2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis

2014 GP Indianapolis
Race details
4th round of the 2014 IndyCar Series season
Date	May 10, 2014
Official name	Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway ; Speedway, Indiana
Course	Combined road course; 2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance	82 laps; 200 mi / 321.87 km
Pole position
Driver	Sebastián Saavedra (KV Racing Technology)
Time	1:23.8822
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:10.4062 (on lap 76 of 82)
Podium
First	Simon Pagenaud (Sam Schmidt Motorsports)
Second	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)

Last updated July 19, 2024

The 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the inaugural running of the event, was an IndyCar Series race held on May 10, 2014, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The fourth round of the 2014 IndyCar Series season, it was won by Simon Pagenaud of Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports.

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Background

The race was officially announced on October 1, 2013. The track's road course was formerly used by Formula One for the United States Grand Prix. The track featured various modifications: the track runs clockwise, with turn 1 entering the oval's turn 4 onto the road course. Turns 2 to 4 remain the same, while turn 5 and 6 became a chicane, and entered the Hulman Blvd. straight. Turn 7 is a 90-degree left turn into turns 8 and 9, leading into the oval's turn 2, which serves as the road course's turns 10 and 11. The oval's turn 1 is not entered, as the track follows the MotoGP format, with turns 12 to 14 leading into the front straight.^[1] The cars were also modified to fit the track's specifications, with fueling plugs on the opposite side.^[2]

A contest was held for fans to design the trophy for the event. Dan Nichols, a California native, beat out 150 other entries.^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on May 9. Rain had affected the track during the four sessions held. Prior to the Fast Six session, rain escalated, causing a red flag, which delayed qualifying for 20 minutes, before the six cars were sent onto the track. Ryan Hunter-Reay was the fastest during his qualifying attempt, with a lap time of 1:23.8480,^[4] but drove into a puddle of water, spinning out, bring out another red flag.^[5] As a result, Hunter-Reay was relegated to third, while Sebastián Saavedra was awarded the pole position.^[4]

Race

The race's honorary race starter was Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard; the event began with a standing start, but as the lights went out, pole-sitter Saavedra stalled, and was later hit by Carlos Muñoz and Mikhail Aleshin.^[6]

Race results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie

Pos	Car #	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Status	Pit Stops¹	Grid	Laps Led	Points²
1	77	Simon Pagenaud	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Honda	82	2:04:24.0261	9	4	6	51
2	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+ 0.8906	8	3	18	41
3	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	+ 1.8244	9	10	15	36
4	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	82	+ 2.5406	9	7	1	33
5	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+ 5.3007	9	23		30
6	8	Ryan Briscoe	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+ 9.1914	10	14		28
7	98	Jack Hawksworth R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	82	+ 14.6161	9	2	31	29
8	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	+ 18.5958	11	5		24
9	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	82	+ 20.9721	10	16		20
10	10	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+ 21.4539	10	9		20
11	19	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	82	+ 26.4750	9	18	4	20
12	16	Oriol Servià	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	82	+ 29.6561	10	22	7	19
13	18	Carlos Huertas R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	82	+ 33.0827	9	17		17
14	25	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+ 1:04.2370	11	13		16
15	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+ 1:08.6263	9	6		15
16	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Chevrolet	81	+ 1 Lap	9	8		14
17	67	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	80	+ 2 Laps	10	15		13
18	41	Martin Plowman R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	80	+ 2 Laps	12	20		12
19	20	Mike Conway	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	58	Parked³	5	24		11
20	27	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Honda	56	Driver injury⁴	8	11		10
21	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	50	Crash frontstretch	8	12		9
22	26	Franck Montagny	Andretti Autosport	Honda	47	Crash T7	9	21		8
23	17	Sebastián Saavedra	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	0	Crash frontstretch	0	1		8
24	34	Carlos Muñoz R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	0	Crash frontstretch	0	19		6
25	7	Mikhail Aleshin R	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Honda	0	Crash frontstretch	0	25		5

Notes

¹ Due to the crash on the starting grid, all cars went through pit lane behind the safety car for the first six laps. These passages were counted as pit stops.

² 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.

³ Mike Conway's team ordered him to park the car once he overtook James Hinchcliffe for position on the track by completing 1 more lap than him for an additional point.

⁴ James Hinchcliffe was injured when a piece of debris hit him on the helmet knocking him unconscious. He would make a full recovery & compete in the next round.

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References

↑ DiZinno, Tony (October 1, 2013). "Grand Prix of Indianapolis set for May 10, 2014 on revised course". NBC Sports . Retrieved May 12, 2014.
↑ Garrett, Jerry (May 9, 2014). "Grand Prix Blazes New Trail at Indianapolis Speedway". The New York Times . Retrieved May 12, 2014.
↑ Proffitt, Chris (May 7, 2014). "Calif. man wins contest to design Grand Prix of Indianapolis trophy". WRTV. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
1 2 DiZinno, Tony (May 9, 2014). "IndyCar: Sebastian Saavedra takes GP of Indy pole in bizarre session". NBC Sports . Retrieved May 12, 2014.
↑ "INDYCAR: SAAVEDRA TAKES POLE FOR INAUGURAL GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS". Foxsports.com . Associated Press. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
↑ "Crash mars start of Indy Grand Prix". ESPN . May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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[1] DiZinno, Tony (October 1, 2013). "Grand Prix of Indianapolis set for May 10, 2014 on revised course". NBC Sports . Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[2] Garrett, Jerry (May 9, 2014). "Grand Prix Blazes New Trail at Indianapolis Speedway". The New York Times . Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[3] Proffitt, Chris (May 7, 2014). "Calif. man wins contest to design Grand Prix of Indianapolis trophy". WRTV. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[NBC_Sports_qualifying-4] 1 2 DiZinno, Tony (May 9, 2014). "IndyCar: Sebastian Saavedra takes GP of Indy pole in bizarre session". NBC Sports . Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[5] "INDYCAR: SAAVEDRA TAKES POLE FOR INAUGURAL GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS". Foxsports.com . Associated Press. May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

[6] "Crash mars start of Indy Grand Prix". ESPN . May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.

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