the IndyCar Series 2012
Surname:	Indianapolis 500
Date:	May 27, 2012
Place:	Speedway , Indiana , United States
Course:	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Length:	804.672 km in 200 laps of 4.023 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 300,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske
Time:	2: 38.9514 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport
Time:	0: 40.8771 min (lap 59)
Podium
First:	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Second:	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Third:	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology w / SH

The 96th Indianapolis 500 took place on May 27, 2012 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway near Indianapolis , Indiana , United States and was the fifth race of the 2012 IndyCar Series season .

Dario Franchitti ( Target Chip Ganassi Racing ) won the race with a total time of 2: 58: 51.2532 hours ahead of his teammates Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan ( KV Racing Technology w / SH ). After 2007 and 2010, it was Franchitti's third victory at the Indianapolis 500.

background

After the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle , Will Power led the drivers' standings with 45 points ahead of Hélio Castroneves and 57 points on James Hinchcliffe . Among the engine manufacturers, Chevrolet led with 12 points ahead of Honda and with 20 points ahead of Lotus .

The Indianapolis 500 was the first race of the season on an oval course and the first oval race with the newly introduced Dallara DW12 chassis .

As the Indianapolis 500 has a special position on the racing calendar, no penalties for premature engine changes were imposed during the entire event. Usually, engine changes are penalized with a penalty of 10 starting positions if they were not necessary due to engine failure in a race. All engine changes during this event were sanctioned under the Indianapolis 500.

With Castroneves (three times), Dario Franchitti (twice) and Scott Dixon (once) three former Indianapolis 500 winners competed. In addition, Rubens Barrichello , a driver who won a Formula 1 race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix circuit , took part in the Indianapolis 500 for the first time . Castroneves was the most experienced pilot with his twelfth start at the Indianapolis 500. With Jean Alesi , Barrichello, Bryan Clauson , Wade Cunningham , James Jakes , Katherine Legge , Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud , eight drivers started the race for the first time. Newgarden was the youngest competitor at 21 years old and Alesi the oldest competitor at 47 years and 351 days. Alesi also became the oldest rookie . Jack Hewitt previously held this age record. He was 46 years and 320 days old when he made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1998. 33 drivers from 13 nations took part in the event. With nine drivers, the United States had the largest number of participants.

It was the first time since 1947 that the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner no longer saw the event. Last year's winner, Dan Wheldon , passed away during the preseason .

procedure

The Indianapolis 500, including the training sessions, extended over a period of 18 days. The event began on May 10 with Rookie and Refresher Day , on which newcomers and those returning who have not competed in oval races for a long time complete a training program. Every rookie and refresher had to do 10 laps at constant speed between 200 and 205 mph and 15 laps at constant speed between 205 and 210 mph that day. For the remainder of the practice session, each of these riders had to complete 15 laps at a speed of at least 210 mph.

From May 12th to 18th, there were seven free training days, each with six hours of training time per day. Qualifying began on May 19th. First there was a two-hour free practice session. Then, in a five-hour qualifying session, the first 24 drivers to qualify for the race were determined. Finally, the first nine drivers drove out the first nine starting positions among themselves in a 90-minute session. The following day was the so-called bump day . After a one-hour free practice session, the remaining nine starting positions were allocated in a six-hour qualifying session. All pilots who would not have been in the top 33 would not have qualified for the 500 mile race. On May 25th was the so-called Carb-Day with a one hour free training. The Indianapolis 500 finally took place on May 27th.

In contrast to all other races in the Indianapolis 500, every driver who qualified received points for the qualifying result.

Changes in the starting field

For the Indianapolis 500 there were some changes in the starting field. Several teams deployed other vehicles.

• Bryan Herta Autosport and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing terminated their contracts with the engine supplier Lotus Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entered into a strategic partnership with Panther Racing and took over their second leasing contract for a Chevrolet . Bryan Herta Autosport switched to Honda .

• Dragon Racing also parted ways with Lotus ahead of the event . According to consistent media reports, Dragon filed a claim for damages against Lotus in the amount of 4.6 million US dollars for breach of contract. The racing team switched to Chevrolet and only entered the event on the sixth day of training.

• At AJ Foyt Enterprises , Wade Cunningham received the second cockpit alongside Mike Conway . Cunningham had last completed an IndyCar race at the 2011 season finale.

• Rahal Letterman Lanigan also used a second vehicle. Before the start of the season, Luca Filippi , who has a contract with the racing team, was scheduled for this cockpit and he should enter the championship from this race. However, the cockpit was given to returnees Michel Jourdain Jr. forgive. Jourdain started the Indianapolis 500 in 1996. It was his only start in this race so far. From 1996 to 2004 he was active in the Champ Car series. He achieved his best overall placement in 2003 for the Rahal team with a third place.

