Honda Indy Toronto Race 1 Report
Circuit: Exhibition Place (1.755-mile temporary street circuit) Toronto, Ont., Canada
2013 Winners:
Race 1 Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 88.370 mph average
Race 2 Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 94.177 mph average
Weather:Overcast, steady light rain, 76 degrees F
Top 10 Race Results: Fn. St. Driver Team Engine - Chassis Laps Average Speed/Notes 1. 1. Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet Dallara 65 90.370 mph avg.; led 58 laps 2. 3. Helio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara 65 +3.3408 seconds; led 1 lap 3. 6. Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Dallara 65 4. 5. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Honda Dallara 65 Led 6 laps 5. 12. Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Dallara 65 6. 14. Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda Dallara 65 7. 20. Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Dallara 65 8. 9. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara 65 9. 8. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara 65 10. 2. Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara 65 Other Honda-powered Results: 11. 22. Mikhail Aleshin-R Schmidt Peterson Honda Dallara 65 13. 18. Jack Hawksworth-R Bryan Herta Autosport Honda Dallara 65 14. 21. Carlos Huertas-R Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dallara 65 16. 23. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara 65 17. 17. Carlos Munoz-R Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara 65 20. 13. Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Honda Dallara 63 Did not finish – contact 21. 4. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara 39 Did not finish – contact 22. 7. Luca Filippi - R Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda Dallara 17 Did not finish – contact 23. 15. Takuma Sato A.J. Foyt Racing Honda Dallara 10 Did not finish – contact Pagenaud Finishes Fourth for Honda in Toronto Race 1 A storming recovery effort from Simon Pagenaud and his Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports team, following first-lap contact, resulted in a fourth-place finish Sunday to lead the Honda-powered field in the opening race of a same-day Verizon IndyCar Series doubleheader Sunday at the Honda Indy Toronto. Starting fifth, Pagenaud was tipped into an opening-lap spin by contact from seventh-starting Luca Filippi, triggering a chain-reaction collision and a complete race restart, with Pagenaud at the rear of the field. An early, "off-sequence" pit stop from the Schmidt team on Lap 11 allowed Pagenaud to move into the lead when most of the remainder of the 23-car starting field made their own mid-race stops. While in front, Pagenaud clicked off a series of fast race laps, ensuring that he remained in the lead group, even after making a second stop on Lap 40, resuming and finishing fourth. This morning's race was the first of two 65-lap races in Toronto. Coverage of the 65-lap "nightcap" starts at 4 p.m. EDT on the NBC Sports Network. Simon Pagenaud (#77 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda) started 5th, fell to the back of the field after first lap contact, finished 4th: "I was really upset [after being tipped into an opening-lap spin] but also, I was really lucky that the damage was not too bad and I didn't get 'T-boned'. The team did a great job with the repair and also with the pit strategy. Fourth is a very good result, and I think we can win this afternoon."
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