MAVTV 500 2012

MAVTV 500 2012

Racing data
15th of 15 races of the IndyCar Series 2012
Surname:	MAVTV 500
Date:	15th September 2012
Place:	Fontana , California , United States
Course:	Auto Club Speedway
Length:	804.672 km in 250 laps of 3.219 km
Pole position
Driver:	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport
Time:	1: 06.6455 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Time:	0: 33.2470 min (lap 228)
Podium
First:	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing
Second:	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing
Third:	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing

The 2012 MAVTV 500 took place on September 15 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana , California , United States and was the 15th and final race of the 2012 IndyCar Series season .

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
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	09	Scott Dixon	Honda
	10	Dario Franchitti
KV Racing Technology w / SH	11	Tony Kanaan	Chevrolet
AJ Foyt Enterprises	14th	Wade Cunningham	Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan	15th	Takuma Satō	Honda
Andretti Autosport	17th	Sebastian Saavedra	Chevrolet
	26th	Marco Andretti
	27	James Hinchcliffe
	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay
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
Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	38	Graham Rahal	Honda
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	67	Josef Newgarden	Honda
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

Source:

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	vehicle	time	Ø speed in mph	begin
01	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 06.6455	216.069	01
02	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 06.6487	216.058	02
03	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 06.6851	215.940	13
04th	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 06.6918	215.919	14th
05	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 06.8553	215.391	15th
06th	Alex Tagliani	Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	1: 06.9065	215.226	16
07th	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology w / SH	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.0151	214.877	03
08th	JR Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.0549	214.749	04th
09	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.0753	214.684	05
10	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.1615	214.409	17th
11	Graham Rahal	Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 07.2851	214.015	18th
12	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.3760	213.726	19th
13	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.4389	213,527	06th
14th	Katherine Legge	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.5080	213,308	07th
15th	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	1: 07.5164	213.282	20th
16	Takuma Satō	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara - Honda	1: 07.5354	213,222	21st
17th	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.6778	212.773	22nd
18th	Oriol Servià	Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 07.7541	212.533	08th
19th	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 07.9247	211.999	09
20th	Charlie Kimball	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 08.0751	211.531	23
21st	Sebastian Saavedra	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 08.3699	210.619	10
22nd	EJ Viso	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 08.5276	210.134	11
23	Wade Cunningham	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	1: 08.7265	209,526	24
24	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 09.2120	208.056	12
25th	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	no time	-	25th
26th	Simona de Silvestro	Lotus-HVM Racing	Dallara - lotus	no time	-	26th

Remarks

1. ↑ Will Power was moved 10 positions back due to exceeding the engine limit (the sixth of five allowed).
2. ↑ Josef Newgarden was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
3. ↑ Scott Dixon was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
4. ↑ Alex Tagliani was moved 10 positions back because the engine limit was exceeded (the sixth of five allowed).
5. ↑ Hélio Castroneves was moved 10 positions back because the engine limit was exceeded (the sixth of five allowed).
6. ↑ Graham Rahal was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
7. ↑ James Hinchcliffe was moved 10 positions back because the engine limit was exceeded (the sixth of five allowed).
8. ↑ Simon Pagenaud was moved 10 positions back because the engine limit was exceeded (the sixth of five allowed).
9. ↑ Takuma Satō was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
10. ↑ Ryan Hunter-Reay was moved 10 positions back because the engine limit was exceeded (the sixth of five allowed).
11. ↑ Charlie Kimball was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
12. ↑ Wade Cunningham was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
13. ↑ Justin Wilson was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.
14. ↑ Simona de Silvestro was moved 10 positions back due to an early engine change.

Swell:

run

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Round	time	begin	Leadership laps
01	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	250	2: 57: 34.7433	05	62
02	Dario Franchitti	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	250	+ 1.9132	09	15th
03	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	250	+ 2.6091	15th	25th
04th	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	250	+ 3.0477	22nd	00
05	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	250	+ 4.1933	17th	02
06th	Graham Rahal	Service Central Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	250	+ 5.4381	18th	00
07th	Takuma Satō	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara - Honda	249	DNF	21st	06th
08th	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	249	+ 1 lap	01	03
09	Katherine Legge	Dragon Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	249	+ 1 lap	07th	00
10	Charlie Kimball	Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Honda	249	+ 1 lap	23	00
11	JR Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	248	+ 2 rounds	04th	56
12	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	248	+ 2 rounds	12	10
13	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	247	+ 3 rounds	19th	00
14th	Wade Cunningham	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	246	+ 4 rounds	24	00
15th	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	246	+ 4 rounds	20th	00
16	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	244	+ 6 rounds	14th	01
17th	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	244	+ 6 rounds	02	02
18th	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology w / SH	Dallara - Chevrolet	240	DNF	03	47
19th	Oriol Servià	Panther / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	231	DNF	08th	00
20th	Alex Tagliani	Bryan Herta Autosport w / Curb-Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	229	DNF	16	21st
21st	Sebastian Saavedra	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Chevrolet	118	DNF	10	00
22nd	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	107	DNF	06th	00
23	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	080	DNF	25th	00
24	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	066	DNF	13	00
25th	EJ Viso	KV Racing Technology	Dallara - Chevrolet	065	DNF	11	00
26th	Simona de Silvestro	Lotus-HVM Racing	Dallara - lotus	016	DNF	26th	00

Swell:

Guide sections

section Round driver 01 1  Tony Kanaan 02 2-4  Marco Andretti 03 5-35  JR Hildebrand 04th 36-37  Ryan Briscoe 05 38-39  Takuma Satō 06th 40  Josef Newgarden 07th 41-65  JR Hildebrand 08th 66-75  Ed Carpenter 09 76-85  James Jakes 10 86-109  Ed Carpenter

section Round driver 11 110  Scott Dixon 12 111-122  Ed Carpenter 13 123-133  Scott Dixon 14th 134-147  Tony Kanaan 15th 148-149  Helio Castroneves 16 150-152  Takuma Satō 17th 153-184  Tony Kanaan 18th 185-195  Scott Dixon 19th 196  Ed Carpenter 20th 197-198  Scott Dixon

section Round driver 21st 199-203  Ed Carpenter 22nd 204-217  Alex Tagliani 23 218  Ed Carpenter 24 219-223  Alex Tagliani 25th 224-225  Dario Franchitti 26th 226-227  Alex Tagliani 27 228  Takuma Satō 28 229-236  Ed Carpenter 29 237-249  Dario Franchitti 30th 250  Ed Carpenter

Swell:

Yellow phases

No.	Duration	Round	Reason for yellow phase
1	56-64	9	Contact: Will Power (# 12) in turn 2
2	74-84	11	Loss of speed: JR Hildebrand (# 4) on the back straight; Contact: Katherine Legge (# 6) and Justin Wilson (# 18) in Turn 3
3	108-114	7th	Standstill: Rubens Barrichello (# 8) in turn 2
4th	182-188	7th	Contact: Ryan Briscoe (# 2) on Turn 4
5	230-234	5	Contact: Alex Tagliani (# 98) in turn 4
6th	241-243	3	Contact: Tony Kanaan (# 11) in turn 4
7th	250	1	Contact: Takuma Satō (# 15) in turn 2

Swell:

Score after the race

Driver ranking

The allocation of points is explained here .

Item driver Points 01.  Ryan Hunter-Reay 468 02.  Will power 465 03.  Scott Dixon 435 04th  Helio Castroneves 431 05.  Simon Pagenaud 387 06th  Ryan Briscoe 370 07th  Dario Franchitti 363 08th.  James Hinchcliffe 358 09.  Tony Kanaan 351 10.  Graham Rahal 333 11.  JR Hildebrand 294 12.  Rubens Barrichello 289

Item driver Points 13.  Oriol Servià 287 14th  Takuma Satō 281 15th  Justin Wilson 278 16.  Marco Andretti 278 17th  Alex Tagliani 272 18th  Ed Carpenter 261 19th  Charlie Kimball 260 20th  EJ Viso 244 21st  Mike Conway 233 22nd  James Jakes 232 23.  Josef Newgarden 200 24.  Simona de Silvestro 182

Item driver Points 25th  Sébastien Bourdais 173 26th  Katherine Legge 137 27.  Sebastian Saavedra 41 28.  Wade Cunningham 29 29  Ana Beatriz 28 30th  Townsend Bell 26th 31.  Giorgio Pantano 16 32.  Michel Jourdain Jr. 16 33.  Bryan Clauson 13 34.  Jean Alesi 13 35.  Bruno Junqueira 12

Manufacturer rating

Item	Manufacturer	Points
1.	Chevrolet	123
2.	Honda	102
3.	lotus	60

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Entry List - MAVTV 500". indycar.com, September 11, 2012, accessed December 30, 2012 . 
2. ↑ “IZOD IndyCar Series - MAVTV 500 at Auto Club Speedway - QUALIFYING RESULTS”. (PDF; 63 kB) indycar.com, September 14, 2012, accessed on December 30, 2012 (English). 
3. ↑ “MAVTV 500 - Official Starting Line Up”. (PDF; 130 kB) indycar.com, September 14, 2012, accessed on December 30, 2012 (English). 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} “OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - MAVTV 500”. (PDF; 26 kB) indycar.com, September 15, 2012, accessed December 30, 2012 .