2012 Edmonton Indy

2012 Edmonton Indy

Race details
9th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 22, 2012
Official name	Edmonton Indy
Location	Edmonton City Centre Airport
Course	Temporary street circuit 2.224 mi / 3.579 km
Distance	75 laps 166.80 mi / 268.439 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 26 °C (79 °F); winds gusting up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph) throughout the day
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:17.2338
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing)
Time	1:17.3629 (on lap 68 of 75)
Podium
First	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Second	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)

The 2012 Edmonton Indy was the eleventh round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, July 22, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.224-mile (3.579 km) temporary airport course at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It would be the final Edmonton Indy race as the event was dropped from the IndyCar calendar beginning in 2013.

Classification

Starting grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	10	Dario Franchitti	2	Ryan Briscoe
2	15	Takuma Sato	98	Alex Tagliani
3	3	Hélio Castroneves	77	Simon Pagenaud (R)
4	8	Rubens Barrichello	38	Graham Rahal
5	27	James Hinchcliffe	18	Justin Wilson
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay †	7	Sébastien Bourdais
7	67	Josef Newgarden (R)	19	James Jakes
8	26	Marco Andretti	5	E. J. Viso
9	12	Will Power †	9	Scott Dixon ‡
10	83	Charlie Kimball	4	J. R. Hildebrand
11	11	Tony Kanaan	20	Ed Carpenter
12	14	Mike Conway	22	Oriol Servià †
13	78	Simona de Silvestro ‡
† Hunter-Reay, Power and Servià penalized 10 places for changing engine ‡ Dixon and de Silvestro penalized 10 places for exceeding five-engine limit

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points1
1	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	1:38:50.9294	5	22	50
2	15	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	75	+ 0.8367	3	0	40
3	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 5.3697	17	3	35
4	38	Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 6.9481	8	0	32
5	98	Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	75	+ 15.2358	4	49	32
6	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 15.8757	1	0	28
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 21.5357	11	0	27
8	2	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 23.5311	2	1	24
9	18	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	75	+ 26.3280	10	0	22
10	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 26.6481	18	0	20
11	14	Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	75	+ 27.0458	23	0	19
12	27	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 31.4527	9	0	18
13	8	Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 35.1256	7	0	17
14	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 39.8669	15	0	16
15	7	Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 40.8154	12	0	15
16	5	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 55.1028	16	0	14
17	67	Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	75	+ 56.0449	13	0	13
18	11	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 57.0272	21	0	12
19	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 1:04.8947†	19	0	12
20	77	Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	74	Contact	6	0	12
21	4	J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	74	+ 1 lap	20	0	12
22	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	74	+ 1 lap	22	0	12
23	78	Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	74	+ 1 lap	25	0	12
24	22	Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	65	Mechanical	24	0	12
25	19	James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	43	Mechanical	14	0	10
† Kimball penalised 30 seconds for avoidable contact
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes

¹ Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ryan Hunter-Reay	362
2	Hélio Castroneves	339
3	Will Power	336
4	Scott Dixon	301
5	James Hinchcliffe	286

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Chevrolet	90
2	Honda	75
3	Lotus	44

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.