Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 2014

Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 2014

Racing data
9th and 10th of 18 races of the IndyCar Series 2014
Surname:	Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston
Date:	June 28 and 29, 2014
Place:	Houston , Texas , United States
Course:	MD Anderson Cancer Center Speedway
Length:	210.4 km in 80 laps of 2.63 km
Planned:	236.7 km in 90 laps of 2.63 km
Weather:	cloudy and rainy (race 1) slightly cloudy (race 2)
1st race
Pole position
Driver:	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports
Time:	0: 59.3716 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports
Time:	1: 00.6931 min (lap 64)
Podium
First:	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing
Second:	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Motorsports
Third:	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti - HVM
2nd race
Pole position
Driver:	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske
Time:	0: 59.1702 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports
Time:	0: 59.8964 min (lap 62)
Podium
First:	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports
Second:	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Third:	Jack Hawksworth	BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian

The Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston 2014 took place on June 28th and 29th at MD Anderson Cancer Center Speedway in Houston , Texas , United States and was the ninth and tenth races of the 2014 IndyCar Series .

Reports

background

After the Firestone 600 , Will Power led the drivers' standings with 39 points on Hélio Castroneves and with 60 points on Ryan Hunter-Reay .

The Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston was the second of three events in which two races were held.

The Primary -Reifenmischung Firestone was with at the races in St. Petersburg , Long Beach and Detroit identical. The alternate tire compound was identical in all street course races.

There were two changes in the starting field. There was a planned driver change at Ed Carpenter Racing . Mike Conway , who competed in all street course races, replaced Ed Carpenter , who only drove the oval races. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing fielded a second vehicle for Luca Filippi . Filippi was signed for two events.

With Sébastien Bourdais (twice), Scott Dixon and Power (once each) three former winners competed in this race.

training

In the first training session, which lasted 45 minutes, Power set the fastest time ahead of Simon Pagenaud and Bourdais. Graham Rahal braked before the eighth corner and drove Scott Dixon into the rear. The incident did not cause any interruption. The only interruption of the training was necessary due to the dissolving track surface. In the second practice session, which also lasted 45 minutes, Pagenaud took the lead. Ryan Briscoe finished second, Filippi third. The training was interrupted three times. First, Mikhail Aleshin spun in the fourth corner. Tony Kanaan then stalled his engine after a driving error on the start-finish straight. The third interruption was triggered by Jack Hawksworth , who went off the track in the chicane on the start-finish straight and crashed into the wall.

1. Qualifying

The first section of the first qualifying was held in two groups according to the usual qualifying system for street courses. 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 Pagenaud drove the fastest lap, in the second group Takuma Satō was the fastest driver. The championship leader Power was eliminated in the second group and reached 18th place on the grid. He had difficulty setting up the car.

In the second segment of the qualification, the six fastest drivers qualified for the final section. Satō achieved the fastest lap time. In addition to him, James Hinchcliffe , Castroneves, Dixon, Filippi and Pagenaud made it into the third part of qualifying, the so-called Firestone Fast Six.

Pagenaud ended up setting the fastest time, taking pole position ahead of Castroneves and Dixon. It was Pagenaud's first IndyCar pole in its 60th race.

1st race

Because of a heavy rain shower before the race, the race was not held over the planned race distance of 90 laps, but after a time limit of 110 minutes. The first race was started standing. The track was still wet, but dried off. Pagenaud kept the lead at the start ahead of Castroneves and Hinchcliffe. Satō made up two positions at the start and improved to fourth place. While Castroneves and Hinchcliffe fought for second place, Satō took advantage of a mistake of the two, and drove up to second place. On the fifth lap he finally took the lead from Pagenaud, whom he overtook on the sixth corner. In the early stages there was a collision between Marco Andretti and his team-mate Carlos Muñoz , in which Andretti, who had started from 16th place, lost further positions. Andretti was finally on the track in front of Satō and could not be lapped to stay in the leading lap. Andretti and his racing team Andretti Autosport were fined 2,500 US dollars each after the race  because Andretti had disregarded the blue flags. Andretti also received a suspended sentence for the next three races.

Satō led the race in the first third of the race while the track dried off. On lap 27 he pitted to switch to dry tires. During the stops, Hinchcliffe and Justin Wilson led the race for one lap each. After all drivers drove on slicks, Hinchcliffe was again in the lead, as Satō's stop had taken a little longer. Before Satō was given an opportunity to overtake, the race was neutralized with the yellow flag, as Conway had driven into the tire wall in the third corner. Conway's vehicle wasn't badly damaged so he could continue driving. Just before Conway triggered the yellow phase, he turned Aleshin around, who lost a lap as a result.

At the restart, Hinchcliffe retained the lead. Aleshin, who was behind Satō but was one lap behind, tried to round back on the outside in the sixth corner. However, Satō overlooked Aleshin and collided with him. Both drivers retired and there was another caution period. Satō suffered a minor hand injury in the accident. At the restart, Filippi triggered the next yellow phase with an accident. He already lost control of his vehicle in the last corner, hit the wall on the right and then hit the pit wall on the left.

At the restart, Hinchcliffe stayed in the lead. About six laps later, Dixon collided with his teammate Charlie Kimball on the ninth corner. Pagenaud was also involved in the collision that triggered a yellow phase. Dixon dropped out straight away. Kimball drove a little farther and gave up a few laps later. Pagenaud lost several laps, but still reached the goal. In the yellow phase, Josef Newgarden gave up due to a technical defect.

Hinchcliffe defended the lead one more time at the restart. However, Power had an accident six laps later in the ninth corner and triggered another caution period. Power resumed the race one lap behind. During this racing phase Conway gave up due to a technical defect. Hinchcliffe pitted for his last stop on lap 60. Dale Coyne Racing decided to leave both drivers - Wilson and Carlos Huertas - on the track. Wilson, who last pitted on lap 28, took the lead from Huertas. After the restart, both Dale-Coyne vehicles initially pulled away. Juan Pablo Montoya , Kanaan and Rahal fought for third place .

On lap 74, Wilson pitted to refuel. Huertas took the lead in front of Montoya, whose push-to-pass attempts were already used up. The race was neutralized again on the 78th lap, as Sebastian Saavedra had been turned around by Briscoe on the fifth corner. Briscoe received a time penalty for the offense. The race was approaching the time limit, but a final release was planned. However, Rahal turned in fourth place, the third Kanaan in the ninth corner, so that the restart was canceled. Rahal was given a 30-second time penalty.

The race ended after 80 laps under yellow. Huertas won ahead of his Colombian compatriots Montoya and Muñoz. It was Huerta's first IndyCar win, as well as his third and final top 10 finish of the season. Huertas started the race from 19th place on the grid and had completed the last 39 laps on one tank of fuel and one set of tires. Huertas and Muñoz were both seven years old when Montoya won his first IndyCar race in 1999. Both drivers stated that Montoya had an impact on their early racing careers. Bourdais was fourth, Hinchcliffe fifth. Hawksworth, Hunter-Reay, Andretti, Castroneves and Wilson completed the top 10.

2nd qualifying

The second qualifying was held in two groups. Each group had twelve minutes each. The first place in a 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, Aleshin was the fastest ahead of Rahal and Wilson. Newgarden's two fastest lap times were dropped because he had hindered Montoya. In the second group, Castroneves set the fastest lap of the weekend ahead of Pagenaud and Bourdais.

Since Castroneves was the fastest overall, he got first place on the grid and all drivers in the second group were sorted into the odd starting places based on the qualifying order. The drivers of the first group got the even starting positions. It was Castroneve's 40th IndyCar pole position. This pulled him up to fourth position in the all-time best list with Rick Mears .

