2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore

March 2026 February 2025 USA Grand Prix of Baltimore Baltimore2012Diagram.svg September 2 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore 11th IndyCar Series Streets of Baltimore Temporary street circuit 2.040 3.283 75 153.000 246.225 Temperatures reaching up to 84.9 F C; dropping down to 81.4 F C by the end of the eventWeather information for the 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/MD/Baltimore/2012-09-02 The Old Farmers' Almanac January 25, 2015 Will Power Team Penske 1:17.9750 AUS Will Power Team Penske 1:19.0055 64 AUS Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport USA Ryan Briscoe Team Penske AUS Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports FRA The Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT was an open-wheel IndyCar motor race and held as the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, September 2, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.040 mi km on temporary street circuit at Baltimore, Maryland, United States and was co-located with the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge motor race. The race was won by American racer Ryan Hunter-Reay racing for Andretti Autosport. Hunter-Reay finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver Ryan Briscoe driving for Team Penske with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Hunter-Reay's fourth win for the year. With just one race left in the season, Hunter-Reay's victory, coupled with Will Power finishing in sixth position closed the gap between the two championship rivals to just 17 points. Race The race was held on September 2, 2012 at 2:40 PM EDT Power qualified on the pole and led the opening stanza of the race. Hunter-Reay charged from 11th to fifth before Ed Carpenter crashed early at the chicane. Mike Conway and Bruno Junqueira were spun around in two separate incidents at turn 6, and Sebastien Bourdais spun at the final corner as the rain started to fall on the track. On Lap 19, Marco Andretti would crash at turn 1, and the yellow ensured that the leaders would switch to wet tires. As the leaders came to pit, Hunter-Reay stayed out and took the lead. As the race restarted, Dario Franchitti was turned around by Simona de Silvestro, James Hinchcliffe and Charlie Kimball had retired from the race with mechanical issues. With seven Laps to go, Hunter-Reay was right behind race leader Ryan Briscoe before the final restart. Briscoe slowed for the restart and Hunter-Reay blew by him to take the lead. In turn 4 on the same lap, Mike Conway got into the tire barrier and Justin Wilson was pitched on to his car, causing a blockage of the track. Hunter-Reay was able to keep Pagenaud at bay on the restart, by the white flag, Ryan Brisoce had moved back into second and chasing after Hunter-Reay. Hunter-Reay would win the race, his fourth of the year and keep his championship hopes alive heading into Fontana. Classification Race results Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Pointsrace4 1 1 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 75 1:39:48.5083 10 13 50 2 2 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 75 + 1.4391 11 11 40 3 77 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 75 + 3.0253 9 14 35 4 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 + 3.9281 2 0 40 5 8 BRA Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 75 + 5.0450 15 0 30 6 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 75 + 5.7467 1 22 31 7 22 ESP Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 75 + 7.5913 16 0 26 8 98 CAN Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 75 + 7.7701 13 1 24 9 5 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 75 + 8.8651 22 0 22 10 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 75 + 9.0843 14 0 20 11 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 75 + 10.2963 21 0 19 12 4 USA J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 75 + 17.1591 23 0 18 13 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 74 + 1 lap 4 0 17 14 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 74 + 1 lap 18 0 16 15 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 73 + 2 laps 5 2 15 16 14 GBR Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 73 + 2 laps 12 0 14 17 18 GBR Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 72 + 3 laps 7 0 13 18 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 65 Mechanical 17 0 12 19 67 BRA Bruno Junqueira Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 64 Contact 20 0 12 20 11 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 52 Contact 6 0 12 21 15 JPN Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 50 Mechanical 24 12 12 22 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 38 Contact 25 0 12 23 7 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 32 Mechanical 3 32 12 24 19 GBR James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 31 Contact 19 0 12 25 20 USA Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 7 Contact 8 0 10OFFICIAL BOX SCOREhttp://www.indycar.com/~/media//Files/2012/14-BAL/14-BAL-BoxScore.pdf Official Box Score 2012-09-02 indycar.com Indycar PDF 2012-09-07 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 453 2 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 436 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves 401 4 NZL Scott Dixon 400 5 FRA Simon Pagenaud 372 Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 USA Chevrolet 114 2 JPN Honda 96 3 UK Lotus 56 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings. References External links Grand Prix of Baltimore 2012 2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore Category:Baltimore Grand Prix Baltimore Grand Prix of Baltimore Grand Prix of Baltimore Category:2010s in Baltimore