• Andretti Autosport expanded its regular driver trio for this race. Sebastian Saavedra , who drove in Andretti Autosport's Indy Lights team, received a car that had been registered with AFS Racing . Saavedra drove almost the entire IndyCar season in 2011. In addition, Ana Beatriz , who had already received an additional car in the previous race, stayed in the team. Your car was used in this race together with Conquest Racing .

• Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing fielded another car for Bryan Clauson . Clauson had not previously participated in any IndyCar races. Clauson won the USAC National Drivers Championship in 2010 and 2011 , which is why he received a grant from IndyCar for use in the IndyCar Series or Indy Lights. The second car, which was driven by Josef Newgarden , was again sponsored by the team's former main sponsor, Dollar General , in this race .

• Sam Schmidt Motorsports committed Townsend Bell for the second vehicle. Bell had already competed for the racing team at the Indianapolis 500 last season.

• Bryan Herta Autosport returned to the series with Alex Tagliani after a break from a race.

• Jean Alesi , who competed in 201 Grand Prix in Formula 1 from 1989 to 2001 , competed in the IndyCar Series for the first time. He was a brand ambassador for the manufacturer Lotus . Originally, Newman / Haas Racing was intended for its use. However, this engagement did not materialize because the team withdrew its registration for the race at the end of April. According to the team, the preparation time was too short. Eventually, the Indy Lights team Fan Force United took over Alesi. A co-owner of Fan Force United was former IRL pilot Tyce Carlson . Greg Beck , who was formerly represented in the IndyCar Series with his racing team, Beck Motorsports , acted as chief mechanic . The team also employed a few mechanics who had already won the Indianapolis 500 with other teams.

• In addition, Ed Carpenter Racing originally reported another vehicle. However, this was not occupied.

• Originally, MSR Indy also wanted to debut in the race in the IndyCar Series. Jay Howard had already been chosen as the driver . However, Howard was finally released from the team in early May because it couldn't find an engine manufacturer.

• Dario Franchitti from the Target Chip Ganassi Racing team did not enter the Indianapolis 500 with his usual starting number, 10, but with 50. The reason for the one-time change of numbers was the 50th anniversary of the title sponsor Target .

Registration list

All teams and drivers used the chassis Dallara DW12 with an aero kit from Dallara and tires from Firestone .

team	No.	driver	engine
Team Penske	02	Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet
	03	Helio Castroneves
	12	Will power
Panther Racing	04th	JR Hildebrand	Chevrolet
KV Racing Technology	05	EJ Viso	Chevrolet
	08th	Rubens Barrichello
Dragon Racing	06th	Katherine Legge	Chevrolet
	07th	Sébastien Bourdais
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	09	Scott Dixon	Honda
	50	Dario Franchitti
KV Racing Technology w / SH	11	Tony Kanaan	Chevrolet
AJ Foyt Enterprises	14th	Mike Conway	Honda
	41	Wade Cunningham
Rahal Letterman Lanigan	15th	Takuma Satō	Honda
	30th	Michel Jourdain Jr.
AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport	17th	Sebastian Saavedra	Chevrolet
Dale Coyne Racing	18th	Justin Wilson	Honda
	19th	James Jakes
Ed Carpenter Racing	20th	Ed Carpenter	Chevrolet
Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	22nd	Oriol Servià	Chevrolet
Andretti Autosport / Conquest Racing	25th	Ana Beatriz	Chevrolet
Andretti Autosport	26th	Marco Andretti	Chevrolet
	27	James Hinchcliffe
	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay
Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	38	Graham Rahal	Honda
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	39	Bryan Clauson	Honda
	67	Josef Newgarden
Lotus - FP Journe - Fan Force United	64	Jean Alesi	lotus
Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports	77	Simon Pagenaud	Honda
Lotus-HVM Racing	78	Simona de Silvestro	lotus
Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	83	Charlie Kimball	Honda
Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian	98	Alex Tagliani	Honda
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	99	Townsend Bell	Honda

Source:

• With the exception of vehicles 17, 25 and 39, a replacement chassis was also reported.
• Another car with the number 21 was originally reported by Ed Carpenter Racing.

training

Rookie and Refresher Day (May 10th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	0: 41.2338	218.268 mph
2	Bryan Clauson	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 41.4659	217.046 mph
3	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 41.5564	216.573 mph
Official result:

The training started with the rookie and refresher day, on which ten drivers (eight rookies, two refresher) had to complete the three-stage test program. Indianapolis 500 rookies Jean Alesi , Rubens Barrichello , Bryan Clauson , Wade Cunningham , Katherine Legge , James Jakes , Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud . Sébastien Bourdais and Michel Jourdain jr were invited as refresher . With the exception of Bourdais, all pilots must pass the three-stage test program in order to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. The Dragon pilots Bourdais and Legge did not compete because their team lacked an engine manufacturer.

