2019 Honda Indy Toronto

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Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2019 Toronto
Race details
11th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map 2023.svg
DateJuly 14, 2019
Official name Honda Indy Toronto
Location Exhibition Place
CourseTemporary road course
1.786 mi / 2.874 km
Distance85 laps
151.81 mi / 244.314 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 28.2 °C (82.8 °F); with negligible wind speed [1]
Pole position
Driver Simon Pagenaud  (Team Penske)
Time58.4293
110.041 mph
Fastest lap
Driver Marcus Ericsson  (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
Time60.0407
107.087 mph (on lap 58 of 85)
Podium
First Simon Pagenaud  (Team Penske)
Second Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third Alexander Rossi  (Andretti Autosport)

The 2019 Honda Indy Toronto was an IndyCar Series motor race held on 14 July 2019 at the Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the 11th race of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, and the 38th race at the event. It was won by Team Penske driver Simon Pagenaud who started from pole and led eighty of the eighty-five laps. Scott Dixon finished in second for Chip Ganassi Racing while Alexander Rossi came third for Andretti Autosport. [2]

Contents

Background

The Honda Indy Toronto was confirmed as part of the IndyCar's 2019 series schedule in September 2018. [3] It was the third of a four-year deal that Honda Canada had contracted with the contract ending in 2020. [4] Heading into the Toronto round, Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden lead the driver's championship with 402 points. His nearest rival and the last's round winner, Alexander Rossi from Andretti Autosport was seven points behind. Third was Simon Pagenaud from Team Penske a further 54 points behind with Scott Dixon and Will Power rounding out the top five. [5]

Before the race started, Canadian driver Robert Wickens, who was still recovering from a heavy accident in Pocono the previous year, drove several parade laps around the circuit in a modified Arrow Acura NSX pace car with hand controls. Wickens also gave the starting command.

Results

KeyMeaning
RRookie
WPast winner

Qualifying

PosNo.NameGrp.Round 1Round 2 Firestone Fast 6

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredGridLaps LedPts. 1
122 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 851:30:16.4388
(100.9 mph)		18054
29 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon W Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+0.1373240
327 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 85+4.3720435
42 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden W Team Penske Chevrolet 85+18.6722532
510 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist R Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+20.7432330
65 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 85+27.67101428
788 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta R Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 85+32.06401626
818 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais W Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 85+33.5415824
915 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+35.36041222
1098 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 85+45.4178720
1119 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci R Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85+53.49421719
1220 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84+1 Lap1218
1326 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 84+1 Lap18418
1459 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 84+1 Lap1316
1521 Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84+1 Lap915
1628 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay W Andretti Autosport Honda 84+1 Lap1114
1714 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84+1 Lap2213
1812 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power W Team Penske Chevrolet 83Crash T81212
194 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 83+2 Laps1911
207 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson R Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 81+4 Laps2010
2131 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Carlin Chevrolet 79+6 Laps219
2230 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 67Engine Fire1019
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

References

  1. ↑ "2019 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. ↑ Cavin, Curt (July 14, 2019). "Pagenaud dominates Honda Indy Toronto for third win of season". IndyCar. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ Errington, Tom (September 5, 2018). "IndyCar confirms COTA, reveals 2019 schedule". motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ "TORONTO NOTES: HONDA CANADA EXTENDS SPONSORSHIP THROUGH 2020". IndyCar. July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ Malsher, David (June 24, 2019). "Road America IndyCar: Rossi dominates, closes on points lead". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
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