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