2012 Honda Indy Toronto
# 2012 Honda Indy Toronto

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 1.755-mile (2.824 km) 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

| Row | Inside | Inside | Outside | Outside |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 12 | Will Power |
| 2 | 18 | Justin Wilson | 7 | Sébastien Bourdais |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| 4 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | 77 | Simon Pagenaud (R) |
| 5 | 15 | Takuma Sato | 38 | Graham Rahal |
| 6 | 14 | Mike Conway | 2 | Ryan Briscoe |
| 7 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 22 | Oriol Servià |
| 8 | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand | 98 | Alex Tagliani $^†$ |
| 9 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | 8 | Rubens Barrichello |
| 10 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe $^†$ | 67 | Josef Newgarden (R) |
| 11 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 26 | Marco Andretti |
| 12 | 5 | E. J. Viso | 19 | James Jakes $^†$ |
| 13 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro $^†$ | | |
| $^†$ Tagliani, Hinchcliffe, Jakes and de Silvestro penalised 10 places for changing engine |||||

### 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 |
| $^†$ Under caution $^‡$ Pagenaud penalised 30 seconds for blocking ||||||||||
| 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 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 335 |
| 2 | Will Power | 301 |
| 3 | Hélio Castroneves | 289 |
| 4 | Scott Dixon | 281 |
| 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 268 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 81 |
| 2 | Honda | 69 |
| 3 | Lotus | 40 |