Pagenaud collided with a bird that got caught in its radiator while exercising. He did not notice the incident and it did not affect his program.

Jakes, who failed to qualify for the race in 2011, set the fastest lap ahead of Clauson and Newgarden. With the exception of Alesi and Cunningham, all drivers successfully completed the three-stage program. Cunningham is only missing the last section, 15 laps with an average of over 210 mph. Alesi did not make any of the steps. It was the first test with the vehicle for both him and his Fan Force United team . He was allowed to do ninety minutes of extra training the following day. He passed the first two levels.

1st training (May 12th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.8627	220.250 mph
2	JR Hildebrand	Panther Racing	0: 40.9662	219.693 mph
3	Bryan Clauson	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.9776	219.632 mph
Official result:

The first day of training was opened by the three pilots of Team Penske : Ryan Briscoe , Hélio Castroneves and Will Power , in which they drove around the track in a three-man formation.

Josef Newgarden was ultimately the fastest ahead of JR Hildebrand and his team mate Bryan Clauson . There were three rookies in the top five.

26 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. There were no incidents worth mentioning. Dragon Racing was unable to take part on the day due to the lack of an engine manufacturer.

2nd training (May 13th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Sebastian Saavedra	AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport	0: 40.6272	221.526 mph
2	Bryan Clauson	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.6922	221.173 mph
3	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.6949	221.158 mph
Official result:

On the second day of practice, Sebastian Saavedra was the fastest driver ahead of Bryan Clauson and Josef Newgarden . Thus both Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing rookies were again in the top 3.

Short term took on Tony Kanaan 's car Rubens Barrichello and Marco Andretti , the vehicle of Ana Beatriz .

Wade Cunningham passed the third phase of the rookie program in this training session and is therefore allowed to participate in qualifying.

31 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. The two Lotus pilots Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro did not make time within the 105 percent rule . There were no incidents worth mentioning. Dragon Racing was again unable to take part on this day due to the lack of an engine manufacturer.

3rd training (May 14th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.4519	222.486 mph
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.6065	221.639 mph
3	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.6285	221.519 mph
Official result:

On the third day of training, Josef Newgarden was the fastest driver for the second time ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti . Newgarden achieved a new best practice time with a time of 40.4519 s.

Jean Alesi passed the third phase of the rookie program in this practice session and is therefore allowed to take part in qualifying. On Wednesday it was announced that Alesi was on the go with a higher boost level and thus had more power.

There were two small incidents in training: Graham Rahal rolled out smoking, Michel Jourdain Jr. was left without fuel.

29 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. Charlie Kimball and Simona de Silvestro did not participate. Dragon Racing was again unable to take part in the training due to the lack of an engine manufacturer.

4th training (May 15th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.2367	223.676 mph
2	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	0: 40.5359	222.025 mph
3	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.5653	221.864 mph
Official result:

On the fourth day of training, Marco Andretti was the fastest driver ahead of Hélio Castroneves and his team-mate James Hinchcliffe . Andretti achieved a new best practice time with a time of 40.2367 s. On this training day, some tests took place in the slipstream.

On Wednesday it became known that Simona de Silvestro was on the go with a higher boost level and therefore had more power.

30 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. There were no incidents worth mentioning. Jean Alesi decided not to participate. Dragon Racing was again unable to take part in the training due to the lack of an engine manufacturer.

5th training (May 16)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.3977	222.785 mph
2	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.5208	222.108 mph
3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.5839	221.763 mph
Official result:

On the fifth day of training, Josef Newgarden was the fastest pilot ahead of Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay . It was the third best time in practice for Newgarden.

Shortly before the end of the training, an accident triggered Newgarden's yellow phase. He turned twice on his own axis and hit the boundary at the fourth corner. However, the insert chassis was not damaged.

Both Lotus drivers Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro were more than three seconds short of the best time. Alesi raised safety concerns after training because of his slow speed.

30 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. James Jakes declined to participate. Dragon Racing was again unable to take part in the training due to the lack of an engine manufacturer.

