2019 IndyCar Grand Prix

2019 IndyCar Grand Prix

Race details
5th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Date	May 11, 2019
Official name	IndyCar Grand Prix
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance	85 laps 207.315 mi / 333.64 km
Pole position
Driver	Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:08.2785
Fastest lap
Driver	Patricio O'Ward (Carlin)
Time	1:09.7962 (on lap 4 of 85)
Podium
First	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Second	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Jack Harvey (Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson)

The 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2019 IndyCar season. The race took place over 85 laps on the infield road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Simon Pagenaud, who drove for Team Penske, made a late race pass on Scott Dixon to win his first race since 2017.^[1]

Results[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	1	1:08.3014	1:08.0188	1:08.2785
2	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:08.2483	1:08.1563	1:08.2979
3	60	Jack Harvey	1	1:08.3481	1:08.1101	1:08.3238
4	88	Colton Herta R	2	1:08.1921	1:07.8887	1:08.3743
5	20	Ed Jones	1	1:08.4681	1:08.1700	1:08.4609
6	12	Will Power W	1	1:08.6030	1:08.1521	1:08.7901
7	15	Graham Rahal	2	1:08.2893	1:08.2153
8	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:08.3362	1:08.2445
9	7	Marcus Ericsson R	2	1:08.2677	1:08.2497
10	18	Sébastien Bourdais	1	1:08.2670	1:08.2998
11	30	Takuma Sato	1	1:08.0663	1:08.3300
12	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:08.3730	1:08.4697
13	2	Josef Newgarden	1	1:08.6240
14	19	Santino Ferrucci R	2	1:08.4499
15	3	Helio Castroneves	1	1:08.6497
16	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	1:08.6235
17	27	Alexander Rossi	1	1:08.6994
18	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	1:08.7710
19	31	Patricio O'Ward R	1	1:08.7487
20	26	Zach Veach	2	1:08.8170
21	4	Matheus Leist	1	1:08.7751
22	59	Max Chilton	2	1:08.9572
23	98	Marco Andretti	1	1:08.8995
24	14	Tony Kanaan	2	1:09.1230
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	2:00:28.1166	3	8	5	51
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+2.0469	3	2	39	43
3	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson	Honda	85	+3.7683	3	3		35
4	4	Matheus Leist	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+5.4378	3	21		32
5	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	+6.0938	3	12		30
6	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	85	+7.1027	3	5		28
7	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+7.5853	3	6		26
8	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+8.7080	4	1	15	26
9	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+9.1802	3	7	4	23
10	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+12.7201	3	14		20
11	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	85	+16.6131	4	10	2	20
12	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+19.6145	4	20		18
13	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+26.9994	4	23		17
14	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+28.0345	4	11		16
15	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+28.4598	4	13	20	16
16	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	85	+28.6403	5	18		14
17	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+29.1217	4	16		13
18	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	85	+32.0458	4	22		12
19	31	Patricio O'Ward R	Carlin	Chevrolet	85	+1:12.0400	7	19		11
20	14	Tony Kanaan	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	4	24		10
21	3	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	4	15		9
22	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	81	+4 Laps	3	17		8
23	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	15	Contact	0	4		7
24	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	11	Contact	0	9		6
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 182 1 2 Scott Dixon 176 1 3 Alexander Rossi 146 7 4 Simon Pagenaud 138 1 5 Takuma Sato 132

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 416 2 Chevrolet 368

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References[]