2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

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United States   2010 St. Petersburg
Race details
2nd Round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season
St. Petersburg street & airport racing circuit.svg
Date March 29, 2010
Official name Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Location Streets of St. Petersburg
Course Temporary street circuit
1.800 mi / 2.897 km
Distance 100 laps, 180.000 mi / 289.682 km
Weather 62 °F (17 °C), scattered clouds
Pole position
Driver Australia Will Power Team Penske
Time 1:01.6026
Fastest lap
Driver Venezuela E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology
Time 1:03.8605 (on lap 80 of 100)
Podium
First Australia Will Power Team Penske
Second United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Third Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske

The 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the second race of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on March 29, on the 1.800-mile (2.897 km) temporary street circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was telecast by ESPN2 in the United States. The event was due to take place on March 28 and telecast on ABC, but was postponed by series officials due to safety concerns after torrential rain fell on the circuit.1

Contents

Report

Background

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Practice and qualifying

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Race

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Classification

Qualifying

  • All cars were split into two groups of twelve, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six cars progressed to the "Firestone Fast Six". The fastest driver in the final session claimed pole, with the rest of the cars lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times. (fast six from 1–6, top 12 from 7–12 and round 1 from 13–24, with group 1 drivers occupying the odd–numbered grid positions, and group 2 drivers occupying the even–numbered grid positions.
Pos No. Driver Team Group 12 Group 23 Top 124 Fast 65
1 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske 1:02.0440 1:01.4816 1:01.6026
2 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Autosport 1:01.9094 1:01.8103 1:01.8797
3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:01.7912 1:01.6617 1:02.0820
4 22 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:02.0694 1:01.8727 1:02.1992
5 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 1:01.8881 1:01.8966 1:02.2118
6 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:02.1774 1:01.8771 1:02.3461
7 37 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 1:02.1101 1:01.8979
8 77 Canada Alex Tagliani FAZZT Race Team 1:02.0521 1:01.9692
9 8 Venezuela E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology 1:02.1254 1:01.9807
10 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:02.1081 1:02.0434
11 5 Japan Takuma Sato (R) KV Racing Technology 1:02.2969 1:02.4205
12 06 Japan Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 1:02.4473 1:02.5113
13 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 1:02.1944
14 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro (R) HVM Racing 1:02.4493
15 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 1:02.2557
16 67 United States Graham Rahal Sarah Fisher Racing 1:02.5044
17 14 Brazil Vitor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:02.2688
18 34 Brazil Mario Romancini (R) Conquest Racing 1:02.7366
19 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 1:02.3205
20 32 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 1:02.8294
21 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 1:02.4904
22 19 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:03.4793
23 2 Brazil Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon Racing de Ferran Motorsports 1:03.0144
24 18 Venezuela Milka Duno Dale Coyne Racing 1:08.5058

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points
1 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske 100 2:07:05.7968 1 50 53
2 22 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 100 + 0.8244 4 0 40
3 6 Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 100 + 4.7290 19 9 35
4 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 100 + 5.1699 5 0 32
5 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 100 + 22.2172 13 3 30
6 77 Canada Alex Tagliani FAZZT Race Team 100 + 29.3224 8 0 28
7 7 United States Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 100 + 30.3360 21 0 26
8 2 Brazil Raphael Matos Luczo Dragon Racing de Ferran Motorsports 100 + 30.6695 23 3 24
9 67 United States Graham Rahal Sarah Fisher Racing 100 + 30.8426 16 0 22
10 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan Andretti Autosport 100 + 31.3508 2 0 20
11 37 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 100 + 31.6286 7 0 19
12 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 100 + 32.1703 6 1 18
13 34 Brazil Mario Romancini (R) Conquest Racing 100 + 39.8086 18 0 17
14 06 Japan Hideki Mutoh Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing 100 + 39.9949 12 0 16
15 14 Brazil Vitor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 100 + 56.0593 17 12 15
16 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro (R) HVM Racing 99 + 1 Lap 14 0 14
17 8 Venezuela E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology 97 + 3 Laps 9 1 13
18 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 73 Contact 3 21 12
19 24 United Kingdom Mike Conway Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 64 Contact 10 0 12
20 4 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Panther Racing 46 Contact 15 0 12
21 32 Brazil Mario Moraes KV Racing Technology 45 Contact 20 0 12
22 5 Japan Takuma Sato (R) KV Racing Technology 24 Contact 11 0 12
23 19 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd (R) Dale Coyne Racing 14 Contact 22 0 12
24 18 Venezuela Milka Duno Dale Coyne Racing 7 Handling 24 0 12
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Australia Will Power 103
2 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 59
United Kingdom Justin Wilson 59
United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 59
5 Brazil Raphael Matos 56
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ Lewandowski, Dave (2010-03-28). "Race postponed to 10 a.m. March 29". IndyCar Series (Indy Racing League). Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  2. ^ "Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 1" (PDF). IndyCar Series. Indy Racing League. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
  3. ^ "Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 2" (PDF). IndyCar Series. Indy Racing League. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
  4. ^ "Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: Qualifying – Top 12" (PDF). IndyCar Series. Indy Racing League. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 
  5. ^ "Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg: Qualifying – Fast 6" (PDF). IndyCar Series. Indy Racing League. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-27. 

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