Bruno Junqueira, the 2002 Indianapolis 500 pole sitter, will join fellow Brazilian Vitor Meira in competing for A.J. Foyt Racing in the 100th anniversary Indy 500 on May 29.
Mike Conway claimed his first IndyCar Series race victory with a late charge in Long Beach, despite tumbling down the order with a messy first pitstop.
Result:
Zitat1. Mike Conway Andretti 1h53m11.1000s 2. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 6.3203s 3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 6.7163s 4. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas + 9.1705s 5. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 16.0177s 6. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 16.8966s 7. Danica Patrick Andretti + 17.5016s 8. Tony Kanaan KV + 18.9655s 9. Vitor Meira Foyt + 19.4723s 10. Will Power Penske + 19.8909s 11. Raphael Matos AFS + 20.4660s 12. Helio Castroneves Penske + 20.7784s 13. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 21.3464s 14. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest + 23.1137s 15. James Jakes Dale Coyne + 24.5926s 16. Paul Tracy Dragon + 1m03.7578s 17. JR Hildebrand Panther + 1m10.9001s 18. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 1 lap 19. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 2 laps 20. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 3 laps 21. Takuma Sato KV + 4 laps
Retirements:
Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 78 laps Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 72 laps Charlie Kimball Ganassi 66 laps EJ Viso KV 59 laps Marco Andretti Andretti 37 laps Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 27 laps
Will Power took pole position in Sao Paulo street track, which was in turn Penske team history, 200 pole position. (Starting lineup)
The 2004 Indianapolis 500 race winner Buddy Rice has signed a contract with Panther Racing Indy 500 driving a race this year. According to rumors Dragon Racing Indy 500 race cars would drive Chinese Ho-Pin Tung. Rubens Barrichello went with the kids today to meet with IndyCar depot best friend Tony Kanaan. INDYCAR received written commitment April 28 from the governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the mayor of Porto Alegre of their intention to play host to a second IZOD IndyCar Series race in Brazil.
Will Power took a Sao Paulo street circuit race victory, the second was Graham Rahal and third Ryan Briscoe.
Led the race for a long time Takuma Sato, the pit stop, after he fell from number six, and made ​​yet another mistake it was it was only after the eighth. Marco Andretti was third, visited the race is headed for some time, the pit after the visit fell far backward and ended the race 14.
Point Situation top5:
Zitat1. Will Power, 168 2. Dario Franchitti, 154 3. Oriol Servia, 110 4. Mike Conway, 102 5. Ryan Briscoe, 101
The 95th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to be run on May 29, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It will be the premier event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race will be the third of the three-year long Centennial era, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1909) and 100th anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500 (1911). Entry List
Ho-Pin Tung is to become the first Chinese driver to enter the Indianapolis 500, in a car run in a collaboration between Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Dragon Racing. Dragon Racing will field NASCAR and Formula One veteran Scott Speed in the Indianapolis 500 and also in the Izod IndyCar Series finale at Las Vegas. Alex Lloyd, who finished fourth in the Indianapolis 500 last May for Dale Coyne Racing, will return to drive the No. 19 Boy Scouts of America car in the 100th anniversary race on May 29 and the other seven oval races on the IZOD IndyCar Series schedule.
Dan Wheldon took an incredible second Indianapolis 500 victory in Bryan Herta Autosport's second ever IndyCar race as JR Hildebrand crashed at the final corner while on course for a shock rookie win.
Indy500 result:
Zitat1. Dan Wheldon 2. JR Hildebrand 3. Graham Rahal 4. Tony Kanaan 5. Oriol Servia 8.8757 6. Scott Dixon 9.5434 7. Bertrand Baguette 8. Tomas Scheckter 9. Marco Andretti 10. Danica Patrick 11. Ed Carpenter 12. Dario Franchitti 13. Charlie Kimball 1 LAP 14. Will Power 15. Vitor Meira 16. Justin Wilson 17. Helio Castroneves 18. Buddy Rice 2 LAPS 19. Alex Lloyd 20. Pippa Mann 21. Ana Beatriz 3 LAPS 22. John Andretti 23. Ryan Hunter-Reay 24. Davey Hamilton 7 LAPS 25. Paul Tracy 25 LAPS 26. Townsend Bell 43 LAPS 27. Ryan Briscoe 43 LAPS 28. Alex Tagliani 53 LAPS 29. James Hinchcliffe 101 LAPS 30. Jay Howard 140 LAPS 31. Simona de Silvestro 156 LAPS 32. EJ Viso 173 LAPS 33. Takuma Sato 180 LAPS
Dario Franchitti moved into an equal points lead with Will Power by taking victory on the IndyCar Series' return to Milwaukee Mile, although the Australian was able to salvage fourth place having started only 17th.
