The 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2015 IndyCar Series, the race took place on March 29 in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the city's temporary street course. The race was won by Juan Pablo Montoya with Will Power finishing second, both racing for Team Penske.[1] Tony Kanaan finished third ahead of Hélio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud. The top finishing rookie in the race was Gabby Chaves, in 17th position.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 1st round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | March 29, 2015 |
| Official name | Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg |
| Location | Streets of St. Petersburg |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.800 mi / 2.897 km |
| Distance | 110 laps 198.000 mi / 318.670 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 1:00.6931 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) |
| Time | 1:01.8607 (on lap 95 of 110) |
| Podium | |
| First | Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske) |
| Second | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Third | Tony Kanaan (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Report
edit| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Qualifying
edit| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Will Power W
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2 | 1:00.8344 | 1:00.6509 | 1:00.6931 | ||||
| 2 | 22 |  Simon Pagenaud
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1 | 1:01.4300 | 1:00.8645 | 1:00.7252 | ||||
| 3 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves W
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2 | 1:01.0488 | 1:01.0425 | 1:00.8356 | ||||
| 4 | 2 |  Juan Pablo Montoya
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1 | 1:01.1878 | 1:00.9720 | 1:00.8532 | ||||
| 5 | 14 |  Takuma Sato
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1 | 1:01.3370 | 1:00.9704 | 1:01.1496 | ||||
| 6 | 11 | Sébastien Bourdais
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2 | 1:01.4272 | 1:00.9378 | 1:01.1545 | ||||
| 7 | 10 | Tony Kanaan
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1 | 1:01.4209 | 1:01.1182 | |||||
| 8 | 28 |  Ryan Hunter-Reay
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1 | 1:01.4907 | 1:01.1670 | |||||
| 9 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
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2 | 1:01.1961 | 1:01.2285 | |||||
| 10 | 21 | Josef Newgarden
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1 | 1:01.4945 | 1:01.2478 | |||||
| 11 | 25 |  Simona de Silvestro
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1 | 1:01.5475 | 1:01.3657 | |||||
| 12 | 27 | Marco Andretti
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2 | 1:01.3776 | 1:01.4765 | |||||
| 13 | 83 | Charlie Kimball
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1 | 1:01.5727 | ||||||
| 14 | 26 | Carlos Muñoz
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2 | 1:01.4890 | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | Graham Rahal W
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1 | 1:01.5742 | ||||||
| 16 | 5 |  James Hinchcliffe W
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2 | 1:01.5780 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 |  Stefano Coletti R
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1 | 1:01.6727 | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | Sage Karam R
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2 | 1:01.8011 | ||||||
| 19 | 20 |  Luca Filippi
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1 | 1:01.6736 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 |  James Jakes
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2 | 1:01.8323 | ||||||
| 21 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth
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1 | 1:02.0095 | ||||||
| 22 | 98 | Gabby Chaves R
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2 | 1:01.9705 | ||||||
| 23 | 19 | Francesco Dracone R
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1 | 1:04.2654 | ||||||
| 24 | 18 | Carlos Huertas
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2 | 1:01.9716 | ||||||
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE | ||||||||||
Race results
edit- Notes
1 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.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
edit- ^ Lewandowski, Dave (March 29, 2015). "Montoya overpowering in season-opening win". IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
External links
edit- Lap Report – Verizon IndyCar Series, March 29, 2015