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heliocastroneves#3
12th July 2013, 15:43
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Race 12 of 19

Race - Honda Indy Toronto

Location - Streets of Toronto (Exhibition Place) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date - Sunday, July 14th

Time & TV Schedule
Race 1 (Saturday, July 13th) - Green Flag - 3:40 PM - NBC Sports Network
Race 2 (Sunday, July 14th) - Green Flag - 3:40 PM - NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 2.84 km Street Course

Distance - 85 Laps / 241.4 Kilometers

Practice Sessions
Friday, July 12th - 10:25 AM
Sunday, July 14th (Warm-up) - 10:50 AM

Qualifications
Qualifying for Race 1 (Friday, July 12th) -2:15 PM
Qualifying for Race 2 (Saturday, July 13th) -10:35 AM

2012 Honda Indy Toronto Race Information

Race Winner - #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
Race Pole Sitter - #10 Dario Franchitti - 106.451 mph
Time Of Race - 1 Hour, 33 Minutes and 26,5 Seconds
Average Speed- 95.787 mph
Cautions - 3 for 8 laps
Margin Of Victory -.0757 seconds (Under caution*)
Lead Changes - 5

Toronto Circuit Information

2.84 km Temporary Street Course
11 Turns

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Entrant list

#1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport
#3 - Helio Castroneves - Penske Racing
#4 - Ryan Briscoe - Panther Racing
#5 - E.J. Viso - Andretti Autosport & HVM Racing
#6 - Sebastian Saavedra - Dragon Racing
#7 - Sebastien Bourdais - Dragon Racing
#9 - Scott Dixon - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 - Dario Franchitti - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 - Tony Kanaan - KV Racing Technology
#12 - Will Power - Penske Racing
#14 - Takuma Sato - A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#15 - Graham Rahal - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#16 - James Jakes - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#18 - Mike Conway - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 - Justin Wilson - Dale Coyne Racing
#20 - Ed Carpenter - Ed Carpenter Racing
#25 - Marco Andretti - Andretti Autosport
#27 - James Hinchcliffe - Andretti Autosport
#55 - Tristan Vautier (R) - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#67 - Josef Newgarden - Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
#77 - Simon Pagenaud - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#78 - Simona de Silvestro - KV Racing Technology
#83 - Charlie Kimball - Chip Ganassi Racing
#98 - Alex Tagliani - Barracuda Racing
heliocastroneves#3
12th July 2013, 23:18
Congratulations to Dario Franchitti on winning the pole for race #1. Also a good job by Sebastien Bourdais, I'm curious what he's capable of with his Dragon Racing car while starting on the front row in second. The biggest disappointments during qualifying for me were James Hinchcliffe and Mike Conway definitely..
FIAT1
13th July 2013, 02:49
Good job by Sebastien Bourdais!!!
GRW1983
13th July 2013, 22:02
Very good job by Josef Newgarden to sabotage the 1st IndyCar standing start, I should have had money on it!!! Hopefully, IndyCar will try it again for race 2. If not, we wait until October for someone else to sabotage it in Houston!!! I just knew this would happen as soon as IndyCar announced their tweak to the standing start procedures. Maybe this was Barnhart's doing!!!
GRW1983
14th July 2013, 11:18
Looks like we'll have a standing start in Race 2. Hopefully, they will get this one right!!!
Keyser Soze
14th July 2013, 12:21
Beside idiotic officiating This was a very good race.
garyshell
14th July 2013, 18:28
Story I saw said it was a sensor on his car not Josef that botched the start.

Gary


Very good job by Josef Newgarden to sabotage the 1st IndyCar standing start, I should have had money on it!!! Hopefully, IndyCar will try it again for race 2. If not, we wait until October for someone else to sabotage it in Houston!!! I just knew this would happen as soon as IndyCar announced their tweak to the standing start procedures. Maybe this was Barnhart's doing!!!
jimispeed
14th July 2013, 23:07
Great races, and I really enjoyed the commentary team!! Finally felt like guys who knew their stuff!! Good job guys!!
gm99
15th July 2013, 16:04
Ganassi have really gotten their act together recently and Dixon looks increasingly likely to win a third IndyCar championship this year (which would nicely fit his one-every-five years pattern). Bourdais has had his most impressive week-end in IndyCars so far.
Overall, two quite good races with somewhat chaotic last laps.
heliocastroneves#3
15th July 2013, 16:25
It were both superb races, however I liked race #1 better than race #2. I've nothing against Scott of course but I'm not such a fan of drivers winning two or three in a row but it's a great job by the New Zealander of course! As a Hélio fan, I can just hope he will remain consistent and keeps putting on those results... A second win would be great too at Mid-Ohio. :)
zako85
15th July 2013, 19:22
The Franchitti and Power incident in turn 3 in race 1 reinforced my belief that Franchitti is an expect at pulling hyper-aggressive defensive moves with such finesse that he is on the edge of what's permissible. This reminded me of his defensive move on Takuma Sato in Indy 500. Franchitti may leave a gap, but just enough.

So when I saw how Power crashed, I thought this was a typical Franchitti move. Then I viewed this incident a few times, and it looks now like a mistake by Power. While Franchitti moved aggressively to close the door on Power, he still left enough room, enough for one car width just in case if Power had enough balls to use that space. However, Power's car was extremely erratic. First he tried to overtake on the outside, then sharply steered to the inside. His car started wiggling right and left and they eventually touched. Canceling Franchitti's penalty was a good call. Will Power said "this is hard racing" in interview after the race. He knows he screwed up there.
PhilRed
18th July 2013, 02:18
Can someone explain how Dario was on option tires for only one green lap at the start of the 2nd race and managed to satisfy the rules? I understand that 2 green laps are required for each type of tire. Was it because the right front tire was damaged, even though he touched Helio to cause the problem?
heliocastroneves#3
18th July 2013, 20:00
Can someone explain how Dario was on option tires for only one green lap at the start of the 2nd race and managed to satisfy the rules? I understand that 2 green laps are required for each type of tire. Was it because the right front tire was damaged, even though he touched Helio to cause the problem?

Well...


The explanation the TV broadcast gave was that rule doesn't apply to doubleheader races, because of the limited number of tires available. Since none of the other teams made a stink about it, they apparently knew as well.

;)