2012 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

March 2026 February 2025 USA Honda Indy 200 Mid-Ohio.png August 5 2012 Honda 200 12th IndyCar Series Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Permanent racing facility 2.258 3.634 85 191.930 308.881 Temperatures reaching up to 93 F C; wind speeds reaching up to 18.1 mph km/hWeather information for the 2012 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/44904/2012-08-05 The Old Farmers' Almanac January 25, 2015 Will Power Team Penske 1:05.6474 AUS Oriol Servia Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:07.1757 66 ESP Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing NZL Will Power Team Penske AUS Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports FRA The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was the twelfth round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 5, 2012. The race was contested over 85 laps at the 2.258 mi km on permanent road course at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, United States. The race was won by New Zealand racer Scott Dixon racing for Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon finished 3.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver Will Power driving for Team Penske with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Dixon's second win for the year and Pagenaud's third top three finish for the year. More significant, Power's second place compared to the results for Ryan Hunter-Reay and Power's teammate Hélio Castroneves, put Power back into the lead of the championship. Classification Race results Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Pointsrace4 1 1 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 1:39:48.5083 4 26 50 2 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 3.4619 1 57 43 3 77 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 85 + 4.5402 3 0 35 4 7 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 85 + 5.5822 6 0 32 5 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 + 7.5663 15 2 30 6 11 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 12.3280 18 0 28 7 2 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 27.9601 5 0 26 8 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 + 28.1691 8 0 24 9 4 USA J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 85 + 29.2325 12 0 22 10 98 CAN Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 85 + 31.1722 14 0 20 11 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 + 31.4387 21 0 19 12 67 USA Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 85 + 32.0754 9 0 18 13 15 JPN Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 + 32.4073 17 0 17 14 83 ITA Giorgio Pantano (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 + 33.9166 24 0 16 15 8 BRA Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 35.2863 13 0 15 16 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 35.9205 23 0 14 17 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 + 36.9834 2 0 13 18 18 GBR Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 + 42.0974 11 0 12 19 19 GBR James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 + 46.4304 20 0 12 20 5 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 46.8068 19 0 12 21 14 GBR Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 85 + 46.9535 16 0 12 22 20 USA Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 25 0 12 23 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 83 + 2 laps 22 0 12 24 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 79 Mechanical 7 0 12 25 22 ESP Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 78 + 7 laps 10 0 10OFFICIAL BOX SCOREhttp://www.indycar.com/~/media//Files/2012/12-MID/12-MID-BoxScore.pdf Official Box Score 2012-08-05 indycar.com Indycar PDF 2012-08-30 Notes race4 1 Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 AUS Will Power 379 2 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 374 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves 353 4 NZL Scott Dixon 351 5 CAN James Hinchcliffe 316 Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 USA Chevrolet 96 2 JPN Honda 84 3 UK Lotus 48 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings. References External links Honda Indy 200 2012 2012 Edmonton Indy 2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 2011 Honda Indy 200 2013 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Category:Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio