The 2013 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the second race of the 2013 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on April 7, 2013 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States at Barber Motorsports Park. Ryan Hunter-Reay won the race.
Report
Background The first race of the 2013 IndyCar Series season in St. Petersburg, saw James Hinchcliffe earn his first career victory, holding off Hélio Castroneves in the closing laps. Expected championship contenders Dario Franchitti, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power all experienced trouble during the race, finishing outside the top 15. A. J. Allmendinger made his return to IndyCar for this race, driving for Penske Racing.
Qualifying Scott Dixon set a new track record in the first round of qualifying, but it was Ryan Hunter-Reay that would capture the pole in the Firestone Fast 6. While Takuma Sato had originally made the Fast Six, he was penalized for impeding Justin Wilson's qualifying lap, and Tristan Vautier was bumped into the Fast Six after initially missing the cut. Sato would lose his two fastest laps and fall to 12th starting position.
Race
Classification
Starting grid RowInsideOutside1 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay12 Will Power2 55 Tristan Vautier (R)9 Scott Dixon383 Charlie Kimball3 Hélio Castroneves425 Marco Andretti19 Justin Wilson 5 6 Sebastián Saavedra 2 A. J. Allmendinger6 16 James Jakes 14 Takuma Sato7 77 Simon Pagenaud 78 Simona de Silvestro8 98 Alex Tagliani 5 E. J. Viso910 Dario Franchitti 22 Oriol Servià10 11 Tony Kanaan 27 James Hinchcliffe11 15 Graham Rahal 67 Josef Newgarden 12 7 Sébastien Bourdais 4 J. R. Hildebrand13 18 Ana Beatriz 20 Ed Carpenter
Race results Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points11 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet901:52:04.545031535429 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda90+ 0.6363344033 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet90+ 17.6821362536483 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda90+ 20.616035333512 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet90+ 26.646022931677 Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda90+ 27.299531328725 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet90+ 27.71753726819 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda90+ 30.55043824967 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda90+ 41.1029322221055 Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda90+ 50.644933201198 Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda90+ 58.045831519125 E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet90+ 1:01.4334316181311 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet90+ 1:01.6834319171414 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda90+ 1:03.1151312161522 Oriol Servià Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet90+ 1:03.149541815167 Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet90+ 1:07.688032314174 J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet90+ 1:09.7447318131878 Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet90+ 1:09.91303141219 2 A. J. Allmendinger Team Penske Chevrolet90+ 1:11.055831011206 Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet90+ 1:11.652339102115 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda90+ 1:14.038552192220 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet89+ 1 lap42682316 James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda86+ 4 laps51172418 Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda65Mechanical42562510 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda42Mechanical11752627 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet3Contact0205
Notes Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.
Standings after the race
Driver Points 1 1 Hélio Castroneves 79 3 2 Scott Dixon 70 15 3 Ryan Hunter-Reay 66 1 4 Marco Andretti 61 4 5 James Hinchcliffe 56 6 6 Charlie Kimball 51 3 7 Tony Kanaan 49 7 8 Will Power 47 9 Justin Wilson 46 3 10 E. J. Viso 44
Note: Only the top ten positions are included.
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