2015 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix

January 2025 USA Detroit Indy Grand Prix Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle 2015.svg May 30 and 31 2015 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 7th and 8th 2015 Indianapolis 500 2015 Firestone 600 IndyCar Series The Raceway on Belle IsleDetroit, United States Temporary street circuit 2.350 3.782 70 164.500 264.737 73 °F °C, wet, dry, rain, thunderstorms. Will Power Team Penske 1:16.0941 Australia Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Enterprises 79.8721 30 47 GBR Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Colombia Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport United States Simon Pagenaud Team Penske France 53 °F °C, wet, rain Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Points Colombia Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing 1:17.9133 68 68 France Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing France Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Japan Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing United States The 2015 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit was the first and only doubleheader of the 2015 IndyCar Series season, hosting Rounds 7 and 8 of the 2015 IndyCar Series season. It marked the eighth Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix since the Verizon IndyCar Series made its debut at the Belle Isle racetrack in 2007 and the third time it held a "dual" two-race IndyCar contest over two days.http://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2015/IndyCar-Series/Belle-Isle-Race1 2015 Schedule - Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Race 1 Verizon IndyCar Series Initial practice and then qualifications were held on Friday May 29, 2015. The pole position for the first race was won by Will Power for Team Penske. Race day practice occurred in the morning on Saturday May 30 and Race 1 took place in the afternoon with Carlos Muñoz winning Race 1 of the dual after it was called after lap 47 of a scheduled 70 laps due to rain and electrical storms. His Andretti Autosport teammate Marco Andretti took second, and third place went to Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske. Qualifying for Race 2 was only partially completed on Sunday May 31 when it was canceled due to heavy rains causing too much standing water on the track. As a result, starting positions were determined by overall point standings. The rain tapered off later in the after race took place later in the day as scheduled.http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/05/5-28-Chevrolet-Dual-in-Detroit-weekend-setup Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans Dave Lewandowski May 28, 2015 www.indycar.com IndyCar 28 May 2015 Sébastien Bourdais of KV Racing Technology won a timed-Race 2 which went 68 laps out of a scheduled 70. Takuma Sato racing for A. J. Foyt Enterprises and Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing taking the third podium spot. Background In the 2014 doubleheader, Team Penske swept the two races with Will Power winning Race 1 and Hélio Castroneves winning Race 2.http://autoweek.com/article/indycar/helio-castroneves-chevrolet-win-indycar-race-2-belle-isle-detroit Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet win IndyCar Race 2 on Belle Isle in Detroit May 31, 2014 www.autoweek.com Autoweek 29 May 2015 This year Juan Pablo Montoya seeks to build on his Indy 500 win the previous week. Montoya leads the IndyCar series points standings heading into the Belle Isle Grand Prix and will have two chances to stretch his lead.http://www.freep.com/story/sports/motor/2015/05/25/juan-pablo-montoya-detroit-grand-prix/27944943/ Montoya riding momentum all the way to Belle Isle Mike Brudenelli May 26, 2015 Detroit Free Press 28 May 2015 If Montoya's teammate on Will Power, the 2014 IndyCar Series season champion, starts in the second race of the doubleheader on May 31 it would will mark his 100th start with Team Penske and his 145 IndyCar start since 2005.https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/power-poised-make-100th-start-team-penske-31348396?singlePage=true Will Power Poised to Make 100th Start for Team Penske Jenna Fryer May 27, 2015 ABC News 28 May 2015 Power came in a very close second at the Indy 500, and is second in the overall standings. He hopes to overtake Montoya in the points race. The only drivers in the top five coming into the dual races is not on Team Penske is Scott Dixon of Ganassi Racing who is 20 points back from Power and Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing who is two points behind Castroneves for Penske