2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma explained

The 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was the seventh running of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma and the fourteenth round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 28, 2011. The race contested over 75 laps at the 2.303miles Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Will Power led 71 of 75 laps, as Team Penske swept 1st–2nd–3rd on the podium. It was the first 1–2–3 finish in an Indycar race for Penske since Nazareth in 1994. Power closed to within 26 points of championship leader Dario Franchitti. Power also closed within 7 points of Franchitti for the Mario Andretti Road Course Trophy. Simon Pagenaud substituted for Simona de Silvestro after she had complications renewing her visa, and U.S. Customs would not allow her into the country.

Classification

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	75	1:47:29.7619	1	71	53
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	75	+3.2420	2	0	40
3	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	75	+6.4494	3	4	35
4	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	+7.6540	4	0	32
5	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	+14.4755	5	0	30
6	19	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	75	+17.1257	8	0	28
7	06	James Hinchcliffe (R)	Newman/Haas Racing	75	+17.2713	6	0	26
8	38	Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	+17.7900	13	0	24
9	59	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	75	+21.6276	9	0	22
10	28	Ryan Hunter–Reay	Andretti Autosport	75	+22.1731	19	0	20
11	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	75	+22.9512	18	0	19
12	17	Martin Plowman (R)	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	75	+24.2602	15	0	18
13	24	Ana Beatriz (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	75	+29.7207	10	0	17
14	34	Sebastián Saavedra (R)	Conquest Racing	75	+41.1146	23	0	16
15	78	Simon Pagenaud (R)	HVM Racing	75	+41.7526	22	0	15
16	27	Mike Conway	Andretti Autosport	75	+1:14.2912	7	0	14
17	22	Giorgio Pantano (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	75	+1:14.2922	11	0	13
18	5	Takuma Sato	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	74	+ 1 Laps	16	0	12
19	18	James Jakes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	74	+ 1 Laps	17	0	12
20	77	Alex Tagliani	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	74	+ 1 Laps	12	0	12
21	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport	74	+ 1 Laps	25	0	12
22	14	Vítor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	74	+ 1 Laps	28	0	12
23	4	J. R. Hildebrand (R)	Panther Racing	74	+ 1 Laps	20	0	12
24	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	74	+ 1 Laps	14	0	12
25	67	Ed Carpenter	Sarah Fisher Racing	74	+ 1 Laps	27	0	10
26	83	Charlie Kimball (R)	Chip Ganassi Racing	66	+ 9 Laps	26	0	10
27	88	Ho-Pin Tung (R)	Dragon Racing	63	Contact	24	0	10
28	82	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	38	Mechanical	21	0	10
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT

Penalty for blocking, moved to end of lead lap

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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Dario Franchitti	475
2	Will Power	449
3	Scott Dixon	400
4	Oriol Servià	327
5	Ryan Briscoe	312

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

IndyCar Results Page

Notes and References

Web site: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma: OFFICIAL BOX SCORE. IndyCar Series. Indy Racing League. 2011-09-16. 2011-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20111127001904/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/IndyGPofSonomaBoxScore.pdf. 2011-11-27. dead.