2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

2019 Long Beach
Race details
4th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Date	April 14, 2019
Official name	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach
Course	Temporary street circuit; 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps; 167.28 mi / 269.21 km
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:06.4811
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:07.6943 (on lap 27 of 85)
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Third	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the fourth round of the 2019 IndyCar season and the 45th annual running of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The 85 lap race was held on April 14, 2019, in Long Beach, California. Alexander Rossi dominated the race from the pole position scoring his sixth career IndyCar victory.^[1]

Results[]

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying[]

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	27	Alexander Rossi W	2	1:06.8621	1:06.7644	1:06.4811
2	9	Scott Dixon W	2	1:07.0080	1:06.6566	1:06.7479
3	12	Will Power W	1	1:08.0121	1:06.9620	1:06.8748
4	2	Josef Newgarden	1	1:07.7836	1:07.0710	1:06.9096
5	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:07.1474	1:06.9328	1:07.1877
6	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:07.8102	1:07.0414	1:07.3052
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	1	1:07.7307	1:07.1520
8	30	Takuma Sato W	1	1:07.7245	1:07.2626
9	31	Patricio O'Ward R	2	1:07.2620	1:07.2764
10	88	Colton Herta R	2	1:07.2201	1:07.7721
11	98	Marco Andretti	2	1:07.2040	1:08.3746
12	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	1	1:08.0811	1:08.4410
13	19	Santino Ferrucci R	1	1:08.1008
14	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	2	1:07.3135
15	5	James Hinchcliffe W	1	1:08.1811
16	59	Max Chilton	2	1:07.4577
17	20	Ed Jones	1	1:08.7711
18	60	Jack Harvey	2	1:07.5287
19	7	Marcus Ericsson R	1	1:08.9516
20	4	Matheus Leist	2	1:07.7317
21	14	Tony Kanaan	1	3:22.3800
22	26	Zach Veach	2	1:07.7822
23	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:07.8763
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	27	Alexander Rossi W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	1:41:35.5999	2	1	80	54
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+20.2359	2	4	2	41
3	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+25.5745	2	2		35
4	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+26.4589	2	6		32
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+29.3447	2	7		30
6	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+31.5193	2	5		28
7	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+33.0529	2	3	2	27
8	30	Takuma Sato W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+34.2879	2	8	1	25
9	5	James Hinchcliffe W	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	85	+40.4643	2	15		22
10	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+41.3241	2	12		20
11	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	85	+49.9110	2	14		19
12	31	Patricio O'Ward R	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	2	9		18
13	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	84	+1 Lap	2	11		17
14	59	Max Chilton	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	2	16		16
15	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	20		15
16	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	17		14
17	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	22		13
18	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	23		12
19	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	3	21		11
20	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	83	+2 Laps	4	19		10
21	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	83	+2 Laps	2	13		9
22	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson	Honda	82	+3 Laps	4	18		8
23	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	50	Contact	1	10		7
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes: ¹ Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Josef Newgarden	166
2	2	Alexander Rossi	138
1	3	Scott Dixon	133
1	4	Takuma Sato	116
3	5	Ryan Hunter-Reay	96

Manufacturer standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Honda	349
	2	Chevrolet	278

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References[]

^ "Long Beach IndyCar: Rossi dominates for second straight year". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

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[1] "Long Beach IndyCar: Rossi dominates for second straight year". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

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