IndyCar Detroit: Rahal raih hasil dobel setelah menangi Race 2
Graham Rahal menjadi pembalap pertama yang berhasil memenangi dua balapan secara beruntun pada musim Verizon IndyCar Series 2017 setelah memenangi Race 2 di Detroit.
Race winner Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
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Saat balapan tinggal menyisakan empat putaran, mesin Honda pada mobil yang dikemudikan James Hinchcliffe mengalami kerusakan dan kemudian berhenti di Tikungan 2. Hampir di saat yang bersamaan, pembalap tim Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet, Spencer Pigot, mengalami kerusakan turbo dan terlihat menyemburkan asap tebal.
Ketimbang mengibaskan bendera kuning (Full Course Yellow) hingga akhir balapan, Direktur Balap IndyCar memutuskan menghentikan balapan (bendera merah) sebelum kembali dilanjutkan dengan sisa tiga putaran.
Saat balapan kembali berlangsung normal, Rahal berhasil menahan serangan duo pembalap tim Penske. Sementara Will Power gagal mengambil alih posisi kedua dari rekan setimnya, Josef Newgarden, dan harus puas finis urutan ketiga.
Peraih pole, Takuma Sato, mengungguli Simon Pagenaud untuk finis urutan keempat, sementara Scott Dixon menempati urutan keenam, di depan Alexander Rossi, Charlie Kimball, dan Helio Castroneves.
Hasil Race 2:
Pos. | # | Pembalap | Tim | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 70 lap |
2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | 1.177 |
3 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 2.623 |
4 | 26 | Takuma Sato | Andretti Autosport | 3.854 |
5 | 1 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | 4.081 |
6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 4.601 |
7 | 98 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | 6.198 |
8 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | 6.682 |
9 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | 6.844 |
10 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | 7.720 |
11 | 14 | Carlos Munoz | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 8.116 |
12 | 4 | Conor Daly | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 8.785 |
13 | 27 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | 9.610 |
14 | 18 | Esteban Gutierrez | Dale Coyne Racing | 13.133 |
15 | 8 | Max Chilton | Chip Ganassi Racing | 1 Lap |
16 | 7 | Mikhail Aleshin | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 1 Lap |
17 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | 1 Lap |
18 | 21 | J.R. Hildebrand | Ed Carpenter Racing | 1 Lap |
19 | 16 | Oriol Servia | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 1 Lap |
20 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 5 Lap |
21 | 20 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | 5 Lap |
22 | 19 | Ed Jones | Dale Coyne Racing | 10 Lap |
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