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Hasil IndyCar GP St. Pete: Herta Raih Kemenangan

Pembalap Andretti Autosport, Colton Herta, berhasil memetik kemenangan keempatnya dalam karier IndyCar, pertama di sirkuit jalanan.

Race winner Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport Honda celebrating his victory

Race winner Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport Honda celebrating his victory

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Tak ada yang bisa membendung dominasi Colton Herta sepanjang balapan IndyCar GP St. Petersburg, Senin (26/4/2021) dini hari. Bagaimana tidak. Dari 100 lap, Herta memimpin perlombaan sebanyak 97 lap.

Pada saat start, pembalap Arrow McLaren, Patricio O'Ward, harus kehilangan tiga posisi. Ia turun dari P6 ke P9. Beberapa driver yang menyalip O'Ward di antaranya adalah Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing), Graham Rahal dan Alexander Rossi.

O'Ward semakin tenggelam, setelah di posisi kelima, Scott Dixon berhasil menyalip pembalap asal Meksiko itu, ketika mobilnya menggunakan ban alternate compound (ban merah).

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Rookie Chip Ganassi Racing, Jimmie Johnson, terlihat masih kesulitan menemukan kecepatannya. Pada Lap 17, di Tikungan 13, Johnson mengalami understeer, kemudian keluar lintasan dan menabrak dinding pembatas.

Lap 23, pembalap Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Takuma Sato, terlibat kontak dengan James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport). Beruntung Hinchcliffe masih bisa langsung kembali ke balapan.

Nasib sial kembali mendatangi Johnson di lap ke-73. Mega bintang NASCAR tersebut harus kembali berhadapan dengan dinding pembatas lintasan, kali ini di Tikungan 2.

James Hinchcliffe, Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda, Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

James Hinchcliffe, Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda, Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

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Lap 80, pembalap Dale Coyne Racing, Ed Jones, bertabrakan dengan Hinchcliffe, saat hendak menyalipnya. Akibat tabrakan itu, Ed Jones tergelincir di akhir Tikungan 4.

Setelah menggunakan strategi dua pit stop, Herta berhasil mengamankan kemenangan keempat dalam kariernya di IndyCar.

Pada posisi kedua, ada Josef Newgarden (Team Penske). Rekan setim Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, melengkapi podium GP St. Petersburg.

Hasil IndyCar GP St. Petersburg:

Pos Pembalap Tim Lap Waktu Gap Mph Pit Retirement
1 United States Colton Herta United States Andretti Autosport 100 1:51'51.411   96.552 2  
2 United States Josef Newgarden United States Team Penske 100 1:51'53.904 2.493 96.516 2  
3 France Simon Pagenaud United States Team Penske 100 1:51'57.561 6.149 96.464 2  
4 United Kingdom Jack Harvey United States Michael Shank Racing 100 1:51'59.494 8.083 96.436 2  
5 New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Chip Ganassi Racing 100 1:52'00.361 8.949 96.423 2  
6 Japan Takuma Sato United States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 100 1:52'03.091 11.680 96.384 2  
7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson United States Chip Ganassi Racing 100 1:52'03.350 11.939 96.381 2  
8 Australia Will Power United States Team Penske 100 1:52'04.647 13.236 96.362 3  
9 Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout United States Ed Carpenter Racing 100 1:52'05.130 13.719 96.355 2  
10 France Sébastien Bourdais United States A.J. Foyt Enterprises 100 1:52'07.406 15.995 96.322 2  
11 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin United States Team Penske 100 1:52'09.004 17.592 96.300 3  
12 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP 100 1:52'09.975 18.563 96.286 3  
13 France Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing with RWR 100 1:52'14.139 22.727 96.226 3  
14 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay United States Andretti Autosport 100 1:52'15.539 24.127 96.206 3  
15 United States Graham Rahal United States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 100 1:52'16.204 24.792 96.197 3  
16 United States Conor Daly United States Ed Carpenter Racing 100 1:52'39.571 48.160 95.864 5  
17 Spain Alex Palou United States Chip Ganassi Racing 99 1:51'51.251 1 Lap 95.589 3  
18 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport 99 1:52'18.667 1 Lap 95.200 3  
19 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP 99 1:52'22.715 1 Lap 95.143 3  
20 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan 99 1:52'38.395 1 Lap 94.922 5  
21 United States Alexander Rossi United States Andretti Autosport 98 1:52'19.059 2 Laps 94.233 3  
22 United States Jimmie Johnson United States Chip Ganassi Racing 95 1:52'43.664 5 Laps 91.016 3  
23 Canada Dalton Kellett United States A.J. Foyt Enterprises 67 1:13'54.696 33 Laps 97.901 2 Melintir
24 United Kingdom Max Chilton United Kingdom Carlin 18 25'26.704 82 Laps 76.400 2 Mechanical
 

 

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