Ryan Hunter-Reay

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Ryan Hunter-Reay (2012)

Ryan Hunter-Reay (born December 17, 1980 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American racing driver . He has been driving in the IndyCar Series since 2007 , in which he has been competing for Andretti Autosport since 2010 . There he won the overall ranking in 2012.

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

Hunter-Reay began his motorsport career in karting in 1996 , where he was active until 1998. He also won the 1998 Skip Barber Southern Regional Series championship . A year later he won the championship titles of the Skip Barber Eastern Regional Series and the Skip Barber National Championship . In 2000 he moved to the Barber Dodge Pro Series , in which he started two seasons. He won two races in his second season and finished fifth overall in both years. In 2002 Hunter-Reay moved to the Atlantic Championship . He won three races and finished the season in sixth place overall.

Champ Car

In 2003 Hunter-Reay switched to the CART series and started for the American Spirit Team Johansson , the racing team of the former Formula 1 driver Stefan Johansson . Although the team was underfunded, they managed to win the race at Surfers Paradise through a lucky but daring strategy. At the end of the season he finished 14th in the drivers' championship. In 2004 he moved to Herdez Competition and stayed in the series, which was now called Champ Car . He won the race on the Milwaukee Mile in an impressive manner by being in the lead every 250 laps. At the end of the season he was ninth overall. In 2005 Hunter-Reay switched to Rocketsports Racing and became Timo Glock's teammate . He mostly did not keep up with Glock and finished 15th overall at the end of the season without having achieved a podium finish. Two races before the end of the season he was replaced by Michael McDowell , who brought financial support. In 2006 he did not appear in any racing series.

IndyCar Series

Hunter-Reay training for the Indy 500 2008

After starting two races of the A1GP in the winter of 2006/2007 , he entered the IndyCar Series for Rahal Letterman Racing in the summer and took part in the last six races of the 2007 season as a replacement for Jeff Simmons . At the end of the season he finished 19th overall and, although he was active less than half the season, was the best newcomer. In 2008 he stayed with Rahal Letterman Racing and competed in the IndyCar Series for the entire season. He won his first IndyCar race in Watkins Glen . At the end of the season he finished eighth overall. He also took part in two races in the Rolex Sports Car Series .

After Rahal Letterman Racing left the IndyCar Series, Hunter-Reay signed with Vision Racing for 2009 . After he had started the season well with a second place, there was no success in the next races and he never made it into the top ten drivers. After six races he moved to AJ Foyt Enterprises , for which he played the rest of the season as a replacement for the injured Vítor Meira . His best result for his new team was fourth place. At the end of the season he finished 15th overall. He also drove two more races in the Rolex Sports Car Series.

Hunter-Reay at the Japanese IndyCar race in Motegi 2011

In 2010 he was signed by Andretti Autosport . With a second place at the season opener in São Paulo , he got off to a good start into the new season and in the fourth race in Long Beach Hunter-Reay took his second IndyCar victory. Although he was placed in front in the championship, he initially had no contract for the entire season. It was not announced until the ninth race that Hunter-Reay would contest the entire season for Andretti Autosport. At the end of the season, he finished seventh overall as the best American pilot. In addition, Hunter-Reay took part in sports car races of the Rolex Sports Car Series and the ALMS . In 2011 Hunter-Reay stayed with Andretti Autosport. After he failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 , he switched to a car from his former team AJ Foyt Enterprises, which had been qualified by Bruno Junqueira , for this race . In the second phase of the street course races, Hunter-Reay finally achieved two third places. His first win of the season followed on the oval course in Loudon . He benefited from the fact that the final restart was canceled and the status from the previous round was assessed. The reason for this step by the race management was that several collisions occurred when restarting on a wet track. It was Hunter-Reay's first IndyCar win on an oval course. Since he had been noticed in the first ten events by two collisions he had caused, he drove on parole until the end of the season. As the best American and best Andretti driver, Hunter-Reay finished the drivers' championship in seventh place. He also took part in one race each of the ALMS and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He won the LMP2 rating in the ALMS.

Hunter-Reay in Detroit 2012

In 2012 Hunter-Reay completed another IndyCar season for Andretti Autosport, who from this season drove with Chevrolet engines. At the season opener in St. Petersburg , he achieved a podium finish with third place. Two races later, in Long Beach , he crossed the finish line again in third place. But since he was previously involved in a collision with Takuma Satō and the race management blamed him, he was given a penalty and dropped back to sixth place. In the next race in São Paulo , Hunter-Reay finished second on the podium again. In the middle of the season he won the successive oval races in West Allis and Newton and caught up with 102 points in these two races to just three points on the overall leader Will Power . He also won the following race on the street circuit in Toronto and thus took over the overall lead. After a seventh place in Edmonton and a failure in Lexington , he lost the lead again to power. After a win in the penultimate race in Baltimore , Hunter-Reay reached fourth place at the season finale in Fontana to win the championship against Power by a margin of three points. In addition, he started again in a Rolex Sports Car Series race and took part in two ALMS races.

