2013 Honda Indy Toronto
# 2013 Honda Indy Toronto

The 2013 Honda Indy Toronto was a Canadian open wheel motor race held as the twelfth and thirteenth rounds of the 2013 IndyCar Series season. It was the 27th Indy Toronto For the first time in its 28-year history it was held over two races instead of one. The races were contested over 85 laps each at the 1.755-mile (2.824 km) street course at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Both races were won by New Zealander Scott Dixon driving for the Chip Ganassi Racing team. By the end of the weekend Dixon had won three races consecutively, adding to his victory in the previous race, the Pocono IndyCar 400. Dixon had risen from fourth in the points to second, just 29 points behind Hélio Castroneves putting his charge towards his third Indycar championship back on track. Dragon Racing's Sébastien Bourdais had his best weekend of the season, finishing second on Saturday and third on Sunday behind Castroneves. Dixon's teammate Dario Franchitti followed immediate behind Bourdais in both races for a third and a fourth, scoring more points than Castroneves for the weekend.

The first race saw Dixon overhaul Bourdais late in the race to take the victory. The much hyped standing start was shifted from Race 1 to Race 2 after Josef Newgarden stalled on the grid for the Saturday race. Franchitti's third place was originally taken away when he was assigned a 25-second penalty for blocking Will Power's attempted overtake for third place on the final lap. Power hit the barriers and would be classified in 15th. The penalty was later rescinded. Early in the race Ryan Briscoe broke his wrist in an accident. Indly Lights driver Carlos Muñoz was drafted in to replace him on Sunday.

Dixon dominated the Sunday race, leading home Castroneves ahead of a battle between Bourdais, Franchitti, Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay that ended with a collision that eliminated Power, Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato.

They were Dixon's first wins in Toronto and the fifth and sixth IndyCar victories in Toronto for Chip Ganassi Racing.

## Classification

### Round 12

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Race 1 - July 13 ||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | 1:41:17.0605 | 5 | 14 | 51 |
| 2 | 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | + 1.7007s | 2 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | + 2.9116s | 1 | 20 | 37 |
| 4 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 85 | + 3.7273s | 10 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 85 | + 4.5961s | 4 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | + 5.0720s | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 18 | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | + 5.5749s | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 85 | + 8.6580s | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Peterson Hamilton HP Motorsports | Honda | 85 | + 10.2140s | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 85 | + 10.8797s | 22 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 19 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | + 11.3536s | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 16 | James Jakes | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | + 11.6899s | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | + 13.0557s | 23 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 5 | E. J. Viso | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 85 | + 47.5037s | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 84 | Contact | 3 | 29 | 18 |
| 16 | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 24 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Barracuda Racing – BHA | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 17 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 83 | + 2 laps | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 55 | Tristan Vautier (R) | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 83 | + 2 laps | 21 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 82 | + 3 laps | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 72 | Contact | 16 | 2 | 10 |
| 22 | 4 | Ryan Briscoe | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 64 | Contact | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 34 | + 51 laps | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| 24 | 14 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 32 | Mechanical | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE ||||||||||

### Round 13

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Race 2 - July 14 ||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | 1:35:02.3755 | 1 | 81 | 54 |
| 2 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | + 0.8772s | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| 3 | 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | + 1.7213s | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | + 2.7630s | 2 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 | 5 | E. J. Viso | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 85 | + 3.5804s | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | + 4.4245s | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | 18 | Mike Conway | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | + 5.0432s | 23 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | 19 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | + 5.4582s | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 85 | + 5.8601s | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Barracuda Racing – BHA | Honda | 85 | + 7.1766s | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 85 | + 7.8430s | 18 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Peterson Hamilton HP Motorsports | Honda | 85 | + 14.4211s | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 19 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 21 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | 55 | Tristan Vautier (R) | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 84 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 4 | Carlos Muñoz (R) | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | + 1 lap | 24 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 83 | Contact | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 19 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 83 | Contact | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | 14 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 83 | Contact | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 81 | + 4 laps | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | Contact | 22 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | 16 | James Jakes | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 62 | Contact | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| 24 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 35 | Contact | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE ||||||||||

**Notes**

Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

## Standings after the race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Hélio Castroneves | 425 |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | 396 |
| 3 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 356 |
| 4 | Marco Andretti | 355 |
| 5 | Simon Pagenaud | 309 |