2nd race

In the early stages, Castroneves and Pagenaud drove away from the field. The previous day's winner Huertas retired in the third round due to a technical defect. Power made up ten positions within the first twenty laps. Due to the pit stop, Pagenaud took the lead once on lap 31. After the pit stops, Power was in third position. Castroneves defended himself hard against Pagenaud and received a warning. Aleshin ran into Rahal, who was slowing down, in the middle of the race and damaged the vehicle in the process, but drove on.

On lap 41, Muñoz had an accident on the start-finish straight and triggered a caution period. Muñoz dropped out. After the restart, Bourdais passed Power into third position. Pagenaud passed Castroneves. In the sixth corner Castroneves tried to take the lead. As he was about to overtake, he overlooked Bourdais and collided with him. This triggered a yellow phase and Castroneves was eliminated. Bourdais drove on, but its front wing was damaged.

At the restart, Pagenaud took the lead. Montoya passed Power and Bourdais, who lost both positions, to second. On the 63rd lap, Newgarden got stuck on the track with a technical defect. The drivers who had not yet pitted went to the pits. There was a yellow phase to recover the vehicle. Pagenaud was now ahead of Aleshin, Wilson, Hawksworth and Power. Montoya lost several positions at the pit stop, the drivers between Pagenaud and Power benefited from a different pit strategy.

At the restart, Hawksworth passed Wilson. Wilson was pushed into the tire wall by Andretti a little later, so that there was another yellow phase. Wilson drove on. At the next restart, Montoya passed Andretti and Power passed Hawksworth. Hawksworth and Montoya then dueled for several laps until Satō was eliminated in the eighth corner after an accident and triggered another yellow phase.

After the restart, Pagenaud and Aleshin stayed in the lead again. Aleshin retained his second position despite a creeping puncture. Power lost a few positions in the last two laps due to a damaged suspension and finally crossed the finish line in eleventh place. Filippi had an accident in the final laps, but there was no further caution. Hawksworth initially fought a duel with Montoya and Kimball, until Montoya finally lost a few positions.

Pagenaud eventually won ahead of teammates Aleshin and Hawksworth. It was the first podium finish for Aleshin and Hawksworth. Kimball finished fourth and Bourdais fifth. Hunter-Reay, Montoya, Briscoe, Andretti and Kanaan completed the top 10.

The first three positions in the drivers' championship remained unchanged.

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
Penske Motorsports	02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet
Team Penske	03	Helio Castroneves
	12	Will power
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	07th	Mikhail Aleshin	Honda
NTT data chip Ganassi Racing	08th	Ryan Briscoe	Chevrolet
Target Chip Ganassi Racing	09	Scott Dixon
	10	Tony Kanaan
KVSH Racing	11	Sébastien Bourdais	Chevrolet
AJ Foyt Enterprises	14th	Takuma Satō	Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	15th	Graham Rahal	Honda
	16	Luca Filippi
KV AFS Racing	17th	Sebastian Saavedra	Chevrolet
Dale Coyne Racing	18th	Carlos Huertas	Honda
	19th	Justin Wilson
Ed Carpenter Racing	20th	Mike Conway	Chevrolet
Andretti Autosport	25th	Marco Andretti	Honda
	27	James Hinchcliffe
	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti - HVM	34	Carlos Muñoz
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	67	Josef Newgarden	Honda
Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	77	Simon Pagenaud	Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	83	Charlie Kimball	Chevrolet
BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian	98	Jack Hawksworth	Honda

Source:

Classifications

1. Qualifying

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Group 1	Group 2	Top 12	FF6	begin
01	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	0: 59.8408	-	0: 59.4010	0: 59.3716	01
02	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	0: 59.8644	-	0: 59.2970	0: 59.4463	02
03	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 00.0849	-	0: 59.3276	0: 59.5034	03
04th	Luca Filippi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.6560	0: 59.3399	0: 59.5523	04th
05	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	0: 59.9397	-	0: 59.2951	0: 59.6528	05
06th	Takuma Satō	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.6408	0: 59.2248	1: 00,4037	06th
07th	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.1406	0: 59.4245	-	07th
08th	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.0066	-	0: 59.5107	-	08th
09	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 00.0572	-	0: 59.6126	-	09
10	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.1713	0: 59.7003	-	10
11	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Motorsports	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 00.1241	0: 59.9649	-	11
12	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.7711	1: 00.0312	-	12
13	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.1291	-	-	-	13
14th	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.2491	-	-	14th
15th	Ryan Briscoe	NTT data chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 00.2124	-	-	-	15th
16	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.3295	-	-	16
17th	Mike Conway	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 00.2358	-	-	-	17th
18th	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 00.3670	-	-	18th
19th	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.3106	-	-	-	19th
20th	Sebastian Saavedra	KV AFS Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 00.4224	-	-	20th
21st	Jack Hawksworth	BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.4203	-	-	-	21st
22nd	Tony Kanaan	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 00.6919	-	-	22nd
23	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti - HVM	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.4734	-	-	-	23

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1st race

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Round	time	begin	Leadership laps
01	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	80	1: 51: 25.5649	19th	07th
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Motorsports	Dallara - Chevrolet	80	+ 0.0975	11	00
03	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti - HVM	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 2.3433	23	00
04th	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	80	+ 3.0878	09	00
05	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 4.7101	05	32
06th	Jack Hawksworth	BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 5.5127	21st	00
07th	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 6.2853	08th	00
08th	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 7.1638	16	00
09	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	80	+ 8.2181	02	00
10	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 9.4366	07th	15th
11	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	80	+ 30.8792	14th	00
12	Ryan Briscoe	NTT data chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	80	+ 33.2884	15th	00
13	Tony Kanaan	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	80	+ 35.0789	22nd	00
14th	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	79	+ 1 lap	18th	00
15th	Sebastian Saavedra	KV AFS Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	79	+ 1 lap	20th	00
16	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	74	+ 6 rounds	01	04th
17th	Mike Conway	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	55	DNF	17th	00
18th	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Honda	54	DNF	13	00
19th	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	46	DNF	03	00
20th	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	41	DNF	12	00
21st	Luca Filippi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	36	DNF	04th	00
22nd	Takuma Satō	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	32	DNF	06th	22nd
23	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	31	DNF	10	00

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Guide sections

section	Round	driver
1	1-4	Simon Pagenaud
2	5-26	Takuma Satō
3	27	James Hinchcliffe
4th	28	Justin Wilson
5	29-59	James Hinchcliffe
6th	60-73	Justin Wilson
7th	74-80	Carlos Huertas

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Yellow phases

No.	Duration	Round	Reason for yellow phase
1	29-31	3	Contact: Mike Conway (# 20) in turn 3
2	33-36	4th	Contact: Mikhail Aleshin (# 7) and Takuma Satō (# 14) in turn 6
3	37-41	5	Contact: Luca Filippi (# 16) on the start-finish straight
4th	48-52	5	Contact: Scott Dixon (# 9), Charlie Kimball (# 83) and Simon Pagenaud (# 77) in Turn 9
5	58-60	3	Contact: Will Power (# 12) in turn 9
6th	77-80	4th	Contact: Sebastian Saavedra (# 17) in turn 5

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2nd qualifying

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Group 1	Group 2	begin
01	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	0: 59.1702	01
02	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.2493	-	02
03	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.1962	03
04th	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.2993	-	04th
05	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	0: 59.2863	05
06th	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.3369	-	06th
07th	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.5133	07th
08th	Tony Kanaan	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 00.4841	-	08th
09	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti - HVM	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.6652	09
10	Takuma Satō	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.5288	-	10
11	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	0: 59.7543	11
12	Luca Filippi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 00.7529	-	12
13	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	-	0: 59.8052	13
14th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Motorsports	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 00.8328	-	14th
15th	Ryan Briscoe	NTT data chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 00.1384	15th
16	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	1: 01.0311	-	16
17th	Mike Conway	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	-	1: 00.1423	17th
18th	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 01.1423	-	18th
19th	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.1989	19th
20th	Sebastian Saavedra	KV AFS Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	1: 01.2876	-	20th
21st	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.2244	21st
22nd	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	1: 03.4769	-	22nd
23	Jack Hawksworth	BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	-	1: 00.5822	23