6th training (May 17th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	0: 40.3428	223.088 mph
2	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	0: 40.4115	222.709 mph
3	Graham Rahal	Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	0: 40.5259	222.080 mph
Official result:

The schedule of the sixth training day has been modified since Dragon Racing with Chevrolet had found an engine supplier and with his driver duo Sebastien Bourdais and Katherine Legge for the first time took part in the event. Before and after the training, rookie and refresher training took place. The actual training was shortened by one hour to five hours. Bourdais completed a refresher program and then took part in the actual training. Legge completed the first phase of the rookie training and was not allowed to participate in the training. After training in the second rookie session, she successfully completed the second phase.

On the sixth day of training, Scott Dixon was the fastest pilot ahead of Josef Newgarden and his team-mate Graham Rahal .

Both Lotus drivers Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro were again more than three seconds short of the best time.

29 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. There were no incidents worth mentioning. In addition to Legge, who still had to pass the rookie test, Marco Andretti , James Hinchcliffe and Sebastian Saavedra did not participate.

7. Training: "Fast Friday" (May 18th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	0: 39.5535	227.540 mph
2	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	0: 39.6764	226.835 mph
3	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	0: 39.6973	226.716 mph
Official result:

The seventh and last day of training was the so-called "Fast Friday". On that day, the boost pressure was increased from 1.3 bar to 1.4 bar, which brought an additional output of 40 to 50 hp. The times therefore fell. Marco Andretti was the fastest driver and set a new best time in practice with a time of 0: 39.5535 minutes. Ryan Briscoe was second ahead of his teammate Hélio Castroneves .

Katherine Legge passed the third phase of the rookie program in this training session. All 33 registered pilots were thus authorized to start.

Michel Jourdain Jr. suffered an engine failure that, according to the team, damaged the chassis.

32 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. Oriol Servià decided not to take part due to engine problems.

Qualifying

Pole Day (May 19)

8. Training

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	0: 39.5181	227.744 mph
2	Ana Beatriz	Andretti Autosport	0: 39.7901	226.187 mph
3	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	0: 39.8183	226.027 mph
Official result:

The 8th training session for the Indianapolis 500 took place on the Saturday before qualification. Hélio Castroneves was the fastest pilot ahead of Ana Beatriz and his teammate Ryan Briscoe .

The boost pressure remained at 1.4 bar that day.

30 of the 33 registered pilots set a time. Jean Alesi , Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay did not participate.

First section (Top 24)

In the first section of qualifying, the first 24 drivers qualified for the Indianapolis 500. The first nine drivers qualified for the decisive qualifying for pole position. Four flying laps were driven in a row and the total time and average speed were determined. The drivers were individually on the track.

Tony Kanaan made the first attempt . However, his car fell through the technical inspection and the time was canceled.

After there was a slight contact with the wall during the week, there were three flights in this qualifying. On the last of four laps, Bryan Clauson lost the rear of his vehicle and hit the barrier hard on his back. He was able to get out of his car on his own. With the average speed he had achieved up to then, he would certainly have qualified. Then Ed Carpenter and Oriol Servià also had an accident . All three pilots were uninjured. Carpenter said after qualifying that he would not take off the gas the next day and that he would also accept the loss of another car. In addition to his replacement car, Carpenter also had the number 21 car, for which no pilot was reported. Clauson, however, did not have his own replacement vehicle. However, his Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing team had a second vehicle for his teammate Josef Newgarden . Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing suffered financial damage "between 200,000 and 250,000 US dollars" as a result of the destroyed vehicle, according to team boss Andy O'Gara , Sarah Fisher's husband .

At Chip Ganassi Racing , Graham Rahal and Charlie Kimball from the B-Team were ahead of their teammates Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti , who turned 39 that day, from the A-Team. No Ganassi vehicle made it into the top 9.

James Hinchcliffe was the fastest pilot ahead of Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay . Newgarden was the only Honda- powered driver to make it into the top nine. The two Lotus drivers Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro made no qualifying attempt. De Silvestro saw no chance of qualifying and therefore wanted to concentrate on the next day. The last pilot to qualify that day was Sebastian Saavedra .

Item	driver	team	vehicle	time	Ø speed in mph
01	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.4715	225.746
02	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.7167	225.399
03	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.7948	225.289
04th	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.7996	225.282
05	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.9446	225.078
06th	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology w / SH	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 40.1775	224.751
07th	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 40.2278	224.680
08th	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 40.2298	224.677
09	EJ Viso	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 40.4119	224,422
10	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 40.5253	224.264
11	Alex Tagliani	Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	2: 40.7144	224,000
12	Graham Rahal	Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 40.7437	223,959
13	Ana Beatriz	Andretti Autosport / Conquest Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 40.7720	223,920
14th	Charlie Kimball	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 40.8093	223.868
15th	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 40.9413	223.684
16	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.0144	223,582
17th	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.0866	223,482
18th	JR Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 41.1299	223,422
19th	Takuma Satō	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.1517	223,392
20th	Townsend Bell	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.3377	223.134
21st	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.4865	222.929
22nd	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.5124	222.893
23	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.5138	222.891
24	Sebastian Saavedra	AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 41.5720	222.811
DNQ	Wade Cunningham	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.6605	222.689
DNQ	Mike Conway	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.8458	222.434
DNQ	Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 41.8595	222.415
DNQ	Bryan Clauson	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	accident
DNQ	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	accident
DNQ	Katherine Legge	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	Attempt canceled
DNQ	Oriol Servià	Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	accident
DNQ	Jean Alesi	Lotus - FP Journe - Fan Force United	Dallara - lotus	no time
DNQ	Simona de Silvestro	Lotus-HVM Racing	Dallara - lotus	no time
Official result:

Top 9

Pole setter Ryan Briscoe during his qualification attempt

Qualifying first three: James Hinchcliffe, Ryan Briscoe and Ryan Hunter-Reay (left to right)

The pole position was extended to among the first nine drivers of the first section. Ryan Briscoe set the fastest time, beating James Hinchcliffe by 2.3 thousandths of a second. It was the closest gap ever in the duel for pole position at the Indianapolis 500. It was Briscoe's first pole position in the Indianapolis 500 and the first pole position for an Australian in that race.

Hinchcliffe's team-mates Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti were in third and fourth place . In fifth and sixth place Briscoes teammates Will Power and Hélio Castroneves . This meant that only Penske and Andretti drivers and drivers with a Chevrolet engine were in the first six positions. In seventh position followed with Josef Newgarden, the first driver to use a Honda engine. The KV Racing Technology pilots Tony Kanaan and EJ Viso did not set any time.

The pole sitter received a bonus of 100,000 US dollars , the second $ 50,000 and third $ 40,000.

Hinchcliffe carried the original gloves of his fellow countryman Greg Moore, who died in an accident at the Auto Club Speedway in 1999, with him during his qualification participation. Moore never participated in the Indianapolis 500.

Item	driver	team	vehicle	time	Ø speed in mph
01	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 38.9514	226,484
02	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 38.9537	226,481
03	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.1233	226.240
04th	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.6766	225.456
05	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.7004	225.422
06th	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 39.8780	225.172
07th	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 40.6879	224,037
08th	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology w / SH	Dallara - Chevrolet	no time
09	EJ Viso	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	no time
Official result:

Bump Day (May 20th)

Qualifying

The boost pressure remained at 1.4 bar that day.

Since there were only 33 applicants for 33 starting places, there was no risk of a pilot failing to qualify with a slow lap. The teams of drivers who had an accident yesterday managed the repairs on time, with only Ed Carpenter needing a replacement vehicle.

Sébastien Bourdais achieved the fastest average speed. If he had achieved this result the day before, he would have finished 15th on the grid. Wade Cunningham was second ahead of Oriol Servià .

Up until Bump Day there were rumors that Jay Howard or Pippa Mann could jump in on the spot. However, neither of the two received a cockpit at short notice. Howard, who had a few sponsors but was without a cockpit, announced on Bump Day that he actually had an engine contract, but the manufacturer had dropped this agreement. Mann had been on the track since the start of training, but was not given a cockpit either.

Item	driver	team	vehicle	time	Ø speed in mph
25th	Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 40.8866	223.760
26th	Wade Cunningham	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.2484	223.258
27	Oriol Servià	Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 41.8754	222.393
28	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 41.9262	222,324
29	Mike Conway	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	2: 41.9293	222.319
30th	Katherine Legge	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	2: 42.4374	221.624
31	Bryan Clauson	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	2: 47.8671	214.455
32	Simona de Silvestro	Lotus-HVM Racing	Dallara - lotus	2: 47.9162	214.393
33	Jean Alesi	Lotus - FP Journe - Fan Force United	Dallara - lotus	2: 51.3516	210.094
Official result:

9. Training

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Oriol Servià	Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	0: 40.2231	223.752 mph
2	Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	0: 40.2722	223.479 mph
3	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	0: 40.3793	222.886 mph
Official result:

After qualifying, another practice session, the ninth overall, took place. Oriol Servià set the fastest time ahead of Sébastien Bourdais and Ed Carpenter .

All 33 pilots took part in this training. Charlie Kimball hit the wall with his car.

After Bump Day, fines totaling $ 275,000 were imposed on 13 teams . The triggers were misconduct that were noticed during the technical inspection after qualification. The IndyCar Series fines typically go to safety research.

