2012 Honda Indy Toronto
Appearance
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The 2012 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the
Andretti Autosport
won the race, his third consecutive win of the season, which also gave him the series' points lead.
With his victory, Hunter-Reay became the first American driver to win three races in a row since
2006.[2] Toronto was Dario Franchitti fourth pole position of the year, but he had bad luck in one of his pitstops when he stopped too far from the refuelling device and then later a collision with Ryan Briscoe, he finished the race in 17th position.[3]
Classification
Starting grid
Row | Inside | Outside | ||
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1 | 10 | ![]() |
12 | ![]() |
2 | 18 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
3 | 9 | ![]() |
28 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | ![]() |
77 | ![]() |
5 | 15 | ![]() |
38 | ![]() |
6 | 14 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
7 | 83 | ![]() |
22 | ![]() |
8 | 4 | ![]() |
98 | ![]() |
9 | 11 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
10 | 27 | ![]() |
67 | ![]() |
11 | 20 | ![]() |
26 | ![]() |
12 | 5 | ![]() |
19 | ![]() |
13 | 78 | ![]() |
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† Tagliani, Hinchcliffe, Jakes and de Silvestro penalised 10 places for changing engine
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Race results
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points1 |
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1 | 28 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Chevrolet | 85 | 1:33:26.5096 | 6 | 36 | 52 |
2 | 83 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | + 0.0757† | 13 | 0 | 40 |
3 | 14 | ![]() |
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
|
Honda | 85 | + 0.2848 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 11 | ![]() |
KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 85 | + 1.6672 | 17 | 0 | 32 |
5 | 22 | ![]() |
Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | + 1.9128 | 14 | 0 | 30 |
6 | 3 | ![]() |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | + 2.4795 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | + 2.6233 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
8 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | + 3.7294 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
9 | 15 | ![]() |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | + 6.5633 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 98 | ![]() |
Team Barracuda – BHA | Honda | 85 | + 9.9764 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 8 | ![]() |
KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 85 | + 11.4636 | 18 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 77 | ![]() |
Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports
|
Honda | 85 | + 43.8734‡ | 8 | 23 | 18 |
13 | 67 | ![]() |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 7 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing
|
Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 4 | 0 | 16 |
15 | 12 | ![]() |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 2 | 20 | 15 |
16 | 26 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 22 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 10 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 1 | 5 | 14 |
18 | 20 | ![]() |
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 21 | 0 | 12 |
19 | 2 | ![]() |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 83 | + 2 laps | 12 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 5 | ![]() |
KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 81 | + 4 laps | 23 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 18 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 67 | Contact | 3 | 0 | 12 |
22 | 27 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Chevrolet | 33 | Mechanical | 19 | 0 | 12 |
23 | 38 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 23 | Contact | 10 | 0 | 12 |
24 | 78 | ![]() |
HVM Racing | Lotus | 9 | Mechanical | 25 | 0 | 12 |
25 | 9 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 7 | Engine | 5 | 0 | 10 |
† Under caution
‡ Pagenaud penalised 30 seconds for blocking | |||||||||
- Notes
1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.
Standings after the race
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References
- ^ "2012 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- ^ Lewandowski, Dave (July 8, 2012). "Eau, what a feeling: Hunter-Reay wins again". IndyCar. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Hunter Reay now leads the 2012 IndyCar Championship". GrandPrixRankings.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ Honda Indy Toronto Box Score
External links
Media related to 2012 Honda Indy Toronto at Wikimedia Commons