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2nd race

Item	driver	team	vehicle	Round	time	begin	Leadership laps
01	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	90	1: 51: 43.0625	03	43
02	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara - Honda	90	+ 7.2622	02	00
03	Jack Hawksworth	BHA / BBM with Curb Agajanian	Dallara - Honda	90	+ 17.0208	23	00
04th	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara - Honda	90	+ 18.5927	19th	00
05	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	90	+ 20.2366	05	00
06th	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	90	+ 25.3920	21st	00
07th	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Motorsports	Dallara - Chevrolet	90	+ 30.2312	14th	00
08th	Ryan Briscoe	NTT data chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	90	+ 30.5917	15th	00
09	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	90	+ 31.3259	16	00
10	Tony Kanaan	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	90	+ 50.3098	08th	00
11	Will power	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	90	+1: 12.7735	18th	00
12	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	89	+ 1 lap	06th	00
13	Mike Conway	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	89	+ 1 lap	17th	00
14th	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara - Honda	89	+ 1 lap	07th	00
15th	Luca Filippi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	88	DNF	12	00
16	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara - Honda	87	+ 3 rounds	04th	00
17th	Sebastian Saavedra	KV AFS Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	84	+ 6 rounds	20th	00
18th	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara - Chevrolet	78	+ 12 rounds	11	00
19th	Takuma Satō	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara - Honda	74	DNF	10	00
20th	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara - Honda	61	DNF	22nd	00
21st	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara - Chevrolet	48	DNF	01	47
22nd	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti - HVM	Dallara - Honda	40	DNF	09	00
23	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara - Honda	02	DNF	13	00

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Guide sections

section	Round	driver
1	1-30	Helio Castroneves
2	31	Simon Pagenaud
3	32-48	Helio Castroneves
4th	49-90	Simon Pagenaud

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Yellow phases

No.	Duration	Round	Reason for yellow phase
1	42-46	5	Contact: Carlos Muñoz (# 34) on the start-finish straight
2	49-53	5	Contact: Hélio Castroneves (# 3) and Sébastien Bourdais (# 11) in turn 6
3	64-65	2	Standstill: Josef Newgarden (# 67) in turn 6
4th	68-71	4th	Contact: Justin Wilson (# 19) on Turn 9
5	76-80	5	Contact: Takuma Satō (# 14) in turn 8

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Score after the race

Driver ranking

The allocation of points is explained here .

Item driver Points 01.  Will power 405 02.  Helio Castroneves 366 03.  Ryan Hunter-Reay 364 04th  Simon Pagenaud 346 05.  Juan Pablo Montoya 289 06th  Marco Andretti 281 07th  Carlos Muñoz 270 08th.  Sébastien Bourdais 242 09.  Scott Dixon 237 10.  James Hinchcliffe 230 11.  Tony Kanaan 226 12.  Justin Wilson 221

Item driver Points 13.  Ryan Briscoe 221 14th  Jack Hawksworth 219 15th  Charlie Kimball 213 16.  Mikhail Aleshin 211 17th  Carlos Huertas 204 18th  Graham Rahal 180 19th  Takuma Satō 171 20th  Josef Newgarden 171 21st  Sebastian Saavedra 166 22nd  Mike Conway 152 23.  Ed Carpenter 104 24.  Oriol Servià 88

Item driver Points 25th  Kurt Busch 80 26th  JR Hildebrand 66 27.  Say Karam 57 28.  James Davison 34 29  Jacques Villeneuve 29 30th  Alex Tagliani 28 31.  Luca Filippi 24 32.  Townsend Bell 22nd 33.  Pippa man 21st 34.  Martin Plowman 18th 35.  Buddy Lazier 11 36.  Franck Montagny 8th

Individual evidence

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