Starting grid

line	Inside	center	Outside
01	Ryan Briscoe	James Hinchcliffe	Ryan Hunter-Reay
02	Marco Andretti	Will power	Helio Castroneves
03	Josef Newgarden	Tony Kanaan	EJ Viso
04th	Rubens Barrichello	Alex Tagliani	Graham Rahal
05	Ana Beatriz	Charlie Kimball	Scott Dixon
06th	Dario Franchitti	James Jakes	JR Hildebrand
07th	Takuma Satō	Townsend Bell	Justin Wilson
08th	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Simon Pagenaud	Sebastian Saavedra
09	Sébastien Bourdais	Wade Cunningham	Oriol Servià
10	Ed Carpenter	Mike Conway	Katherine Legge
11	Bryan Clauson	Simona de Silvestro	Jean Alesi

Carb Day (May 25th)

space	driver	team	time	Ø speed
1	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	0: 40.4749	222.360 mph
2	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	0: 40.4906	222.274 mph
3	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	0: 40.5950	221.702 mph
Official result:

At the last practice session before the race, on Carb Day , the boost pressure was reduced to 1.3 bar again. In the meantime, there were considerations that the two vehicles with Lotus engines should continue to run with an increased boost pressure of 1.4 bar. For reasons of equal opportunities and security, however, it was refrained from. However, IndyCar race director Beaux Barfield announced that the lap times of the Lotus vehicles will be observed in the race. All participants had to be able to drive a time that was within the 105 percent rule . In the practice sessions and in qualifying, the Lotus drivers were not able to do this.

Chassis manufacturer Dallara modified the Dallara DW12 for this training course and thus reacted to previous accidents in which some cars were slightly lifted off. The cause was assumed to be the lateral stiffness of the underwing support. Dallara added three slots in the underwing support. IndyCar justified the step in a report as follows: “ This is intended to reduce the lateral rigidity and maintain the vertical rigidity. "

Dario Franchitti set the fastest time ahead of Scott Dixon and Marco Andretti . All qualified participants set a time.

run

report

Before the start of the race, there was a memorial event for last year's winner Dan Wheldon , who died in an accident in October 2011 . His widow and one of his sons were there for this. Wheldon's former team boss Bryan Herta drove his winning car around the track in a lap of honor. White sunglasses, a trademark of Wheldon, had been distributed to the audience. 300,000 spectators attended the world's largest one-day sporting event on race Sunday.

In the early stages of the Indianapolis 500 there was a duel between the first two drivers of qualifying: Ryan Briscoe and James Hinchcliffe , with Briscoe leading most of the time.

After just a few laps, it became apparent that the Lotus drivers Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro were not setting competitive lap times. Their average speed was roughly 205 mph, while average speeds of 217 mph were possible at the top. Therefore, the race management around Beaux Barfield decided to take the two drivers out of the race on lap 10 because their times were not within the 105 percent rule . While Alesi reacted with displeasure to the decision, de Silvestro showed understanding for the disqualification. Alesi also ignored the disqualification and fell by the wayside for another lap. Therefore, two laps were deducted from him in the final classification.

In the 14th lap there was the first caution because Bryan Clauson had turned. He initially drove on, but gave up after 46 laps with technical problems. In the caution phase, the drivers made their first pit stop. EJ Viso and Dario Franchitti came into contact in the box , and Franchitti was shot. His front wing was damaged in the process. He had to change this and fell back on 28th place. After the restart, Marco Andretti took the lead for several laps. On the 24th lap Oriol Servià dropped out of the lead lap after a puncture.

At the top there was a duel between Andretti and Scott Dixon . Dixon benefited from the lower fuel consumption of its Honda engine, while Andretti had to stop earlier with a Chevrolet engine. At this stage of the race there were two green stops. In the meantime, Wade Cunningham had given up the race with technical problems.

As a result of the pit stops, the first serious accident occurred in the race. Mike Conway had damaged his front wing during his pit stop as he hit members of his pit crew on the entrance. He drove back onto the track and noticed in turns 3 and 4 that his front wing was no longer intact. In the first corner he tried to slow down, but with Will Power behind him, Conway couldn't slow down too much. Conway eventually lost control of his vehicle and collided with Power. As a result of the contact, Conway's vehicle brushed the wall at a 90 ° angle and a wheel came loose. It flew through the air and narrowly missed Hélio Castroneves . Conway and Power were uninjured, but the race was over for them. Conway said after the race that it was his mistake.

After the restart, the next caution phase came just a few laps later. This time Ana Beatriz had contact with the wall. However, her car was not as badly damaged and she resumed racing. In the yellow phase, the teams chose different strategies. Andretti and Satō pitted and dropped to eleven and twelve, Dixon and Franchitti stayed out and Dixon took the lead. Meanwhile, Ryan Hunter-Reay , who had started from third place, had retired with technical problems.

