2012 Edmonton Indy

Canada 2012 Edmonton Indy
Race details
9th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season

Date	July 22, 2012
Official name	Edmonton Indy
Location	Edmonton City Centre Airport
Course	Temporary street circuit 2.224 mi / 3.579 km
Distance	75 laps 166.80 mi / 268.439 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 26 °C (79 °F); winds gusting up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph) throughout the day^[1]
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:17.2338
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing)
Time	1:17.3629 (on lap 68 of 75)
Podium
First	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Second	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)

Motor car race

The 2012 Edmonton Indy was the eleventh round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, July 22, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.224-mile (3.579 km) temporary airport course at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It would be the final Edmonton Indy race as the event was dropped from the IndyCar calendar beginning in 2013.

Classification

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Starting grid

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Row	Inside		Outside
1	10	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	2	Australia Ryan Briscoe
2	15	Japan Takuma Sato	98	Canada Alex Tagliani
3	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	77	France Simon Pagenaud (R)
4	8	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	38	United States Graham Rahal
5	27	Canada James Hinchcliffe	18	United Kingdom Justin Wilson
6	28	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay ^†	7	France Sébastien Bourdais
7	67	United States Josef Newgarden (R)	19	United Kingdom James Jakes
8	26	United States Marco Andretti	5	Venezuela E. J. Viso
9	12	Australia Will Power ^†	9	New Zealand Scott Dixon ^‡
10	83	United States Charlie Kimball	4	United States J. R. Hildebrand
11	11	Brazil Tony Kanaan	20	United States Ed Carpenter
12	14	United Kingdom Mike Conway	22	Spain Oriol Servià ^†
13	78	Switzerland Simona de Silvestro ^‡
^† Hunter-Reay, Power and Servià penalized 10 places for changing engine ^‡ Dixon and de Silvestro penalized 10 places for exceeding five-engine limit

Race results

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points¹
1	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	1:38:50.9294	5	22	50
2	15	Japan Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	75	+ 0.8367	3	0	40
3	12	Australia Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 5.3697	17	3	35
4	38	United States Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 6.9481	8	0	32
5	98	Canada Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	75	+ 15.2358	4	49	32
6	10	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 15.8757	1	0	28
7	28	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 21.5357	11	0	27
8	2	Australia Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 23.5311	2	1	24
9	18	United Kingdom Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	75	+ 26.3280	10	0	22
10	9	New Zealand Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 26.6481	18	0	20
11	14	United Kingdom Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	75	+ 27.0458	23	0	19
12	27	Canada James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 31.4527	9	0	18
13	8	Brazil Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 35.1256	7	0	17
14	26	United States Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 39.8669	15	0	16
15	7	France Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 40.8154	12	0	15
16	5	Venezuela E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 55.1028	16	0	14
17	67	United States Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	75	+ 56.0449	13	0	13
18	11	Brazil Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 57.0272	21	0	12
19	83	United States Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 1:04.8947^†	19	0	12
20	77	France Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	74	Contact	6	0	12
21	4	United States J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	74	+ 1 lap	20	0	12
22	20	United States Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	74	+ 1 lap	22	0	12
23	78	Switzerland Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	74	+ 1 lap	25	0	12
24	22	Spain Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	65	Mechanical	24	0	12
25	19	United Kingdom James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	43	Mechanical	14	0	10
^† Kimball penalised 30 seconds for avoidable contact
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes

¹ Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Points
1	United States Ryan Hunter-Reay	362
2	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	339
3	Australia Will Power	336
4	New Zealand Scott Dixon	301
5	Canada James Hinchcliffe	286

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	United States Chevrolet	90
2	Japan Honda	75
3	United Kingdom Lotus	44

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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^ Weather information for the 2012 Edmonton Indy

External links

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