Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay, who had his share of bad luck during qualifying, worked his way up the file to win and action-filled IZOD IndyCar race in Baltimore.
Hunter-Reay was able to take the lead during a restart near the end of the race but nearly lost everything a little while later when he locked up on the way into the first corner and was lucky to avoid both the wall and losing a place to Simon Pagenaud.
The American was able to maintain the pace and finally crossed the finish line with a priority of more than 1.4 seconds over Team Penske Ryan Briscoe who had just passed Pagenaud.
Another good day for the Frenchman who finished in third.
Polesitter and series leader Will Power was comfortable in the lead until a light rain on Lap 18 made him decide to switch to vets. Unfortunately for him, the rain cleared quickly and the track began to dry immediately but, still, he decided to stay on the track with his rain tires.
Soon enough, Power found himself in 17th place, more than 48.8s behind the leaders. He was able to fight his way back to fifth, only to be hit by Rubens Barrichello on the second-last lap and drop two places. The Australian's lead over Hunter-Reay is now down to 17 points.
Baltimore Grand Prix Results - 75 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy 2h09m02.9522s
2. Ryan Briscoe Penske Dallara-Chevy + 1.4391s
3. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda + 3.0253s
4. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 3.9281s
5. Rubens Barrichello KV Dallara-Chevy + 5.0450s
6. Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy + 5.7467s
7. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy + 7.5913s
8. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda + 7.7701s
9. EJ Viso KV Dallara-Chevy + 8.8651s
10. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy + 9.0843s
11. Graham Rahal Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 10.2963s
12. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy + 17.1591s
13. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 1 lap*
14. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 1 lap
15. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 2 laps
16. Mike Conway Foyt Dallara-Honda + 2 laps
17. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda + 3 laps
Retirements:
Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda 65 laps
Bruno Junqueira Fisher Dallara-Honda 64 laps
Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy 52 laps
Takuma Sato Rahal Dallara-Honda 50 laps
Simona de Silvestro HVM Dallara-Lotus 38 laps
Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy 32 laps
James Jakes Coyne Dallara-Honda 31 laps
Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy 7 laps
Hunter-Reay was able to take the lead during a restart near the end of the race but nearly lost everything a little while later when he locked up on the way into the first corner and was lucky to avoid both the wall and losing a place to Simon Pagenaud.
The American was able to maintain the pace and finally crossed the finish line with a priority of more than 1.4 seconds over Team Penske Ryan Briscoe who had just passed Pagenaud.
Another good day for the Frenchman who finished in third.
 |
| Ryan Hunter-Reay ahead Simon Pagenaud. (Photo: IndyCar) |
Polesitter and series leader Will Power was comfortable in the lead until a light rain on Lap 18 made him decide to switch to vets. Unfortunately for him, the rain cleared quickly and the track began to dry immediately but, still, he decided to stay on the track with his rain tires.
Soon enough, Power found himself in 17th place, more than 48.8s behind the leaders. He was able to fight his way back to fifth, only to be hit by Rubens Barrichello on the second-last lap and drop two places. The Australian's lead over Hunter-Reay is now down to 17 points.
Baltimore Grand Prix Results - 75 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy 2h09m02.9522s
2. Ryan Briscoe Penske Dallara-Chevy + 1.4391s
3. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda + 3.0253s
4. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 3.9281s
5. Rubens Barrichello KV Dallara-Chevy + 5.0450s
6. Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy + 5.7467s
7. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy + 7.5913s
8. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda + 7.7701s
9. EJ Viso KV Dallara-Chevy + 8.8651s
10. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy + 9.0843s
11. Graham Rahal Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 10.2963s
12. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy + 17.1591s
13. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 1 lap*
14. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 1 lap
15. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 2 laps
16. Mike Conway Foyt Dallara-Honda + 2 laps
17. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda + 3 laps
Retirements:
Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda 65 laps
Bruno Junqueira Fisher Dallara-Honda 64 laps
Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy 52 laps
Takuma Sato Rahal Dallara-Honda 50 laps
Simona de Silvestro HVM Dallara-Lotus 38 laps
Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy 32 laps
James Jakes Coyne Dallara-Honda 31 laps
Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy 7 laps