2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The 2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third race of the
2012 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on April 15, 2012 in Long Beach, California, United States at Streets of Long Beach
.
Report
Background
The first two races of the
Team Penske with two poles and two wins in a row. In St. Petersburg, Will Power took the pole and Hélio Castroneves won the victory, but at Barber things were reversed. Going into Long Beach, Castroneves led in the drivers' championship with 86 points, while Chevrolet
led the manufacturers' championship.
Before the first practice, all Chevrolet entries were penalized because of unauthorized engine changes. This penalty moved the polesitter, Ryan Briscoe, from starting in the first position down to the 11th spot. Dario Franchitti, in the quickest non-Chevrolet car, started in the first position.[2]
Classification
Starting grid
Row | Inside | Outside | ||
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1 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 67 | Josef Newgarden (R) |
2 | 18 | Justin Wilson | 77 | Simon Pagenaud (R) |
3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 15 | Takuma Sato |
4 | 14 | Mike Conway | 38 | Graham Rahal |
5 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 98 | Alex Tagliani |
6 | 2 | Ryan Briscoe† | 12 | Will Power† |
7 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay† | 19 | James Jakes |
8 | 5 | E. J. Viso† | 27 | James Hinchcliffe† |
9 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | 3 | Hélio Castroneves† |
10 | 11 | Tony Kanaan † | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand † |
11 | 26 | Marco Andretti † | 8 | Rubens Barrichello † |
12 | 22 | Oriol Servià † | 20 | Ed Carpenter † |
13 | 7 | Sebastien Bourdais †
|
6 | Katherine Legge (R) † |
† Briscoe, Power, Hunter-Reay, Viso, Hinchcliffe, Castroneves,
Kanaan, Hildebrand, Andretti, Barrichello, Servià, Carpenter, Bourdais and Legge penalised 10 places for changing engine | ||||
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Race results
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | 1:54:01.6082 | 12 | 15 | 50 |
2 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud (R) | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports
|
Honda | 85 | + 0.8675 | 4 | 26 | 42 |
3 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport
|
Chevrolet | 85 | + 13.2719 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 85 | + 18.1951 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
5 | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | + 22.9947 | 20 | 0 | 30 |
6 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport
|
Chevrolet | 85 | + 42.5631† | 13 | 4 | 28 |
7 | 2 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | + 1:40.1271 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
8 | 15 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 6 | 16 | 24 |
9 | 8 | Rubens Barrichello | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 22 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 3 | 15 | 20 |
11 | 19 | James Jakes | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 5 | E. J. Viso | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 15 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 lap† | 18 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 83 | + 2 laps | 24 | 0 | 16 |
15 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 82 | + 3 laps | 1 | 4 | 15 |
16 | 22 | Oriol Servià | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Lotus | 82 | + 3 laps | 23 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 7 | Sebastien Bourdais
|
Dragon Racing
|
Lotus | 82 | + 3 laps | 25 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 80 | + 5 laps | 9 | 0 | 12 |
19 | 6 | Katherine Legge (R) | Dragon Racing
|
Lotus | 80 | + 5 laps | 26 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | HVM Racing | Lotus | 74 | Mechanical | 17 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Team Barracuda – BHA | Lotus | 46 | Mechanical | 10 | 0 | 12 |
22 | 14 | Mike Conway | A. J. Foyt Enterprises
|
Honda | 41 | Mechanical | 7 | 0 | 12 |
23 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 27 | Mechanical | 5 | 0 | 12 |
24 | 38 | Graham Rahal | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 23 | Contact | 8 | 0 | 12 |
25 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport
|
Chevrolet | 22 | Contact | 21 | 0 | 10 |
26 | 67 | Josef Newgarden (R) | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 0 | Contact | 2 | 0 | 10 |
† Hunter-Reay and Castroneves penalised 30 seconds for avoidable contact
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[4] |
- Notes
1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.
Standings after the race
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See also
References
- ^ "2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ Morales, Robert (April 15, 2012). "No. 1 qualifier Ryan Briscoe pays price for Chevy's decision at Long Beach Grand Prix". Press-Telegram. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ "Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Starting Lineup" (PDF). IndyCar Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
- ^ "Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach". Ultimate Racing History. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2012.