At the restart, Satō improved to fifth place and he was finally in the lead for several laps. There was another phase of pit stops under green. In front was a group of four around Dixon, Franchitti, Satō and Andretti. Andretti had to pit earlier again. Since his team-mate Sebastian Saavedra then stopped on the track, there was another yellow phase and Andretti fell out of the top 10. It was similar for JR Hildebrand , who also fell out of the top 10. 13 laps after the end of this yellow phase, Josef Newgarden triggered another yellow phase. Like Saavedra, he stopped on the road.

At the top there was now a duel between Ganassi pilots Dixon and Franchitti. Behind them Ed Carpenter , Satō and Justin Wilson battled for positions. Carpenter finally said goodbye to the leading group on lap 180 as he spun on the track. This triggered another yellow phase. A few laps after the restart, Tony Kanaan finally took the lead, which he held for several laps, as Andretti had an accident and made another caution period necessary. Like Carpenter, he lost control of his vehicle on the first corner. Andretti came onto the white line in this corner and was no longer able to maintain control of his car.

At the restart, which was the last restart of this race, Franchitti prevailed and took the lead in front of Dixon, Satō and Kanaan. A lap later, his teammate Dixon managed to take first position. On the 198th lap, Franchitti finally overtook Dixon and took the lead of the race. Satō also passed Dixon. On the last lap, Satō dared to attack Franchitti in the first corner. In a close duel, Satō crossed the white line on the inside of the curve and lost control of his vehicle. He hit the barrier. The race was then finished under yellow. Instead of his first victory, Satō was ranked 17th. While Satō saw the blame for the accident at Franchitti, which in his opinion had left him too little space, Franchitti was of the opinion that he had not pushed Satō down and that Satō had lost control of his author. Dixon and Kanaan, who drove behind the two, saw the blame for the accident on Sato.

Franchitti eventually won ahead of teammates Dixon and Kanaan. The three pilots drove across the finish line in parallel. Franchitti won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time in his career after 2007 and 2010. He became the first European and a total of tenth pilot to win the Indianapolis 500 at least three times. With this victory he drew level with Sébastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy , who had achieved 31 victories across the series in the highest class of American formula racing. Franchitti dedicated the victory to his late friend Dan Wheldon. Dixon said after the race that the lower fuel consumption of the Honda engine was decisive for the race.

Servia, who made it back into the leading lap in the closing stages of the race, was fourth ahead of Briscoe, Hinchcliffe, Wilson, Charlie Kimball , Townsend Bell and Castroneves. Rubens Barrichello , who had led the race for two laps, was the best newcomer in eleventh place. Servia was the driver who made up the most positions in the race. Hinchcliffe had lost touch with the leaders due to a failed pit stop.

Power kept the championship lead from Castroneves and Hinchcliffe. Franchitti improved from tenth to sixth place. With the manufacturers, positions remained unchanged, with Honda winning for the first time of the season.

Overall, in this race premiums totaling 13,285,815 were US dollars distributed. All pilots received at least $ 250,000 in bonuses. The winner, Franchitti, received $ 2,474,280, Dixon $ 1,102,280, and Kanaan in third place 636,580. Bell, in ninth place, received the lowest award at $ 251,305. With an official temperature of 91 degrees Fahrenheit (32.8 degrees Celsius ), this Indianapolis 500 was the second hottest in history along with the races of 1919 and 1953.

The race generated in the United States the best TV audience since 2008. In the overnight ratings of Nielsen Media Research, the race with 4.3 rated, ahead of which takes place on the same day NASCAR - Sprint Cup -race Coca- Cola 600 , which was rated 4.1.

