IndyCar Detroit: Rahal dominasi Race 1
Graham Rahal mendominasi balapan pembuka seri IndyCar Detroit di Belle Isle dan memimpin hasil Honda 1-2-3.
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Pole-sitter Rahal, yang memperkuat tim Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda, berhasil mempertahankan posisinya selepas start. Ia diikuti pembalap Penske-Chevrolet, Helio Castroneves, di posisi kedua, sementara duo Andretti Autosport-Honda, Takuma Sato dan Alexander Rossi, masing-masing berada di posisi ketiga dan keempat.
Saat bendera finis dikibarkan, Rahal melintasi garis finis di urutan pertama, unggul 6,1 detik di depan Scott Dixon dari tim Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda. James Hinchcliffe, yang sempat melintir pada putaran pembuka, dan memaksa periode Full Course Yellow, berhasil melengkapi posisi podium di urutan ketiga.
Setelah kalah bertarung melawan Hinchcliffe dalam perebutan posisi ketiga, Josef Newgarden, yang memperkuat tim Penske-Chevrolet, harus puas di urutan keempat. Ia finis di depan Rossi, pembalap Rusia Mikhail Aleshin, dan Castroneves.
Pemenang Indy 500, Sato, harus melakukan pit stop tambahan di penghujung balapan untuk mengisi bahan bakar, bergabung kembali ke lintasan dan finis di urutan kedelapan. Pembalap Jepang itu finis di depan pembalap rookie Ed Jones, dan Spencer Pigot yang melengkapi sepuluh besar.
Mantan pembalap Haas F1, Esteban Gutierrez, menyelesaikan balapan IndyCar perdananya di urutan ke-19.
Hasil Race 1:
Pos. | # | Pembalap | Tim | Lap | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 70 | - |
2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 70 | 6.1474 |
3 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 70 | 9.1688 |
4 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 70 | 10.0930 |
5 | 98 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | 70 | 25.5556 |
6 | 7 | Mikhail Aleshin | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 70 | 31.3644 |
7 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | 70 | 33.1052 |
8 | 26 | Takuma Sato | Andretti Autosport | 70 | 47.4696 |
9 | 19 | Ed Jones | Dale Coyne Racing | 70 | 53.6531 |
10 | 20 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | 70 | 54.0726 |
11 | 8 | Max Chilton | Chip Ganassi Racing | 70 | 55.2547 |
12 | 27 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | 70 | 58.3402 |
13 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 70 | 59.1348 |
14 | 14 | Carlos Munoz | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 70 | 1'00.7310 |
15 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | 70 | 1'01.9596 |
16 | 1 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | 70 | 1'02.1492 |
17 | 21 | J.R. Hildebrand | Ed Carpenter Racing | 70 | 1'06.0717 |
18 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 69 | 1 lap |
19 | 18 | Esteban Gutierrez | Dale Coyne Racing | 69 | 1 lap |
20 | 16 | Oriol Servia | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 69 | 1 lap |
21 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | 69 | 1 lap |
22 | 4 | Conor Daly | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 25 | 45 lap |
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