2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 USA Alabama Barber Motorsports Park.svg April 10 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 2nd IndyCar Series Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama Road course 2.300 3.700 90 207.000 333.000 84 °F °C, clear skies Will Power Team Penske 1:11.4546 AUS Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:13.8666 73 NZL Will Power Team Penske AUS Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing NZL Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing GBR The 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the second race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on April 10, on the 2.300 mi km on road course in Birmingham, Alabama, and was telecast by Versus in the United States. Classification Qualifying All cars were split into two groups of twelve, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six cars progressed to the "Firestone Fast Six." The fastest driver in the final session claimed pole, with the rest of the cars lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times. (fast six from 1–6, top 12 from 7–12 and round 1 from 13 to 24, with group 1 drivers occupying the odd–numbered grid positions, and group 2 drivers occupying the even–numbered grid positions. Pos No. Driver Team Group 1http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g110.pdf Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 1 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-04-09 2011-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110813023311/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g110.pdf 2011-08-13 dead Group 2http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g210.pdf Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 2 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-04-09 2011-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311201605/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g210.pdf 2012-03-11 dead Top 12http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r210.pdf Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying – Top 12 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-04-09 2011-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110813023317/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r210.pdf 2011-08-13 dead Fast 6http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r311.pdf Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying – Fast 6 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-04-09 2011-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110813023320/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r311.pdf 2011-08-13 dead 1 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske 1:11.6683 1:11.3642 1:11.4546 2 6 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 1:11.7811 1:11.4142 1:11.7361 3 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:11.8418 1:11.3039 1:11.8826 4 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 1:11.8740 1:11.4043 1:12.1247 5 22 GBR Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:12.1591 1:11.6825 1:12.3085 6 2 ESP Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:11.8679 1:11.7074 1:12.4394 7 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 1:11.6913 1:11.7090 8 06 CAN James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 1:12.2447 1:11.8183 9 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:12.2115 1:11.8672 10 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 1:11.9373 1:11.9712 11 5 JPN Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:12.4087 1:12.1667 12 77 CAN Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 1:12.3780 1:12.3485 13 78 SWI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 1:12.2559 14 17 BRA Raphael Matos AFS Racing 1:12.4094 154 USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 1:12.2684 16 27 GBR Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 1:12.5191 17 28 USA Ryan Hunter–Reay Andretti Autosport 1:12.3370 18 59 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:12.6582 19 14 BRA Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:12.5677 20 19 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 1:12.6896 21 83 USA Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 1:12.5857 22 7 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 1:12.7257 23 24 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:12.5900 24 82 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:12.8892 25 18 GBR James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:12.7147 26 34 COL Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 1:13.0858 Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 1 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske 90 2:14:42.9523 1 90 53 2 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 90 + 3.3828 3 0 40 3 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 90 + 15.5243 7 0 35 4 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 90 + 28.9601 9 0 32 5 2 ESP Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 90 + 29.8817 6 0 30 6 82 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology – Lotus 90 + 30.3853 24 0 28 7 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 90 + 30.7807 4 0 26 8 24 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 90 + 31.2095 23 0 24 9 78 SWI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 90 + 32.5812 13 0 22 10 83 USA Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 90 + 35.0038 21 0 20 11 19 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 90 + 35.9883 20 0 19 12 14 BRA Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 90 + 42.6440 19 0 18 134 USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 90 + 44.2950 15 0 17 14 28 USA Ryan Hunter–Reay Andretti Autosport 90 + 1:00.7427 17 0 16 15 77 CAN Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 90 + 1:10.6879 12 0 15 16 5 JPN Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 90 + 1:12.1719 11 0 14 17 7 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 89 + 1 Lap 22 0 13 18 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 88 + 2 Laps 10 0 12 19 22 GBR Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 62 Contact 5 0 12 20 17 BRA Raphael Matos AFS Racing 62 Contact 14 0 12 21 6 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 57 Contact 2 0 12 22 27 GBR Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 45 Contact 16 0 12 23 59 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology – Lotus 40 Contact 18 0 12 24 06 CAN James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 40 Contact 8 0 12 25 18 GBR James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 30 Mechanical 25 0 10 26 34 COL Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 27 Mechanical 26 0 10 OFFICIAL RACE REPORT Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 AUS Will Power 94 2 GBR Dario Franchitti 87 3 BRA Tony Kanaan 63 4 NZL Scott Dixon 54 5 SWI Simona de Silvestro 54 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References 2 External links IndyCar Results Page Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 2011 2011 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama 2012 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Category:Grand Prix of Alabama Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Indy Grand Prix of Alabama