drivers which holds three of the top four point total positions so far in the series. Graham stated that “I feel really good about Detroit." and with his second-place finish in Dual 1 in the previous year's Belle Isle Grand Prix hopes that "we’ll be there in the hunt".http://rahal.com/indy-news/after-second-place-run-in-2014-and-2015-competitiveness-rahal-looks-forward-to-chevrolet-dual-in-detroit-doubleheader/ After Second Place Run in 2014 and 2015 Competitiveness Rahal Looks Forward to Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Doubleheader May 27, 2015 www.rahal.com Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 28 May 2015 The next closet driver in the overall standings is Josef Newgarden from the CFH Racing team and he is 31 points back from Rahal. The top product development executive at General Motors, Mark Reuss, will be the honorary pace car driver of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 for both races,http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/05/5-29-Notes-Changes-to-Honda-front-wing Notes: Changes to Honda, Chevrolet aero packages Dave Lewandowski May 29, 2015 indycar.com 29 May 2015 with two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk being the pace car driver during the races.http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/05/5-30-Chevrolet-Dual-in-Detroit-Race-2-setup Dual in Detroit Race 2: Another strategy session Dave Lewandowski May 30, 2015 www.indycar.com Verizon IndyCar Series 30 May 2015 Pre-race changes Prior to practice and qualifications which took place on Friday May 29, Dale Coyne Racing announced that Tristan Vautier, who drove their No. 18 Honda in the Indy 500 on May 24, would drive their No. 19 entry in the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix doubleheader. When he raced for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in 2013, Vautier finished 11th and 14th at the Belle Isle Grand Prix. In addition Dale Coyne Racing announced that Rodolfo González, who made his IndyCar Series debut for the team in April at the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, and would be driving their No. 18 Honda at Belle Isle.http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/05/5-27-More-improvements-made-at-Belle-Isle Notes: More upgrades made to Belle Isle course Dave Lewandowski May 27, 2015 www.indycar.com Verizon IndyCar Series 28 May 2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports announced on May 26 that Conor Daly would drive the team's No. 5 Honda in the race as a substitute for James Hinchcliffe who was still recovering from injuries he received in a crash on May 18 before the Indianapolis 500. Daly qualified 22nd in the team's No. 43 entry for that race and prior to moving up the IndyCar series drove for the team in Indy Lights in 2011.http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/05/5-26-Daly-to-drive-in-Detroit Daly gets the drive in No. 5 for Detroit doubleheader May 26, 2015 www.indycar.com Verizon IndyCar Series 28 May 2015 As part of ongoing track improvements first began in 2007, new pavement throughout the course has been laid down. In addition the backstretch between the 6 and 7 turns of the 14-turn course has been moved to the left of the existing street to remove a slight "kink" making the straightaway more straight. Alterations to both the Chevrolet and Honda road/street course aerodynamic platforms have been implemented by corresponding teams to remove the outer vertical wall of the front wing assembly end fence, attached flaps and strakes of the cars. The teams have installed a patch where the vertical wall had been attached to the front wing assembly. According to IndyCar, these mandated changes would only require minimal balance change by the teams but will increase downforce, creating a potential performance increase on the 2.35-mile, 14-turn street circuit. Race 1 – Saturday May 30 Qualifying 23 cars entered for qualifications for the Grand Prix.http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2015-05-27/Detroit%20entry%20list%205-27.pdf Verizon IndyCar Series Chevrolet Dual in Detroit Entrant List May 28, 2015 www.indycar.com IndyCar 28 May 2015 During the practice session prior to qualifications for Race 1, Chevy again dominated the field posting the top 9 cars with the best lap performances with Takuma Sato being the only Honda car in the top 10.http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/3279/2015-05-29/indycar-results-p1.pdf Results of Session Practice 1 May 29, 2015 www.indycar.com IndyCar 29 May 2015 Three rounds of knockout qualifying for Race 1 took place on Friday May 30, including the "Firestone Fast Six" which determined the Verizon P1 Award for the pole position which was won by Will Power for Team Penske. Power also set a new qualifying lap track record while earning the number one starting position.http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/05/29/power-wins-verizon-p1-award-in-detroit-with-new-track-record/ Power wins Verizon P1 Award in Detroit with new track record Tony DiZinno May 29, 2015 www.motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com NBC Sports 29 May 2015 Pos No. Name Grp. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 1 1 AUS Will Power W 1 1:17.2483 1:16.8325 1:16.0941 2 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves W 1 1:17.2501 1:16.7015 1:16.1200 3 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 2 1:17.7726 1:16.6895 1:16.4428 4 14 JPN Takuma Sato 1 1:17.5692 1:16.8779 1:16.5363 5 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud W 2 1:17.6219 1:16.9353 1:16.6656 6 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 1 1:17.6900 1:16.8317 1:17.0406 7 9 NZL Scott Dixon W 2 1:18.1728 1:16.9768 8 4 MON Stefano Coletti R 2 1:18.6673 1:17.3638 9 27 USA Marco Andretti 1 1:18.0296 1:17.3785 10 7 GBR James Jakes 2 1:18.6768 1:17.5158 11 19 FRA Tristan Vautier 1 1:18.1866 1:17.8140 12 8 USA Sage Karam R 2 1:17.8152 1:17.9046 13 15 USA Graham Rahal 1 1:18.2239 14 10 BRA Tony Kanaan W 1 1:18.3144 15 83 USA Charlie Kimball 1 1:18.3303 16 20 ITA Luca Filippi 1 1:18.4404 17 5 USA Conor Daly 1 1:18.4937 18 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth 2 1:18.7504 19 98 COL Gabby Chaves R 1 1:19.2306 20 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 2 1:19.3634 21 67 USA Josef Newgarden 2 1:21.4632 22 26 COL Carlos Muñoz 2 1:21.4796 23 18 VEN Rodolfo González R 2 1:21.8208 Qualifications Race summary Inclement weather dogged the race from the beginning, with a multi-car incident going into lap 2 when Stefano Coletti initiated a contact causing a 4 car cascade, knocking Graham Rahal out of the race. All of the other drivers managed to return to racing, though Tony Kanaan lost multiple laps while his car was repaired and his tail wing assembly replaced following the incident. Charlie Kimball lost control coming out of turn 2 in lap 14 due to slippage on the wet course and made contact with the outer wall removing him from the competition. Timing of changes in tire selection between wet condition tires and "slicks" (dry condition tires) proved to be pivotal in the outcome of the race. Both Carlos Muñoz and Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport delayed switching from the slicks to the wet tires for nearly 10 laps while most other teams pitted to make changes from dry to wet tire set-ups. This allowed both drivers to open a substantial lead before they pitted to make the change, just as the safety car was called on Lap 47 for lightning strikes within the 15 km radius, as required by ACCUS protocol following a 2012 fatality at the NASCAR second Pocono round. Muñoz was comfortably in the lead at the time. Andretti coming in second, and third place going to Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske. With lightning strikes continuing past the 30-minute clock, the race was declared official and completed. This was Muñoz's first career victory in an IndyCar race.http://sports.usatoday.com/2015/05/30/carlos-munoz-wins-indycar-duel-1-at-detroit/ Carlos Munoz notches first career IndyCar win Brudenell Mike May 30, 2015 www.sports.usatoday.com USA Today 30 May 2015 May 31, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150531054557/http://sports.usatoday.com/2015/05/30/carlos-munoz-wins-indycar-duel-1-at-detroit/ dead Race results Pos Position No. Car Number Driver Team Engine &Aero Kit Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed Pts. Pointsrace5 1 1 26 COL Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 47 1:30:59.4501 3 22 9 51 2 27 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 47 +14.8831 2 9 23 43 3 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud W2 Team Penske Chevrolet 47 +18.6963 2 5 35 4 1 AUS Will Power W1 Team Penske Chevrolet 47 +29.9813 2 1 4 34 5 9 NZL Scott Dixon W Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 47 +32.8336 2 7 30 6 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves W W2 Team Penske Chevrolet 47 +36.4851 2 2 28 7 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 47 +38.8878 2 14 26 8 67 USA Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 47 +42.3010 6 18 24 9 20 ITA Luca Filippi CFH Racing Chevrolet 47 +50.3522 3 19 22 10 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 46 +1 Lap 3 3 20 11 14 JPN Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 