In 2013 Hunter-Reay chose the starting number 1 as defending champion. After Scott Dixon , who used this number as defending champion in 2004 , all IndyCar champions decided against the starting number reserved for the champion. After a failure in the first race, Hunter-Reay won the following race in Birmingham . After failing to make it into the top 10 for the next two races, he finished third in the Indianapolis 500 and second in the first race in Detroit . After another race outside the top 10, he was on the podium in the next three races. He finished second in Fort Worth and Newton and won the Milwaukee IndyFest . In the last nine races, Hunter-Reay did not finish five times, did not finish on the podium and only made it into the top 10 three times. At the second Toronto race he was eliminated from the leading group in an accident on the penultimate lap. In the following race in Lexington , Hunter-Reay started from pole position and finished in fifth place. He had chosen the wrong tactic with a two-stop strategy. Hunter-Reay finished the season in seventh place. This internally defeated Marco Andretti . In 2013 Hunter-Reay also took part in one race each of the ALMS and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He was on the podium in his class in both competitions.

Hunter-Reay leading up to the 2014 Indianapolis 500, which he won

In 2014 Hunter-Reay's racing team Andretti Autosport changed engine manufacturer again and returned to Honda . At the season opener in Saint Petersburg , he finished second. After he was eliminated in a duel for the lead at the subsequent Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach , he won the race in Birmingham . This was followed by the two races on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway . In the Grand Prix of Indianapolis , Hunter-Reay took second place. After Hunter-Reay missed the top 9 in qualifying for the Indianapolis 500 , he started the race from 19th place. Hunter-Reay fought duels with some drivers for the lead. With two laps to go, he passed Hélio Castroneves and won the Indianapolis 500 for the first time in his career. He took over the championship lead, but lost it again after one race. In the 13 races following the Indianapolis 500, Hunter-Reay dropped out five times and made it into the top 10 only five times. He won at Newton and finished second at Sonoma . He finished the season as the best Andretti driver on the sixth championship course. Hunter-Reay also took part in three races of the United SportsCar Championship for SRT Motorsports in 2014 . He achieved two podium finishes in the GTLM classification and was 19th in this classification. In 2015 , Hunter-Reay stayed with Andretti Autosport and signed a contract for a further three years. In the first twelve races, Hunter-Reay only reached the top 10 three times, while the last four races always finished in the top 10 and stood on the podium three times. He won in Newton and Pocono , where his teammate Justin Wilson had a fatal accident. As the best Andretti driver, Hunter-Reay finished sixth in the championship at the end of the season. Hunter-Reay also drove a race for Starworks Motorsport in the United SportsCar Championship 2015 .

In 2016 Hunter-Reay completed his tenth IndyCar Series season for Andretti Autosport. At the season opener in St. Petersburg he reached third place. He repeated this result in Detroit and Long Pond . For the first time in the service of Andretti, he missed the top 10 in the overall standings. He finished twelfth overall behind his team-mates Carlos Muñoz and Alexander Rossi .

