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2020 IndyCar Grand Prix

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United States 2020 GMR Grand Prix
Race details
2nd round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
DateJuly 4, 2020
Official nameGMR Grand Prix
LocationIndianapolis Motor Speedway
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance80 laps
195.12 mi / 314.02 km
Pole position
DriverAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)
Time1:10.1779
Fastest lap
DriverNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:11.751 (on lap 49 of 80)
Podium
FirstNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondUnited States Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
ThirdFrance 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.

Qualifying

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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]

Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
Pos No. Name Grp. Round 1 Round 2 Fast 6
1 12 Australia Will Power  W  2 1:10.2548 1:10.1313 1:10.1779
2 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 2 1:10.5157 1:10.0238 1:10.3653
3 88 United States Colton Herta 2 1:10.4114 1:10.0985 1:10.5197
4 15 United States Graham Rahal 2 1:10.5647 1:10.0707 1:10.5844
5 7 United States Oliver Askew  R  1 1:10.5306 1:09.8780 1:10.8404
6 1 United States Josef Newgarden 1 1:10.6188 1:10.1420 No Time
7 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon 2 1:10.5000 1:10.1990
8 20 United States Conor Daly 1 1:10.5658 1:10.2169
9 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 1 1:10.5558 1:10.2310
10 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton 1 1:10.5465 1:10.3055
11 27 United States Alexander Rossi 2 1:10.5947 1:10.3426
12 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1 1:10.5880 1:10.5764
13 5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward 1 1:10.7333
14 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 2 1:10.6287
15 18 United States Santino Ferrucci 1 1:10.7902
16 45 United States Spencer Pigot 2 1:10.6350
17 30 Japan Takuma Sato 1 1:10.8853
18 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  2 1:10.7070
19 29 Canada James Hinchcliffe 1 1:11.1478
20 22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  2 1:10.7438
21 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  1 1:11.1815
22 26 United States Zach Veach 2 1:11.2762
23 24 United States Sage Karam 1 1:11.7774
24 4 United States Charlie Kimball 2 1:11.4026
25 98 United States Marco Andretti 1 1:12.0513
26 14 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  2 1:11.5876

Race

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Status Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.1
1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 1:41:59.3232 3 7 26 51
2 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +19.946 2 4 18 41
3 22 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +20.564 3 20 35
4 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 80 +25.088 3 3 32
5 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80 +25.636 3 18 30
6 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +25.713 3 14 1 29
7 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +31.897 3 6 4 27
8 5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 80 +33.836 3 13 24
9 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan Honda 80 +43.046 2 15 22
10 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +44.891 4 17 20
11 29 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +46.167 3 19 19
12 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80 +49.977 2 8 18
13 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +50.489 3 12 17
14 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +52.217 4 22 1 17
15 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +56.688 3 9 15
16 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 80 +1:00.231 3 10 14
17 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80 +1:03.845 3 2 1 14
18 4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 80 +1:05.519 3 24 12
19 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh Honda 80 +1:06.478 3 21 11
20 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +1:11.612 3 1 28 14
21 14 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 3 26 9
22 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 79 +1 Lap 3 25 8
23 24 United States Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 3 23 7
24 45 United States Spencer Pigot Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing w/Citrone/Buhl Autosport Honda 74 Mechanical 2 16 1 7
25 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 41 Mechanical 2 11 5
26 7 United States Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 34 Contact 1 5 5

Race statistics

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Average speed: 114.789 mph (184.735 km/h)

Lead changes: 10

Lap leader breakdown
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Driver
1 16 16 Will Power
17 17 1 Jack Harvey
18 26 9 Graham Rahal
27 38 12 Will Power
39 47 9 Graham Rahal
48 54 7 Scott Dixon
55 55 1 Spencer Pigot
56 56 1 Marcus Ericsson
57 60 4 Josef Newgarden
61 61 1 Zach Veach
62 80 19 Scott Dixon
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Reason
36 39 4 #7 (Askew) accident turn 14

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 New Zealand Scott Dixon 104
2 France Simon Pagenaud 75
3 United States Josef Newgarden 64
3 4 United States Colton Herta 58
12 5 United States Graham Rahal 54

References

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  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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