2012 Honda Indy Toronto

2012 IndyCar Series event held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 CAN Honda Indy Toronto Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg July 8 2012 Honda Indy Toronto 9th IndyCar Series Streets of Toronto Temporary street circuit 1.755 2.824 85 149.175 240.074 Temperatures reaching up to 27.8 C F; with temperatures dropping slightly to 24 C F by the end of the eventhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Toronto/2012-07-08 2012 Honda Indy Toronto weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-07-13 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 59.3510 sec GBR Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing 60.0639 sec 62 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing USA Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises GBR thumb|right|Canadian Alex Tagliani driving the Barracuda car The 2012 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, July 8, 2012. The race was contested over 85 laps at the 1.755 mi km on street course at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport won the race, his third consecutive win of the season, which also gave him the series' points lead. With his victory, Hunter-Reay became the first American driver to win three races in a row since A. J. Allmendinger in 2006, and the first American to lead the driver's points championship since Sam Hornish Jr., also in 2006.http://www.indycar.com/News/2012/07-July/7-8-Hunter-Reay-wins-third-in-a-row Eau, what a feeling: Hunter-Reay wins again IndyCar Dave Lewandowski July 8, 2012 July 9, 2012 Toronto was Dario Franchitti fourth pole position of the year, but he had bad luck in one of his pitstops when he stopped too far from the refuelling device and then later a collision with Ryan Briscoe, he finished the race in 17th position.Hunter Reay now leads the 2012 IndyCar Championship http://grandprixrankings.com/article/hunter-reay-now-leads-the-2012-indycar-championship/ dead https://archive.today/20130124210024/http://grandprixrankings.com/article/hunter-reay-now-leads-the-2012-indycar-championship/ January 24, 2013 GrandPrixRankings.com July 25, 2012 Classification Starting grid RowInsideOutside1 10 GBR Dario Franchitti12 AUS Will Power2 18 GBR Justin Wilson 7 FRA Sébastien Bourdais39 NZL Scott Dixon 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay4 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves 77 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)5 15 JPN Takuma Sato 38 USA Graham Rahal6 14 GBR Mike Conway2 AUS Ryan Briscoe7 83 USA Charlie Kimball 22 ESP Oriol Servià8 4 USA J. R. Hildebrand 98 CAN Alex Tagliani †9 11 BRA Tony Kanaan8 BRA Rubens Barrichello10 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe † 67 USA Josef Newgarden (R)1120 USA Ed Carpenter 26 USA Marco Andretti12 5 VEN E. J. Viso 19 GBR James Jakes †13 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro †† Tagliani, Hinchcliffe, Jakes and de Silvestro penalised 10 places for changing engine Race results Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Pointsrace4 1 1 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 1:33:26.5096 6 36 52 2 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 + 0.0757† 13 0 40 3 14 GBR Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 85 + 0.2848 11 0 35 4 11 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 1.6672 17 0 32 5 22 ESP Oriol Servià Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 85 + 1.9128 14 0 30 6 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 2.4795 7 0 28 7 4 USA J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 85 + 2.6233 15 1 26 8 19 GBR James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 + 3.7294 24 0 24 9 15 JPN Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 + 6.5633 9 0 22 10 98 CAN Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Honda 85 + 9.9764 16 0 20 11 8 BRA Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 11.4636 18 0 19 12 77 FRA Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 85 + 43.8734‡ 8 23 18 13 67 USA Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 20 0 17 14 7 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 4 0 16 15 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 2 20 15 16 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 22 0 14 17 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 1 5 14 18 20 USA Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 21 0 12 19 2 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 83 + 2 laps 12 0 12 20 5 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 81 + 4 laps 23 0 12 21 18 GBR Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 67 Contact 3 0 12 22 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 33 Mechanical 19 0 12 23 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23 Contact 10 0 12 24 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 9 Mechanical 25 0 12 25 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 7 Engine 5 0 10† