2019 Honda Indy Toronto

2019 Toronto
Race details
11th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Date	July 14, 2019
Official name	Honda Indy Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place
Course	Temporary road course; 1.786 mi / 2.874 km
Distance	85 laps; 151.81 mi / 244.314 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 28.2 °C (82.8 °F); with negligible wind speed
Pole position
Driver	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Time	58.4293; 110.041 mph
Fastest lap
Driver	Marcus Ericsson (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
Time	60.0407; 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)

Last updated May 14, 2024

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]

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

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	1:30:16.4388 (100.9 mph)	1	80	54
2	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+0.1373	2		40
3	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+4.3720	4		35
4	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+18.6722	5		32
5	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+20.7432	3		30
6	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	85	+27.6710	14		28
7	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	85	+32.0640	16		26
8	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	85	+33.5415	8		24
9	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+35.3604	12		22
10	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+45.4178	7		20
11	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+53.4942	17		19
12	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	12		18
13	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	84	+1 Lap	18	4	18
14	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	13		16
15	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	9		15
16	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	84	+1 Lap	11		14
17	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	22		13
18	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	83	Crash T8	12		12
19	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	19		11
20	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	81	+4 Laps	20		10
21	31	Sage Karam	Carlin	Chevrolet	79	+6 Laps	21		9
22	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	67	Engine Fire	10	1	9
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	434
2	Alexander Rossi	430
3	Simon Pagenaud	395
4	Scott Dixon	348
5	Will Power	306

Manufacturer standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Honda	901
	2	Chevrolet	842

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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References

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

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[1] "2019 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved December 15, 2019.

[2] Cavin, Curt (14 July 2019). "Pagenaud dominates Honda Indy Toronto for third win of season". IndyCar. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[3] Errington, Tom (5 September 2018). "IndyCar confirms COTA, reveals 2019 schedule". motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[4] "TORONTO NOTES: HONDA CANADA EXTENDS SPONSORSHIP THROUGH 2020". IndyCar. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[5] Malsher, David (24 June 2019). "Road America IndyCar: Rossi dominates, closes on points lead". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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