statistics

Career stations

  • 2009 : IndyCar Series (15th place)
  • 2009: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (34th place)
  • 2010 : IndyCar Series (7th place)
  • 2010: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (31st place)
  • 2010: ALMS , LMPC
  • 2011 : IndyCar Series (7th place)
  • 2011: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (33rd place)
  • 2011: ALMS, LMP2 (4th place)
  • 2012 : IndyCar Series (Champion)
  • 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP
  • 2012: ALMS, P2
  • 2012: ALMS, GT (27th place)
  • 2013 : IndyCar Series (7th place)
  • 2013: ALMS, LMP2 (9th place)
  • 2013: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (33rd place)
  • 2014 : IndyCar Series (6th place)
  • 2014 : USCC , GTLM (19th place)
  • 2015 : IndyCar Series (6th place)
  • 2015 : USCC, Prototype (29th place)
  • 2016 : IndyCar Series (12th place)
  • 2017 : IndyCar Series (9th place)
  • 2018 : IndyCar Series (4th place)
  • 2019 : IndyCar Series (8th place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th Points rank
2007 Rahal Letterman Racing HMS STP MOT KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MIS KTY SNM DET CHI     119 19th
                      7th 6th 15th 18th 18th 7th    
2008 Rahal Letterman Racing HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF 360 8th.
7th 17th 7th   18th 6th 15th 20th 8th 16 1 19th 10 8th 9 18th 6th 9 3
2009 Vision racing STP LBH KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL GOAL EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS     298 15th
2 11 15th 32 12 16                          
AJ Foyt Enterprises             19th 15th 21st 7th 17th 14th 4th 19th 15th 21st 13
2010 Andretti Autosport SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL GOAL EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS     445 7th
2 11 12 1* 5 18th 7th 8th 7th 3 5 10 6th 4th 21st 9 11    
2011 Andretti Autosport STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV   347 7th
21st 14th 23 18th   19th 9 26th 8th 3 7th 3 1 10 8th 24 5 C.  
AJ Foyt Enterprises         23                          
2012 Andretti Autosport STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO SNM BAL HAIRDRYER         468 1.
3 12 6th 2 27 7th 21st 1* 1 1* 7th 24 18th 1 4th        
2013 Andretti Autosport STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW POC GOAL MDO SNM BAL HOU HAIRDRYER 469 7th
18th 1* 24 ° 11 ° 3 ° 2 ° 18th 2 ° 1 ° 2 20th 18th 19th 5 ° 6 ° 20th 20th 21st 9 °
2014 Andretti Autosport STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER   563 6th
2 20 * 1* 2 ° 1 * 11 16 19th 19th 7th 6th 18th 1 ° 21st 14th 10 ° 21st 2 16 °  
2015 Andretti Autosport STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM       436 6th
7th 19th 13 5 11 15th 13 8th 18th 19th 15 ° 13 1 ° 7th 1 ° 2 °      
2016 Andretti Autosport STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM       428 12.
3 ° 10 18th 11 9 24 * 3 7th 3 4th 22nd 12 18th 3 ° 13 ° 14th 4th      
2017 Andretti Autosport STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM     421 9.
4th 17 ° 11 13 3 27 ° 10 13 17th 19th 14th 3 6th 8th 8 ° 15th 3 ° 8th    
2018 Andretti Autosport STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL POR SNM     566 4th
5 ° 5 ° 20 ° 2 18th 5 ° 14 2 ° 1 ° 5 2 19th 16 7th 18th 20th 2 ° 1*    
2019 Andretti Autosport STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA GOAL IOW MDO POC STL POR LAG     420 8th.
23 3 8th 5 17th 8 22 5 4th 5 * 11 16 17th 3 19th 8th 18th 10    
2020 Andretti Autosport TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY STL IMS STP MDO           104 15th
8th 13 4th 22nd 16 22 °        

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Remarks
  1. ↑ Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
  2. ↑ Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.
  3. ↑ No points were awarded.

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2002 MonacoMonaco JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT ItalyItaly Andrea Montermini United StatesUnited States Peter Argetsinger failure Engine failure
2010 United StatesUnited States Level 5 motorsports Oreca FLM09 United StatesUnited States James Gue United StatesUnited States Scott Tucker Disqualified
2011 United StatesUnited States Level 5 motorsports Lola B11 / 40 MexicoMexico Luis Díaz Rank 20
2012 United StatesUnited States Level 5 motorsports HPD ARX-03b MexicoMexico Luis Díaz United StatesUnited States Scott Tucker failure malfunction
2013 United StatesUnited States Level 5 motorsports HPD ARX-03b FranceFrance Simon Pagenaud United StatesUnited States Scott Tucker Rank 7
2014 United StatesUnited States SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R GermanyGermany Dominik Farnbacher BelgiumBelgium Marc Goossens Rank 18
2016 United StatesUnited States VisitFlorida.com Racing Oreca 05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ryan Dalziel BelgiumBelgium Marc Goossens Rank 5
2018 United StatesUnited States Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-VR Cadillac DPi-VR United StatesUnited States Jordan Taylor NetherlandsNetherlands Renger van der Zande Rank 2

Web links

Commons : Ryan Hunter-Reay  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Single results

  1. ↑ "Official: Andretti signs Hunter-Reay" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 5, 2010)
  2. ↑ "Hunter-Reay drives the whole season" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 4, 2010)
  3. ^ "Hunter-Reay stays with Andretti" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 30, 2010)
  4. ↑ "Bump Day Drama for the Andretti Family!" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 23, 2011)
  5. ^ "Unlucky Junqueira out, Hunter-Reay in!" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 24, 2011)
  6. ↑ "Hunter-Reay wins Loudon-Chaos!" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 15, 2011)
  7. ^ "Three IndyCar drivers on probation" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 3, 2011)
  8. ↑ Pete Fink: "Hunter-Reay: The new title candidate?" Motorsport-Total.com, June 26, 2012, accessed on June 26, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Hunter-Reay 2013 with No. 1 on the car". Not an easy decision at all. Motorsport-Total.com, December 6, 2012, accessed February 24, 2013 .
  10. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Hunter-Reay for two more years with Andretti". Motorsport-Total.com, September 15, 2012, accessed November 10, 2012 .
  11. ^ Dave Lewandowski: Notes: Hunter-Reay, DHL sign 3-year extension. indycar.com, August 17, 2014, accessed March 18, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Carlos Munoz stays on with Andretti Autosport for IndyCar 2016. autosport.com, November 17, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Hunter-Reay, Ryan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas, United States