2019 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

2019 St. Petersburg

Race details
1st round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Date	March 10, 2019
Official name	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Location	Streets of St. Petersburg
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.800 mi / 2.897 km
Distance	110 laps 198.000 mi / 318.670 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power  (Team Penske)
Time	1:00.4594
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Time	1:01.7350 (on lap 52 of 110)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Second	Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Will Power  (Team Penske)

The 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the 1st round of the 2019 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 10, 2019, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Will Power qualified on pole position, while Josef Newgarden took victory in the 110-lap race.

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	12	Will Power W	2	1:00.6828	1:00.3011	1:00.4594
2	2	Josef Newgarden	1	1:04.2860	1:00.2003	1:00.5570
3	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	1	1:03.8696	1:00.8100	1:00.6884
4	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:00.8373	1:00.5370	1:00.8544
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	1:00.1548	1:00.4135	1:01.0784
6	27	Alexander Rossi	1	1:03.2100	1:00.7086	1:01.7739
7	60	Jack Harvey	2	1:00.7970	1:00.9531
8	23	Charlie Kimball	1	1:02.9944	1:01.0146
9	5	James Hinchcliffe W	1	1:03.1731	1:01.0185
10	15	Graham Rahal W	2	1:00.5933	1:01.0944
11	88	Colton Herta R	2	1:00.4618	1:01.4182
12	81	Ben Hanley R	1	1:04.1477	1:02.3703
13	22	Simon Pagenaud	1	1:04.6298
14	26	Zach Veach	2	1:00.9061
15	20	Ed Jones	1	1:06.1422
16	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:00.9495
17	98	Marco Andretti	1	No time
18	7	Marcus Ericsson R	2	1:01.1345
19	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	1	No time
20	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:01.1511
21	14	Tony Kanaan	1	No time
22	4	Matheus Leist	2	1:01.1579
23	19	Santino Ferrucci R	1	No time
24	59	Max Chilton	2	1:01.3785
Source: [1]

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Status	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts. 1
1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	2:04:18.2588	3	2	60	53
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+2.8998	3	4		40
3	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+12.7442	3	1	17	37
4	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	110	+14.5858	3	3	31	33
5	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+18.3616	3	6	2	31
6	5	James Hinchcliffe W	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	110	+31.1596	3	9		28
7	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+31.4401	3	13		26
8	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	110	+40.4700	3	11		24
9	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	110	+57.6029	3	23		22
10	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson	Honda	110	+59.1909	3	7		20
11	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	110	+1:02.6866	4	16		19
12	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	109	+1 Lap	4	10		18
13	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	109	+1 Lap	4	17		17
14	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	109	+1 Lap	3	14		16
15	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	3	21		15
16	59	Max Chilton	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	4	24		14
17	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	4	8		13
18	81	Ben Hanley R	DragonSpeed	Chevrolet	108	+2 Laps	5	12		12
19	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	75	Gearbox	2	20		11
20	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	54	Water pressure	2	18		10
21	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	25	Crash T9	1	15		9
22	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	25	Crash T9	1	22		8
23	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	19	Engine	1	5		7
24	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	11	Engine	1	19		6
Source: [2]

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 53 2 Scott Dixon 40 3 Will Power 37 4 Felix Rosenqvist 33 5 Alexander Rossi 31

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 91 2 Honda 72

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - March 9, 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2019.
2. "OFFICIAL BOX SCORE - March 10, 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2019.

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