46 +1 Lap 4 4 12 20 12 7 GBR James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 46 +1 Lap 5 10 18 13 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 46 +1 Lap 4 16 17 14 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 46 +1 Lap 4 6 16 15 4 MON Stefano Coletti R KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 46 +1 Lap 4 8 15 16 8 USA Sage Karam R Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 46 +1 Lap 6 12 14 17 19 FRA Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 46 +1 Lap 4 11 13 18 98 COL Gabby Chaves R Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 46 +1 Lap 8 23 12 19 5 USA Conor Daly Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 46 +1 Lap 5 21 11 20 10 BRA Tony Kanaan W Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 33 +14 Laps 6 15 10 21 18 VEN Rodolfo González R Dale Coyne Racing Honda 25 Rear hub 3 22 9 22 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 13 Crash T2 2 17 8 23 15 USA Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 5 Crash T1 0 5 7OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Key Meaning R Rookie W Past winner W1 Past winner of race 1 in doubleheader W2 Past winner of race 2 in doubleheader Notes Race scheduled for 70 laps but shortened due to lightning in the area. Race 2 – Sunday May 31 Qualifying For Race 2, all cars participated in one of two groups which were scheduled for 20 minutes each on Sunday morning. The pole positions was to be awarded to the best overall lap time in the qualifying sessions with the remainder of the cars in the same group as the pole winner ranked in the odd-numbered race starting positions based on fastest lap times. Then even-numbered starting positions would be determined from the other group based on fastest lap times. While group one managed to complete its qualifying round, group two was unable to complete any qualifying laps. This was due to heavy rains creating too much standing water on the track and bringing out a red flag less than 4 mins into. As a result, the starting order was then set according to overall point standing. This erased rookie Sage Karam's best qualifying time which had him poised to be either in the pole position or starting second. Karam's qualifying time would have marked the highest start position for any rookie in the 2014 to date. Pos No. Name Grp. Time 1 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 1 1:37.2255 2 1 AUS Will Power W1 2 Canceled 3 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves W W2 2 Canceled 4 9 NZL Scott Dixon W 1 1:37.1207 5 15 USA Graham Rahal 2 Canceled 6 67 USA Josef Newgarden 1 1:37.9096 7 27 USA Marco Andretti 2 Canceled 8 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud W2 1 1:36.9251 9 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 2 Canceled 10 5 USA Conor Daly 2 Canceled 11 26 COL Carlos Muñoz W1 1 1:37.1334 12 83 USA Charlie Kimball 2 Canceled 13 10 BRA Tony Kanaan W 2 Canceled 14 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 1 1:37.3049 15 14 JPN Takuma Sato 2 Canceled 16 7 GBR James Jakes 1 1:38.9530 17 20 ITA Luca Filippi 2 Canceled 18 98 COL Gabby Chaves R 2 Canceled 19 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth 1 1:37.7028 20 8 USA Sage Karam R 1 1:36.4520 21 4 MON Stefano Coletti R 1 1:37.9096 22 18 VEN Rodolfo González R 1 1:40.5241 23 19 FRA Tristan Vautier 2 CanceledQualifications Race summary Rain had subsided quite a bit by the time of the start of race 2, though the track remained cool and wet which led IndyCar to mandate that all drivers begin the race on their teams "wet" tires. Shortly into the race Carlos Muñoz who had won race 1 the previous day, was forced from the race with mechanical problems in lap 5. After a brief stint of rain the weather cleared and the course began drying out as racing continued. Rookie driver Rodolfo González lost control on wet pavement going into Turn 4 on lap 35, hitting the outer wall and bringing out the first all course yellow flag of the race. Racing resumed on lap 40 but two laps later another full course yellow came out as Luca Filippi and Stefano Coletti both lost control, making contact with tire barriers, in separate incidents in Turn 2 and Turn 3 respectively. Both cars were able to return to racing which resumed again on lap 44. Coming out of the pits after switching to “dry” tires, Josef Newgarden lost control when he hit a remaining wet patch on the course and slammed into the outer wall coming out of Turn 2 and bringing out the yellow flag on lap 50. Rookie Conor Daly who had been leading the race from laps 39 to 50 was finally forced to pit during the yellow, cycling the lead to Sébastien