Pocono IndyCar 500 2014
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| 11th of 18 races in the IndyCar Series 2014 | ||
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| Surname: | Pocono IndyCar 500 | |
| Date: | July 6, 2014 | |
| Place: |
 Long Pond , Pennsylvania , United States
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| Course: | Pocono Raceway | |
| Length: | 804.671 km in 200 laps of 4.023 km
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| Weather: | sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Juan Pablo Montoya
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 Penske Motorsports
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| Time: | 1: 20.4034 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Ryan Briscoe
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NTT data chip Ganassi Racing
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| Time: | 0: 40.9009 min (lap 180) | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Juan Pablo Montoya
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Penske Motorsports
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| Second: |
 Helio Castroneves
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Team Penske
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| Third: |
Carlos Muñoz
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Andretti - HVM
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The 2014 Pocono IndyCar 500 took place on July 6th at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond , Pennsylvania , United States and was the eleventh race of the 2014 IndyCar Series .
Reports
background
After the Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston , Will Power led the drivers' standings with 39 points on Hélio Castroneves and with 41 points on Ryan Hunter-Reay .
The Pocono IndyCar 500 was the second of three races for the Triple Crown . Double points were awarded for the race result. Compared to the previous year, the distance has been increased by 100 miles to 500 miles.
There were two scheduled changes in the starting field. There was a driver change at Ed Carpenter Racing . Ed Carpenter , who competed in all oval races, replaced Mike Conway , who only drove the street course races. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing did not report the second vehicle in which Luca Filippi had raced at the last event.
With Scott Dixon , a former winner entered this race.
training
On Saturday, there were two training sessions of 60 minutes each before qualifying.
Tony Kanaan set the fastest time in the first practice session ahead of Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti . The training was interrupted twice for the purpose of a route inspection.
In the second practice session, Power took the lead from Carlos Muñoz and Kanaan. Jack Hawksworth had a serious accident in the middle of training . He turned in the first corner and hit the wall with the left side of the vehicle. The vehicle was badly damaged. Hawksworth suffered a bruised heart muscle and was hospitalized for one night. He did not take part in qualifying or the race. As Bryan Herta Autosport did not report a replacement driver, Hawksworth received half the number of points for last place.
Qualifying
The qualifying was held in the individual time trial. The starting order for the individual time trial was drawn. Each pilot drove two fast laps in a row. The average speed achieved in the process decided the order of the starting grid.
Juan Pablo Montoya was the fastest, taking pole position ahead of Power and Muñoz. It was Montoya's first pole position after his IndyCar comeback. Josef Newgarden spun in the warm-up lap and touched the wall. So he did not set any time. The track got faster during the session, so the drivers who were drawn late on the grid benefited. Muñoz and Montoya were the last two riders to hit the track.
run
Power took the lead at the start of Montoya. Power, Montoya and Kanaan were alternately in the lead in the first three racing quarters. Sébastien Bourdais led the race for one lap. Takuma Satō and Carlos Huertas dropped out in the first half of the race due to a technical defect.
The race was only interrupted on lap 159. Graham Rahal had spun with a mechanical problem. Power was leading over Montoya at this point. While Power and Montoya stayed outside, Kanaan pitted. Ganassi tried to do without another stop, which would have been possible with a longer caution phase or further caution phases. Newgarden chose a similar strategy.
At the restart, Montoya attacked his team-mate Power in the battle for the lead. The two touched, with Montoya damaging the front wing. Montoya passed Power and led the race in front of him. With 25 laps to go, Power blocked his fellow teammate Castroneves in a duel for second position. The race management punished this offense with a drive-through penalty.
On the 188th lap Montoya pitted, so that Newgarden took the lead. Newgarden led to the 194th round. After that, Canaan led for two rounds. Kanaan achieved the most lead laps in this race and led an IndyCar race for the 101st time in his career. Montoya then took the lead again.
This Montoya won his first race in the IndyCar Series. His last IndyCar win was 13 years, 9 months and 20 days ago with the Motorola 300 2000 . It was Montoya's 12th IndyCar win. Before Montoya there were only two winners - Babe Stapp (1927, 1938) and John Paul Jr. (1983, 1998) who had over ten years between two IndyCar victories. Montoya's team-mate Castroneves finished second, Muñoz third. Ryan Briscoe and Dixon were fourth and fifth. Simon Pagenaud , Mikhail Aleshin , Newgarden, Andretti and Power completed the top 10. With his win, Montoya became the first IndyCar winner of the year to start from pole position. With an average speed of 202.402 mph (325.734 km / h), it was the third fastest IndyCar race in history, as well as the first 500-mile race with an average speed of over 200 mph (321.869 km / h).
Hunter-Reay, who won the first Triple Crown race, retired with a suspension damage in the final quarter of the race.
In the overall standings, Power remained in the lead, but his lead over Castroneves disappeared completely, leaving Castroneves tied in second place. Pagenaud took third position in the drivers' championship. Hunter-Reay, who was previously in third place, fell behind Montoya to fifth.
Registration list
All teams and drivers used the chassis Dallara DW12 with an aero kit from Dallara and tires from Firestone .
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Classifications
Qualifying
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run
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Guide sections
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Yellow phases
| No. | Duration | Round | Reason for yellow phase |
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| 1 | 159-164 | 6th | Spin: Graham Rahal (# 15) in turn 2 |
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Score after the race
Driver ranking
The allocation of points is explained here .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Preview: Pocono and the Double Points". Motorsport-Total.com, July 3, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ↑ “Pocono INDYCAR 500 - Results of Session - Practice 1”. imscdn.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Pocono prelude: Kanaan disrupts the Andretti party". Motorsport-Total.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Dave Lewandowski: "Canaan tops 221 mph in opening Pocono session". indycar.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ^ Mark Glendenning: "Pocono IndyCar: Tony Kanaan sets practice pace". autosport.com, July 5, 2014, accessed July 5, 2014 .
- ↑ “Pocono INDYCAR 500 - Results of Session - Practice 2”. imscdn.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Pocono: Power takes over - Hawksworth crashes". Motorsport-Total.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ^ Dave Lewandowski: “Power blisters Pocono with 223 mph practice lap”. indycar.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ^ Mark Glendenning: "Pocono IndyCar: Will Power flies in second practice". autosport.com, July 5, 2014, accessed July 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: "Heart muscle contusion: Hawksworth is not allowed to drive". Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: “Montoya on the Pocono Pole!” Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2014, accessed on December 21, 2014 .
- ^ Dave Lewandowski: "Montoya breaks records, earns Verizon P1 Award". indycar.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014 .
- ^ Mark Glendenning: “Pocono IndyCar: Juan Pablo Montoya takes first pole of 2014”. autosport.com, July 5, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Mark Glendenning: “Juan Pablo Montoya takes first win since IndyCar comeback at Pocono”. autosport.com, July 6, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Pete Fink: "Comeback victory: Montoya triumphs in Pocono". Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c Dave Lewandowski: “Montoya prevails in record-setting 500 miles”. indycar.com, July 6, 2014, accessed December 21, 2014 .
- ↑ "Entry List - Pocono INDYCAR 500 fueled by Sunoco". (PDF) indycar.com, July 1, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 (English).
- ↑ “Pocono INDYCAR 500 fueled by Sunoco at Pocono Raceway - QUALIFYING RESULTS”. (PDF) indycar.com, July 5, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 .
- ↑ “Pocono INDYCAR 500 - Official Starting Line Up”. (PDF) indycar.com, July 6, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c “OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - Pocono INDYCAR 500 fueled by Sunoco”. (PDF) indycar.com, July 6, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .
- ↑ “Pocono INDYCAR 500 - Unofficial Lap Report”. indycar.com, July 6, 2014, accessed December 20, 2014 .