Andretti Autosport’s James Hinchcliffe took his second IndyCar victory of the season after winning the Sao Paulo round after a close battle with Takuma Sato ( AJ Foyt Racing) that saw him take the final corner of the last lap.
The Canadian pass the finish line with only 0.3464 seconds to spare ahead the Japanese for the closest finish in the circuit's history. Even thought Sato finished second, he was comforted in knowing that he now leads the IndyCar standings. Meanwhile Marco Andretti went on to cross the finish line in third place and he is now sitting second in the standings after four road and street races.
Just like it had been the case in yesterday’s qualifications, It was once again a disastrous outing for the Penske squad. Will Power started from 22nd, but managed to move upward to 11th until he was forced out of the race when a fire broke out on his car. Current champion and pole sitter Ryan Hunter-Reay led early on, but but has to settle for 11th after bieng forced to go into the pits to have a puncture repaired. Sao Paulo Indy 300 Results - 95 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy 2h09m34.7383s 2. Takuma Sato Foyt Dallara-Honda + 0.3463s 3. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 1.1376s 4. Oriol Servia Panther DRR Dallara-Chevy + 1.1745s 5. Josef Newgarden Fisher Dallara-Honda + 1.6516s 6. EJ Viso Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 2.8119s 7. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 3.5961s 8. Simona de Silvestro KV Dallara-Chevy + 4.7772s 9. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda + 7.6331s 10. Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 9.0265s 11. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy + 9.5135s 12. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda + 10.4393s 13. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy + 11.1234s 14. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy + 13.6406s 15. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy + 13.7377s 16. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Dallara-Honda + 14.3517s 17. James Jakes Rahal Dallara-Honda + 19.8585s 18. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda + 29.4261s 19. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon Dallara-Chevy + 54.7223s 20. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda + 2 laps 21. Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy + 3 laps 22. Graham Rahal Rahal Dallara-Honda + 4 laps 23. Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy + 4 laps Retirements: Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy 17 laps Ana Beatriz Coyne Dallara-Honda 6 laps
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