2012 São Paulo Indy 300
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| Race details | |
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| 4th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season | |
| Date | April 29, 2012 |
| Official name | Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé |
| Location | Santana – São Paulo city |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 2.536 mi / 4.081 km |
| Distance | 75 laps 190.200 mi / 306.097 km |
| Weather | 79 °F (26 °C), partly cloudy |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 1:21.4045 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing) |
| Time | 1:22.6313 (on lap 58 of 75) |
| Podium | |
| First | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Second | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
| Third | Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) |
Motor car race
The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé was the fourth race of the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on April 29, 2012, on the 2.536-mile (4.081 km) temporary street circuit in São Paulo, Brazil, and was telecasted by the NBC Sports Network in the United States and TV Bandeirantes in Brazil.
Classification
[edit ]Starting grid
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| 1 | 12 | Australia Will Power | 10 | United Kingdom Dario Franchitti |
| 2 | 9 | New Zealand Scott Dixon | 27 | Canada James Hinchcliffe |
| 3 | 28 | United States Ryan Hunter-Reay | 38 | United States Graham Rahal |
| 4 | 14 | United Kingdom Mike Conway | 67 | United States Josef Newgarden (R) |
| 5 | 2 | Australia Ryan Briscoe | 26 | United States Marco Andretti |
| 6 | 11 | Brazil Tony Kanaan | 8 | Brazil Rubens Barrichello |
| 7 | 5 | Venezuela E. J. Viso | 4 | United States J. R. Hildebrand |
| 8 | 83 | United States Charlie Kimball | 77 | France Simon Pagenaud (R) |
| 9 | 19 | United Kingdom James Jakes | 7 | France Sébastien Bourdais |
| 10 | 3 | Brazil Hélio Castroneves | 25 | Brazil Ana Beatriz |
| 11 | 20 | United States Ed Carpenter | 78 | Switzerland Simona de Silvestro |
| 12 | 22 | Spain Oriol Servià | 6 | United States Katherine Legge (R) † |
| 13 | 15 | Japan Takuma Sato † | 18 | United Kingdom Justin Wilson ‡ |
† Legge and Sato penalised 10 places for changing engine
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‡ Wilson placed at rear of grid after failing post-qualifying technical inspection
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Race results
[edit ]- Notes
1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.
Standings after the race
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External links
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2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach IndyCar Series
2012 season Next race:
2012 Indianapolis 500
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2012 Indianapolis 500