2018 Honda Indy Toronto

2018 Toronto

Race details
12th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
Date	July 15, 2018
Official name	Honda Indy Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place
Course	Temporary road course 1.786 mi / 2.874 km
Distance	85 laps 151.81 mi / 244.314 km
Weather	Hot with temperatures reaching up to 28 °C (82 °F); wind speeds reaching up to 14.8 kilometres per hour (9.2 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	59.4956
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	59.7140 (on lap 76 of 85)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Third	Robert Wickens (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)

The 2018 Honda Indy Toronto was an IndyCar Series event held on July 15, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The race served as the 12th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. Reigning champion Josef Newgarden qualified on pole position,[2] while current leader Scott Dixon took victory in the 85-lap race.[3]

2018 Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	1	Josef Newgarden W	1	1:14.4764	58.7733	59.4956
2	9	Scott Dixon W	1	1:12.7806	58.5546	59.6920
3	22	Simon Pagenaud	2	59.6056	58.6008	59.7630
4	12	Will Power	2	59.4840	58.9073	59.8818
5	27	Alexander Rossi	1	1:13.3045	58.8411	1:00.6273
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	2	59.6027	58.5807	1:00.6615
7	30	Takuma Sato	2	59.7443	59.0712
8	20	Jordan King R	1	1:14.2201	59.0862
9	5	James Hinchcliffe	1	1:14.5169	59.1581
10	6	Robert Wickens R	2	59.9357	59.1705
11	88	Conor Daly	1	1:14.3595	59.3133
12	4	Matheus Leist R	2	1:00.0484	59.4528
13	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:14.7769
14	98	Marco Andretti	2	1:00.1721
15	14	Tony Kanaan	1	1:14.9691
16	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:00.1838
17	18	Sébastien Bourdais	1	1:15.1429
18	59	Max Chilton	2	1:00.2694
19	32	René Binder R	1	1:15.8928
20	23	Charlie Kimball	2	1:00.4313
21	10	Ed Jones	1	No time
22	26	Zach Veach R	2	1:00.5564
23	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	2	1:00.6416
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.^1
1	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:37:00.3100	2	2	49	53
2	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+5.2701	2	3	1	41
3	6	Robert Wickens R	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	85	+6.7753	2	10		35
4	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	85	+18.3362	2	9		32
5	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	85	+18.8439	2	20	1	31
6	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+30.4354	2	15	1	29
7	26	Zach Veach R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+32.2732	2	22		26
8	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+34.5257	6	5		24
9	1	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+35.5755	3	1	25	24
10	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+38.9089	3	14		20
11	20	Jordan King R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	+39.3331	2	8	6	20
12	10	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+42.3674	4	21		18
13	88	Conor Daly	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	85	+46.5785	2	11		17
14	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+54.4973	2	23		16
15	4	Matheus Leist R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+59.0749	5	12		15
16	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	84	+1 lap	5	6		14
17	32	René Binder R	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	83	+2 laps	3	19		13
18	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	83	+2 laps	4	4	1	13
19	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	83	+2 laps	5	17		11
20	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	76	Contact	2	16	1	11
21	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	68	+17 laps	4	13		9
22	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	66	Contact	2	7		8
23	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	34	Contact	1	18		7
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

Notes: ^1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Scott Dixon 464 2 Josef Newgarden 402 3 Alexander Rossi 394 4 Ryan Hunter-Reay 373 5 Will Power 371

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1,013 2 Chevrolet 850

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. "2018 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
2. Malsher, David (July 14, 2018). "Toronto IndyCar: Newgarden snatches last-gasp pole". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
3. Malsher, David (July 15, 2018). "Toronto IndyCar: Dixon dominates, title rivals caught in carnage". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

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