Bourdais. Racing resumed 3 laps later until a multi-car crash in lap 55 once again involving Coletti as well as Sage Karam and Jack Hawksworth occurred in Turn 3. All three cars were able to return to racing however. Contact between Charlie Kimball and Scott Dixon forced Dixon off the track and out of the race in lap 59 bringing out a full-course caution. Racing resumed the following lap but the yellow flag came out once again 2 laps later. Fuel strategy became an issue, with questions about whether the three lead cars had enough to complete the full 70 laps without needing to pit. If the field remained under yellow long enough it might have lowered fuel burn rates to allow the leaders to conserve enough fuel to complete a full race. However an incident between Will Power and teammate Hélio Castroneves in lap 64, when Castroneves clipped Power from behind, brought out a red flag while the track crew scrambled to clear the course of debris and get the race restarted before a timed-end of the race. After a restart with just over 4 minutes and 30 seconds remaining before a timed race call would end the race, which occurred on lap 68, Sébastien Bourdais of KV Racing Technology managed to hold onto the lead to take the win, followed by Takuma Sato racing for A. J. Foyt Enterprises and Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing taking the third podium spot. Race results Pos Position No. Car Number Driver Team Engine &Aero Kit Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed Pts. Pointsrace5 1 1 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 68 2:00:38.4300 3 9 18 51 2 14 JPN Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 68 +1.7644 3 15 40 3 15 USA Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 68 +2.3388 3 5 35 4 19 FRA Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 68 +9.7413 3 23 32 5 27 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 68 +9.9849 6 7 30 6 5 USA Conor Daly R Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 68 +10.5636 3 10 12 29 7 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 68 +11.3614 5 19 26 8 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 68 +12.0563 3 14 24 9 98 COL Gabby Chaves R Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 68 +13.9912 4 18 22 10 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 68 +14.0298 3 1 35 23 11 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 68 +14.2823 7 12 19 12 8 USA Sage Karam R Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 68 +25.2484 6 20 18 13 10 BRA Tony Kanaan W Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 68 +26.5303 4 13 17 14 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud W2 Team Penske Chevrolet 68 +27.1177 4 8 16 15 7 GBR James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 67 +1 Lap 5 16 15 16 4 MON Stefano Coletti R KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 67 +1 Lap 6 21 14 17 20 ITA Luca Filippi CFH Racing Chevrolet 66 +2 Laps 7 19 13 18 1 AUS Will Power W1 Team Penske Chevrolet 64 Crash T2 3 2 2 13 19 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves W W2 Team Penske Chevrolet 64 Crash T2 3 3 11 20 9 NZL Scott Dixon W Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 58 Crash T4 3 4 1 11 21 67 USA Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 49 Crash T2 3 6 9 22 18 VEN Rodolfo González R Dale Coyne Racing Honda 35 Crash T4 1 22 8 23 26 COL Carlos Muñoz W1 Andretti Autosport Honda 5 Crash damage 0 11 7OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Key Meaning R Rookie W Past winner W1 Past winner of race 1 in doubleheader W2 Past winner of race 2 in doubleheader Notes Race scheduled for 70 laps but shortened due to time limit. Championship standings Drivers' standings after race 1 Pos Driver Points 10px 1 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 292 10px 2 AUS Will Power 281 10px 3 NZL Scott Dixon 241 10px 4 BRA Hélio Castroneves 239 10px 5 USA Graham Rahal 211 Drivers' standings after race 2 Pos Driver Points 10px 1 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 315 10px 2 AUS Will Power 294 10px 3 NZL Scott Dixon 252 10px 4 BRA Hélio Castroneves 250 10px 5 USA Graham Rahal 246 Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 USA Chevrolet 588 10px 2 JPN Honda 553 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links www.detroitgp.com Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 2015 2015 Indianapolis 500 2015 Firestone 600 2014 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix 2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Chevrolet Detroit Isle Grand Prix Category:2015 in Detroit Category:Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar)