The 2012 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, July 8, 2012. The race was contested over 85 laps at the street course at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport won the race, his third consecutive win of the season, which also gave him the series' points lead.
With his victory, Hunter-Reay became the first American driver to win three races in a row since A. J. Allmendinger in 2006, and the first American to lead the driver's points championship since Sam Hornish Jr., also in 2006. Toronto was Dario Franchitti fourth pole position of the year, but he had bad luck in one of his pitstops when he stopped too far from the refuelling device and then later a collision with Ryan Briscoe, he finished the race in 17th position.
Classification
Starting grid RowInsideOutside1 10 Dario Franchitti12 Will Power2 18 Justin Wilson 7 Sébastien Bourdais39 Scott Dixon 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay4 3 Hélio Castroneves 77 Simon Pagenaud (R)5 15 Takuma Sato 38 Graham Rahal6 14 Mike Conway2 Ryan Briscoe7 83 Charlie Kimball 22 Oriol Servià8 4 J. R. Hildebrand 98 Alex Tagliani †9 11 Tony Kanaan8 Rubens Barrichello10 27 James Hinchcliffe † 67 Josef Newgarden (R)1120 Ed Carpenter 26 Marco Andretti12 5 E. J. Viso 19 James Jakes †13 78 Simona de Silvestro †
Race results Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 1 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 1:33:26.5096 6 36 52 2 83 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 + 0.0757† 13 0 40 3 14 Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 85 + 0.2848 11 0 35 4 11 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 1.6672 17 0 32 5 22 Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 85 + 1.9128 14 0 30 6 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 2.4795 7 0 28 7 4 J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 85 + 2.6233 15 1 26 8 19 James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 + 3.7294 24 0 24 9 15 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 + 6.5633 9 0 22 10 98 Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 85 + 9.9764 16 0 20 11 8 Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 11.4636 18 0 19 12 77 Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 85 + 43.8734‡ 8 23 18 13 67 Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 20 0 17 14 7 Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 4 0 16 15 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 2 20 15 16 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 22 0 14 17 10 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 1 5 14 18 20 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 21 0 12 19 2 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 83 + 2 laps 12 0 12 20 5 E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 81 + 4 laps 23 0 12 21 18 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 67 Contact 3 0 12 22 27 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 33 Mechanical 19 0 12 23 38 Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23 Contact 10 0 12 24 78 Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 9 Mechanical 25 0 12 25 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 7 Engine 5 0 10
Notes Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 335 2 Will Power 301 3 Hélio Castroneves 289 4 Scott Dixon 281 5 James Hinchcliffe 268
Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 81 2 Honda 69 3 Lotus 40
Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.
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