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2012 Edmonton Indy

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Canada 2012 Edmonton Indy
Race details
9th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
DateJuly 22, 2012
Official nameEdmonton Indy
LocationEdmonton City Centre Airport
CourseTemporary street circuit
2.224 mi / 3.579 km
Distance75 laps
166.80 mi / 268.439 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 26 °C (79 °F); winds gusting up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph) throughout the day[1]
Pole position
DriverRyan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time1:17.2338
Fastest lap
DriverJosef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing)
Time1:17.3629 (on lap 68 of 75)
Podium
FirstHélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
SecondTakuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
ThirdWill Power (Team Penske)

The 2012 Edmonton Indy was the eleventh round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, July 22, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.224-mile (3.579 km) temporary airport course at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It would be the final Edmonton Indy race as the event was dropped from the IndyCar calendar beginning in 2013.

Classification

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Starting grid

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Row Inside Outside
1 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti 2 Australia Ryan Briscoe
2 15 Japan Takuma Sato 98 Canada Alex Tagliani
3 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 77 France Simon Pagenaud (R)
4 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 38 United States Graham Rahal
5 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson
6 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 7 France Sébastien Bourdais
7 67 United States Josef Newgarden (R) 19 United Kingdom James Jakes
8 26 United States Marco Andretti 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso
9 12 Australia Will Power 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon
10 83 United States Charlie Kimball 4 United States J. R. Hildebrand
11 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan 20 United States Ed Carpenter
12 14 United Kingdom Mike Conway 22 Spain Oriol Servià
13 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
Hunter-Reay, Power and Servià penalized 10 places for changing engine
Dixon and de Silvestro penalized 10 places for exceeding five-engine limit

Race results

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points1
1 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 75 1:38:50.9294 5 22 50
2 15 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 75 + 0.8367 3 0 40
3 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 75 + 5.3697 17 3 35
4 38 United States Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 + 6.9481 8 0 32
5 98 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 75 + 15.2358 4 49 32
6 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 + 15.8757 1 0 28
7 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 75 + 21.5357 11 0 27
8 2 Australia Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 75 + 23.5311 2 1 24
9 18 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 75 + 26.3280 10 0 22
10 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 + 26.6481 18 0 20
11 14 United Kingdom Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 75 + 27.0458 23 0 19
12 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 75 + 31.4527 9 0 18
13 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 75 + 35.1256 7 0 17
14 26 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 75 + 39.8669 15 0 16
15 7 France Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 75 + 40.8154 12 0 15
16 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 75 + 55.1028 16 0 14
17 67 United States Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 75 + 56.0449 13 0 13
18 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 75 + 57.0272 21 0 12
19 83 United States Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 + 1:04.8947 19 0 12
20 77 France Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 74 Contact 6 0 12
21 4 United States J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 74 + 1 lap 20 0 12
22 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 74 + 1 lap 22 0 12
23 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 74 + 1 lap 25 0 12
24 22 Spain Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 65 Mechanical 24 0 12
25 19 United Kingdom James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 43 Mechanical 14 0 10
Kimball penalised 30 seconds for avoidable contact
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE
Notes

1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

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References

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2012 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
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