2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Third | Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) |
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The 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the inaugural running of the
Report
Background
The race was officially announced on October 1, 2013. The track's road course was formerly used by
A contest was held for fans to design the trophy for the event. Dan Nichols, a California native, beat out 150 other entries.[3]
Qualifying
Qualifying took place on May 9. Rain had affected the track during the four sessions held. Prior to the Fast Six session, rain escalated, causing a red flag, which delayed qualifying for 20 minutes, before the six cars were sent onto the track. Ryan Hunter-Reay was the fastest during his qualifying attempt, with a lap time of 1:23.8480,[4] but drove into a puddle of water, spinning out, bring out another red flag.[5] As a result, Hunter-Reay was relegated to third, while Sebastián Saavedra was awarded the pole position.[4]
Race
The race's honorary race starter was Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard; the event began with a standing start, but as the lights went out, pole-sitter Saavedra stalled, and was later hit by Carlos Muñoz and Mikhail Aleshin.[6]
Race results
Key | Meaning |
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R | Rookie |
Pos | Car # |
Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Status | Pit Stops1 |
Grid | Laps Led |
Points2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 77 | ![]() |
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
|
Honda | 82 | 2:04:24.0261 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 51 |
2 | 28 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Honda | 82 | + 0.8906 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 41 |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 82 | + 1.8244 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
4 | 11 | ![]() |
KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 82 | + 2.5406 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 |
5 | 83 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 82 | + 5.3007 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |
6 | 8 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 82 | + 9.1914 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |
7 | 98 | ![]() |
Bryan Herta Autosport | Honda | 82 | + 14.6161 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 29 |
8 | 12 | ![]() |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 82 | + 18.5958 | 11 | 5 | 24 | |
9 | 14 | ![]() |
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
|
Honda | 82 | + 20.9721 | 10 | 16 | 20 | |
10 | 10 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 82 | + 21.4539 | 10 | 9 | 20 | |
11 | 19 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 82 | + 26.4750 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 20 |
12 | 16 | ![]() |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 82 | + 29.6561 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 19 |
13 | 18 | ![]() |
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 82 | + 33.0827 | 9 | 17 | 17 | |
14 | 25 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Honda | 82 | + 1:04.2370 | 11 | 13 | 16 | |
15 | 9 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 82 | + 1:08.6263 | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
16 | 2 | ![]() |
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 81 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 8 | 14 | |
17 | 67 | ![]() |
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 80 | + 2 Laps | 10 | 15 | 13 | |
18 | 41 | ![]() |
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
|
Honda | 80 | + 2 Laps | 12 | 20 | 12 | |
19 | 20 | ![]() |
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 58 | Parked3 | 5 | 24 | 11 | |
20 | 27 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Honda | 56 | Driver injury4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | |
21 | 15 | ![]() |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 50 | Crash frontstretch | 8 | 12 | 9 | |
22 | 26 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Honda | 47 | Crash T7 | 9 | 21 | 8 | |
23 | 17 | ![]() |
KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 0 | Crash frontstretch | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
24 | 34 | ![]() |
Andretti Autosport
|
Honda | 0 | Crash frontstretch | 0 | 19 | 6 | |
25 | 7 | ![]() |
Sam Schmidt Motorsports
|
Honda | 0 | Crash frontstretch | 0 | 25 | 5 |
- Notes
1 Due to the crash on the starting grid, all cars went through pit lane behind the safety car for the first six laps. These passages were counted as pit stops.
2 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.
3 Mike Conway's team ordered him to park the car once he overtook James Hinchcliffe for position on the track by completing 1 more lap than him for an additional point.
4 James Hinchcliffe was injured when a piece of debris hit him on the helmet knocking him unconscious. He would make a full recovery & compete in the next round.
References
- ^ DiZinno, Tony (October 1, 2013). "Grand Prix of Indianapolis set for May 10, 2014 on revised course". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Garrett, Jerry (May 9, 2014). "Grand Prix Blazes New Trail at Indianapolis Speedway". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Proffitt, Chris (May 7, 2014). "Calif. man wins contest to design Grand Prix of Indianapolis trophy". WRTV. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ a b DiZinno, Tony (May 9, 2014). "IndyCar: Sebastian Saavedra takes GP of Indy pole in bizarre session". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- Foxsports.com. Associated Press. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Crash mars start of Indy Grand Prix". ESPN. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.