Result:
Zitat1 Dario Franchitti --.---- --.---- 1 2 Graham Rahal 1.4271 1.4271 12 3 Oriol Servia 2.7703 1.3432 10 4 Will Power 3.8756 1.1053 17 5 Danica Patrick 4.2289 0.3533 15 6 James Hinchcliffe 5.2021 0.9732 16 7 Scott Dixon 5.7803 0.5782 3 8 Takuma Sato 6.1011 0.3208 5 9 Helio Castroneves 6.3643 0.2632 2 10 Justin Wilson 6.8905 0.5262 13 11 Ryan Briscoe 8.2475 1.3570 8 12 Mike Conway 8.9469 0.6994 20 13 Marco Andretti 9.8659 0.9190 9 14 Charlie Kimball 1 LAP 1 LAP 21 15 James Jakes 2 LAPS 1 LAP 23 16 Ed Carpenter 12.3224 12.3224 25 17 Ana Beatriz 3 LAPS 1 LAP 11 18 Alex Tagliani 29 LAPS 26 LAPS 19 19 Tony Kanaan 31 LAPS 2 LAPS 4 Contact 20 EJ Viso 62 LAPS 31 LAPS 6 Contact 21 JR Hildebrand 105 LAPS 43 LAPS 18 Contact 22 Alex Lloyd 146 LAPS 41 LAPS 14 Contact 23 Sebastian Saavedra 147 LAPS 1 LAP 24 Contact 24 Vitor Meira 156 LAPS 9 LAPS 22 Mechanical 25 Simona de Silvestro 214 LAPS 58 LAPS 26 Handling 26 Ryan Hunter-Reay 225 LAPS 11 LAPS 7 Contact
Marco Andretti finally claimed his second IndyCar Series win under the lights at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night, almost five years after his maiden triumph. Polesitter Takuma Sato crashed out late on, while long-time leader Dario Franchitti faded to fifth behind JR Hildebrand, but still moved into a clear points lead as title rival Will Power had a pit incident with Charlie Kimball and later spun into the wall.
Result:
Zitat1. Marco Andretti Andretti 2. Tony Kanaan KV + 0.7932s 3. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 1.1067s 4. JR Hildebrand Panther + 1.4856s 5. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 1.8926s 6. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 2.3628s 7. Helio Castroneves Penske + 2.6732s 8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 4.1625s 9. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas + 5.6272s 10. Danica Patrick Andretti + 6.0327s 11. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher + 7.6745s 12. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold + 14.1527s 13. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne + 16.8865s 14. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 1 lap 15. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 1 lap 16. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 1 lap
Retirements:
EJ Viso KV 239 laps Vitor Meira Foyt 227 laps Takuma Sato KV 182 laps Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 114 laps Will Power Penske 89 laps Charlie Kimball Ganassi 62 laps Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 44 laps Mike Conway Andretti 44 laps James Jakes Dale Coyne 22 laps
Paul Tracy wants to win his third Honda Indy race Sunday because it’s in his hometown of Toronto. He wants to win because it might mean a regular ride in 2012 -- his farewell season.
Dario Franchitti led Scott Dixon in a Ganassi one-two in a typically chaotic Toronto IndyCar race - despite a collision with title rival Will Power. Ryan Hunter-Reay completed the top three for Andretti Autosport, though an all-Ganassi podium had looked likely until Graham Rahal spun down the order in a late brush with Hunter-Reay.
Toroto race Result:
Zitat1. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 85 laps 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 0.7345s 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 6.0144s 4. Marco Andretti Andretti + 7.5671s 5. Vitor Meira Foyt + 9.0117s 6. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne + 9.3114s 7. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 9.8735s 8. JR Hildebrand Panther + 14.1750s 9. EJ Viso KV + 14.7843s 10. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 15.7603s 11. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 16.8992s 12. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 19.8736s 13. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 21.3123s 14. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas + 1 lap 15. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold + 2 laps 16. Paul Tracy Dragon + 3 laps 17. Helio Castroneves Penske + 4 laps 18. James Jakes Dale Coyne + 4 laps 19. Danica Patrick Andretti + 6 laps 20. Takuma Sato KV + 6 laps
Retirements:
Charlie Kimball Ganassi 77 laps Mike Conway Andretti 76 laps Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 71 laps Will Power Penske 66 laps Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 43 laps Tony Kanaan KV 2 laps
Organizers of the American series INDYCAR race included on superspeedway in Fontana, Calif., to the calendar next season. According to the official site of the championship, scheduled for the fall 2012 race will be held under floodlights. The race on an oval racetrack Auto Club Speedway will return to the schedule INDYCAR after seven years.
1997 Formula One Champion Jacques Villeneuve has said he's not interested in racing in the IndyCar season finale event, which is offering a $5million prize to any non-series regular who wins the event. Martin Plowman will make his IndyCar debut for Sam Schmidt Motorsports at Mid-Ohio next month.
Will Power got his IndyCar title bid back on course after two non-finishes by winning at Edmonton. This started from the outset, with Tagliani penalised for a late first-lap dive at Turn 5 that saw him clip Graham Rahal and give the Ganassi car a puncture. Rahal then lost control at the next corner and spun into Dragon Racing's Paul Tracy, eliminating them both and also trapping Conquest's Sebastian Saavedra.
Result:
Zitat1. Will Power Penske 1h57m22.5177s 2. Helio Castroneves Penske + 0.8089s 3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 1.1735s 4. Tony Kanaan KV + 11.1507s 5. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold + 11.7835s 6. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne + 12.6681s 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 18.0259s 8. Mike Conway Andretti + 18.3563s 9. Danica Patrick Andretti + 21.0430s 10. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 31.1578s 11. JR Hildebrand Panther + 35.5404s 12. Vitor Meira Foyt + 37.5572s 13. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 1m07.2455s 14. Marco Andretti Andretti + 1m10.2013s 15. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas + 1m11.1179s 16. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest + 1m15.7811s 17. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 1m15.8866s 18. James Jakes Dale Coyne + 1m16.1893s 19. Charlie Kimball Ganassi + 1 lap 20. EJ Viso KV + 1 lap 21. Takuma Sato KV + 1 lap 22. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 4 laps 23. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 6 laps
Retirements:
Simona de Silvestro HVM 54 laps Graham Rahal Ganassi 0 laps Paul Tracy Dragon 0 laps
Scott Dixon took his first win of 2011 with a commanding performance at Mid-Ohio, while his Ganassi team-mate Dario Franchitti extended his championship lead over Will Power by finishing second.
Nascar driver Kasey Kahne says it would be a 'dream' for him to race in IndyCar as he ponders the possibility of running for the US $5 million prize up for grabs for guest drivers in the IndyCar Series season finale at Las Vegas. 2007 and 2008 Formula D Drift Champion Tanner Foust in negotiations for IndyCar's Las Vegas finale.
Will Power survived a late restart to lead a Penske clean sweep of the top three places in Sunday's IndyCar race at Sears Point. Result:
Zitat1. Will Power Penske 1h47m29.7619s 2. Helio Castroneves Penske 3.2420s 3. Ryan Briscoe Penske 6.4494s 4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 7.6540s 5. Scott Dixon Ganassi 14.4755s 6. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 17.1257s 7. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 17.2713s 8. Graham Rahal Ganassi 17.7900s 9. Ernesto Viso KV 21.6276s 10. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 22.1731s 11. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 22.9512s 12. Martin Plowman AFS/Sam Schmidt 24.2602s 13. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 29.7207s 14. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 41.1146s 15. Simon Pagenaud Dreyer & Reinbold 41.7526s 16. Mike Conway Andretti 1m.2912s 17. Giorgio Pantano Dreyer & Reinbold 1m14.2922s 18. Takuma Sato KV + 1 lap 19. James Jakes (Dale Coyne) + 1 lap 20. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 1 lap 21. Danica Patrick Andretti + 1 lap 22. Vitor Meira Foyt + 1 lap 23. JR Hildebrand Panther + 1 lap 24. Marco Andretti Andretti + 1 lap 25. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher + 1 lap
Retirements
Charlie Kimball Ganassi 66 laps Ho-Pin Tung Sam Schmidt Dragon 63 laps Tony Kanaan KV 38 laps
Panther Racing announced via Twitter on Wednesday that it has signed highly rated engineer Michael Cannon.
Will Power survived what he described as the 'toughest race of the whole year' to be crowned the inaugural winner of IndyCar's Baltimore Grand Prix. Result:
Zitat1. Will Power Penske 2h02m19.4998s 2. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas + 10.2096s 3. Tony Kanaan KV + 10.8557s 4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi + 11.0831s 5. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 11.5032s 6. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt + 17.7124s 7. Danica Patrick Andretti + 18.5661s 8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti + 18.9269s 9. Vitor Meira Foyt + 22.3096s 10. Graham Rahal Ganassi + 22.6977s 11. Martin Plowman AFS/Sam Schmidt + 23.7405s 12. Simona de Silvestro HVM + 24.7568s 13. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest + 29.6042s 14. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 30.9855s 15. EJ Viso KV + 50.6756s 16. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold + 60.5667s 17. Helio Castroneves Penske + 1 lap 18. Takuma Sato KV + 2 laps 19. JR Hildebrand Panther + 2 laps 20. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher + 2 laps 21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi + 2 laps 22. Tomas Scheckter Dreyer & Reinbold + 4 laps 23. Mike Conway Andretti + 11 laps
Retirements:
James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 54 laps Marco Andretti Andretti 40 laps Giorgio Pantano Dreyer & Reinbold 39 laps James Jakes Dale Coyne 37 laps Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 9 laps