classification

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Round	time	begin	Leadership laps
01	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	200	2: 58: 51.2532	16	23
02	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 0.0295	15th	53
03	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology w / SH	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 0.0677	08th	07th
04th	Oriol Servià	Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 2.9166	27	00
05	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 3.6721	01	15th
06th	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 4.0962	02	05
07th	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 4.2430	21st	00
08th	Charlie Kimball	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 4.6056	14th	03
09	Townsend Bell	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 5.6168	20th	00
10	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 7.6352	06th	00
11	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 7.9240	10	02
12	Alex Tagliani	Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 8.2543	11	02
13	Graham Rahal	Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 8.7539	12	00
14th	JR Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	200	+ 11.3423	18th	00
15th	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 13.4494	17th	00
16	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt-Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	200	+ 14.1382	23	00
17th	Takuma Satō	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara - Honda	199	DNF	19th	31
18th	EJ Viso	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	199	+ 1 lap	09	00
19th	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara - Honda	199	+ 1 lap	22nd	00
20th	Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	199	+ 1 lap	25th	00
21st	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	199	+ 1 lap	28	00
22nd	Katherine Legge	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	199	+ 1 lap	30th	00
23	Ana Beatriz	Andretti Autosport / Conquest Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	190	+ 10 rounds	13	00
24	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	187	DNF	04th	59
25th	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	161	DNF	07th	00
26th	Sebastian Saavedra	AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	143	DNF	24	00
27	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	123	DNF	03	00
28	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	079	DNF	05	00
29	Mike Conway	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	078	DNF	29	00
30th	Bryan Clauson	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	046	DNF	31	00
31	Wade Cunningham	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	042	DNF	26th	00
32	Simona de Silvestro	Lotus-HVM Racing	Dallara - lotus	010	DSQ	32	00
33	Jean Alesi	Lotus - FP Journe - Fan Force United	Dallara - lotus	009	DSQ	33	00

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Guide sections

section Round driver 01 1  James Hinchcliffe 02 2-4  Ryan Briscoe 03 5-6  James Hinchcliffe 04th 7-15  Ryan Briscoe 05 16-17  James Hinchcliffe 06th 18-19  Ryan Briscoe 07th 20-21  Marco Andretti 08th 22nd  Ryan Briscoe 09 23-44  Marco Andretti 10 45-46  Alex Tagliani 11 47  Scott Dixon 12 48-49  Charlie Kimball

section Round driver 13 50-73  Marco Andretti 14th 74-78  Scott Dixon 15th 79  Charlie Kimball 16 80-90  Marco Andretti 17th 91-118  Scott Dixon 18th 119-123  Takuma Satō 19th 124-125  Rubens Barrichello 20th 126-146  Takuma Satō 21st 147  Scott Dixon 22nd 148-152  Takuma Satō 23 153-159  Dario Franchitti 24 160  Scott Dixon

section Round driver 25th 161-162  Dario Franchitti 26th 163-171  Scott Dixon 27 172-173  Dario Franchitti 28 174-176  Scott Dixon 29 177  Dario Franchitti 30th 178  Scott Dixon 31 179-186  Dario Franchitti 32 187-193  Tony Kanaan 33 194  Dario Franchitti 34 195-198  Scott Dixon 35 199-200  Dario Franchitti

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Yellow phases

No.	Duration	Round	Reason for yellow phase
1	14-17	4th	Spin: Bryan Clauson (# 39) in turn 2
2	80-86	7th	Contact: Will Power (# 12) and Mike Conway (# 14) in Turn 2
3	90-94	5	Contact: Ana Beatriz (# 25) in turn 2
4th	146-151	6th	Standstill: Sebastian Saavedra (# 17) in turn 2
5	164-170	7th	Standstill: Josef Newgarden (# 67) on the back straight
6th	181-183	3	Dreher: Ed Carpenter (# 20) in turn 1
7th	188-193	6th	Contact: Marco Andretti (# 26) in turn 1
8th	200	1	Contact: Takuma Satō (# 15) in turn 1

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Score after the race

Driver ranking

The allocation of points is explained here .

Item driver Points 01.  Will power 200 02.  Helio Castroneves 164 03.  James Hinchcliffe 164 04th  Scott Dixon 153 05.  Ryan Hunter-Reay 143 06th  Dario Franchitti 136 07th  Simon Pagenaud 136 08th.  Ryan Briscoe 128 09.  Tony Kanaan 113 10.  JR Hildebrand 103 11.  Rubens Barrichello 102

Item driver Points 12.  Takuma Satō 100 13.  Oriol Servià 99 14th  Graham Rahal 97 15th  Charlie Kimball 96 16.  Justin Wilson 94 17th  EJ Viso 94 18th  Marco Andretti 86 19th  James Jakes 77 20th  Mike Conway 75 21st  Sébastien Bourdais 74 22nd  Josef Newgarden 72

Item driver Points 23.  Ed Carpenter 67 24.  Katherine Legge 61 25th  Simona de Silvestro 61 26th  Alex Tagliani 59 27.  Ana Beatriz 28 28.  Townsend Bell 26th 29  Michel Jourdain Jr. 16 30th  Sebastian Saavedra 14th 31.  Bryan Clauson 13 32.  Wade Cunningham 13 33.  Jean Alesi 13

Manufacturer rating

Item	Manufacturer	Points
01.	Chevrolet	42
02.	Honda	33
03.	lotus	20th

Web links

Commons : Indianapolis 500 2012  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

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