2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

September 2021 March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Infineon (Sears Point) with emphasis on Moto-IRL track.svg August 28 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 14th IndyCar Series Infineon Raceway Permanent racing facility 2.303 3.706 75 172.725 277.950 75 °F (24 °C), clear skies Will Power Team Penske 01:18.6017 AUS Will Power Team Penske 01:20.8194 2 AUS Will Power Team Penske AUS Hélio Castroneves Team Penske BRA Ryan Briscoe Team Penske AUS 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 2.303 mi km on 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 AUS Will Power Team Penske 75 1:47:29.7619 1 71 53 2 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 75 +3.2420 2 0 40 3 6 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 75 +6.4494 3 4 35 4 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 75 +7.6540 4 0 32 5 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 75 +14.4755 5 0 30 6 19 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 75 +17.1257 8 0 28 7 06 CAN James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 75 +17.2713 6 0 26 8 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 75 +17.7900 13 0 24 9 59 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology – Lotus 75 +21.6276 9 0 22 10 28 USA Ryan Hunter–Reay Andretti Autosport 75 +22.1731 19 0 20 11 2 ESP Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 75 +22.9512 18 0 19 12 17 GBR Martin Plowman (R) Sam Schmidt Motorsports 75 +24.2602 15 0 18 13 24 BRA Ana Beatriz (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 75 +29.7207 10 0 17 14 34 COL Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 75 +41.1146 23 0 16 15 78 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) HVM Racing 75 +41.7526 22 0 15 16 27 GBR Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 75 +1:14.2912 7 0 14 17 22 ITA Giorgio Pantano (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 75 +1:14.2922 11 0 13 18 5 JPN Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 74 + 1 Laps 16 0 12 19 18 GBR James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 74 + 1 Laps 17 0 12 20 77 CAN Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 74 + 1 Laps 12 0 12 21 7 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 74 + 1 Laps 25 0 12 22 14 BRA Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 74 + 1 Laps 28 0 12 234 USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 74 + 1 Laps 20 0 12 24 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 74 + 1 Laps 14 0 12 25 67 USA Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher Racing 74 + 1 Laps 27 0 10 26 83 USA Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 66 + 9 Laps 26 0 10 27 88 CHN Ho-Pin Tung (R) Dragon Racing 63 Contact 24 0 10 28 82 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology – Lotus 38 Mechanical 21 0 10 OFFICIAL RACE REPORT 1 Penalty for blocking, moved to end of lead lap http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/IndyGPofSonomaBoxScore.pdf 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 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 GBR Dario Franchitti 475 2 AUS Will Power 449 3 NZL Scott Dixon 400 4 ESP Oriol Servià 327 5 AUS Ryan Briscoe 312 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links IndyCar Results PageSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 2011 2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix (IndyCar) 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Category:Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma