2020 IndyCar Grand Prix

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Flag of the United States.svg 2020 GMR Grand Prix
Race details
2nd round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
Indianapolis IndycarGP.svg
DateJuly 4, 2020
Official name GMR Grand Prix
Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance80 laps
195.12 mi / 314.02 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  (Team Penske)
Time1:10.1779
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:11.751 (on lap 49 of 80)
Podium
First Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  (Team Penske)

The 2020 GMR Grand Prix, was an IndyCar Series event scheduled for July 4, 2020 and was the second of fourteen rounds of the 2020 IndyCar Series Season. It was originally scheduled for May 9, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] As a result of the postponement, the race was run as a double-header event with the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with IndyCar sharing the card with the Shell 150 NASCAR Xfinity Series event, the day before the NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400. [2] The race was also reduced from 85 laps to 80 laps to compensate for the compacted schedule, and was the first of two meetings held on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. The second road course meeting was held October 2–4 as part of the Harvest Auto Racing Classic featuring the Intercontinental GT Challenge. It was the inaugural NASCAR meeting race for INDYCAR.

Contents

Qualifying

Qualifying was held Friday, July 3, with the first session beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST. With temperatures much higher than the normal May date the event had normally been run at, qualifying times were slower than in years previous. Will Power qualified on pole position with a time of 1:10.1779, besting Jack Harvey and Colton Herta. Rookie Oliver Askew set the fastest time of the day in the second round of qualifying with a 1:09.8780, but wore out his tires in doing so, causing him to only manage 5th place in the Firestone Fast 6 session. [3]

KeyMeaning
 R Rookie
 W Past winner
PosNo.NameGrp.Round 1Round 2Fast 6
112 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W 21:10.25481:10.13131:10.1779
260 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey 21:10.51571:10.02381:10.3653
388 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta 21:10.41141:10.09851:10.5197
415 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal 21:10.56471:10.07071:10.5844
57 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  R 11:10.53061:09.87801:10.8404
61 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden 11:10.61881:10.1420No Time
79 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon 21:10.50001:10.1990
820 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly 11:10.56581:10.2169
910 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist 11:10.55581:10.2310
1059 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton 11:10.54651:10.3055
1127 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi 21:10.59471:10.3426
1228 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay 11:10.58801:10.5764
135 Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward 11:10.7333
148 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson 21:10.6287
1518 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci 11:10.7902
1645 Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot 21:10.6350
1730 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato 11:10.8853
1821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R 21:10.7070
1929 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe 11:11.1478
2022 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W 21:10.7438
2155 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  R 11:11.1815
2226 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach 21:11.2762
2324 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam 11:11.7774
244 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball 21:11.4026
2598 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti 11:12.0513
2614 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett  R 21:11.5876

Race

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/StatusPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts. 1
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 801:41:59.3232372651
215 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80+19.946241841
322 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 80+20.56432035
488 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 80+25.0883332
521 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80+25.63631830
68 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80+25.713314129
71 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80+31.89736427
85 Flag of Mexico.svg Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 80+33.83631324
918 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan Honda 80+43.04621522
1030 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80+44.89141720
1129 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda 80+46.16731919
1220 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80+49.9772818
1328 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 80+50.48931217
1426 Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 80+52.217422117
1510 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80+56.6883915
1659 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 80+1:00.23131014
1760 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80+1:03.84532114
184 Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 80+1:05.51932412
1955 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh Honda 80+1:06.47832111
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 80+1:11.612312814
2114 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79+1 Lap3269
2298 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 79+1 Lap3258
2324 Flag of the United States.svg Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 79+1 Lap3237
2445 Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing w/Citrone/Buhl Autosport Honda 74Mechanical21617
2527 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 41Mechanical2115
267 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 34Contact155

Race statistics

Average speed:114.789 mph (184.735 km/h)

Lead changes: 10

Lap leader breakdown
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Driver
11616Will Power
17171Jack Harvey
18269Graham Rahal
273812Will Power
39479Graham Rahal
48547Scott Dixon
55551Spencer Pigot
56561Marcus Ericsson
57604Josef Newgarden
61611Zach Veach
628019Scott Dixon
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Reason
36394#7 (Askew) accident turn 14

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon 104
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud 75
1rightarrow blue.svg 3 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden 64
1uparrow green.svg 34 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta 58
1uparrow green.svg 125 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal 54

References

  1. Malsher, David (March 26, 2020). "Indianapolis 500 rescheduled to August". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. Malsher, David (June 30, 2020). "Daly, Pagenaud: IndyCar, NASCAR double-header at IMS is "awesome"". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. Miller, Robin (July 3, 2020). "Power soars to pole on Indy road course". Racer.com . Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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