2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

  2010 Long Beach

Race details
4th Round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 18, 2010
Official name	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps, 167.280 mi / 269.211 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power	Team Penske
Time	1:09.3185
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport
Time	1:10.5537 (on lap 82 of 85)
Podium
First	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport
Second	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
Third	Will Power	Team Penske

The 2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the fourth round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season, and took place on April 18, 2010. The race was contested over 85 laps of the 1.968-mile (3.167 km) street course in Long Beach, California, and was telecast by Versus in the United States. The race also marked the 25th consecutive year of Toyota's sponsorship of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, one of the longest-running active sponsorships of a motor race in North America.

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 13–25, 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 1	Group 2	Top 12	Fast 6
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske		1:09.9270	1:09.5469	1:09.3185
2	37	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport		1:09.9322	1:09.5815	1:09.7506
3	22	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		1:09.9772	1:09.7909	1:09.7939
4	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske		1:10.0055	1:09.7446	1:09.8470
5	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	1:10.2439		1:09.8363	1:10.0255
6	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Autosport	1:10.1856		1:09.7656	1:10.1618
7	77	Alex Tagliani	FAZZT Race Team	1:10.2228		1:09.8730
8	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.1233		1:09.9688
9	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	1:10.3594		1:10.1760
10	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing		1:10.1676	1:10.2574
11	06	Hideki Mutoh	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing		1:10.0433	1:10.2730
12	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.1816		1:10.3358
13	78	Simona de Silvestro (R)	HVM Racing	1:10.3722
14	14	Vitor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises		1:10.4259
15	32	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	1:10.5093
16	24	Mike Conway	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		1:10.4586
17	8	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	1:10.5991
18	2	Raphael Matos	Luczo Dragon Racing de Ferran Motorsports		1:10.5068
19	5	Takuma Sato (R)	KV Racing Technology	1:10.7000
20	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport		1:10.5503
21	19	Alex Lloyd (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:10.8003
22	67	Graham Rahal	Sarah Fisher Racing		1:10.7722
23	34	Mario Romancini (R)	Conquest Racing	1:10.9914
24	36	Bertrand Baguette (R)	Conquest Racing	1:11.4345
25	18	Milka Duno	Dale Coyne Racing		No time

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	37	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	85	1:47:12.5404	2	64	52
2	22	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	85	+ 5.6031	3	0	40
3	12	Will Power	Team Penske	85	+ 8.5864	1	19	36
4	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	85	+ 10.6287	8	2	32
5	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Autosport	85	+ 11.7732	6	0	30
6	32	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	85	+ 16.5171	15	0	28
7	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	85	+ 16.8928	4	0	26
8	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	85	+ 18.2214	5	0	24
9	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	85	+ 19.4575	10	0	22
10	24	Mike Conway	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	85	+ 19.9307	16	0	20
11	14	Vitor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	85	+ 27.4005	14	0	19
12	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	85	+ 28.1352	12	0	18
13	06	Hideki Mutoh	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	85	+ 28.6037	11	0	17
14	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	85	+ 30.0120	9	0	16
15	8	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	85	+ 31.6182	17	0	15
16	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport	85	+ 32.1804	20	0	14
17	78	Simona de Silvestro (R)	HVM Racing	85	+ 33.1652	13	0	13
18	5	Takuma Sato (R)	KV Racing Technology	84	+ 1 Lap	19	0	12
19	19	Alex Lloyd (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	21	0	12
20	2	Raphael Matos	Luczo Dragon Racing de Ferran Motorsports	84	+ 1 Lap	18	0	12
21	77	Alex Tagliani	FAZZT Race Team	65	Mechanical	7	0	12
22	67	Graham Rahal	Sarah Fisher Racing	58	Contact	22	0	12
23	34	Mario Romancini (R)	Conquest Racing	58	Contact	23	0	12
24	36	Bertrand Baguette (R)	Conquest Racing	45	Mechanical	24	0	12
25	18	Milka Duno	Dale Coyne Racing	10	Handling	25	0	10
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Will Power	172
2	Hélio Castroneves	130
3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	129
4	Justin Wilson	125
5	Scott Dixon	112

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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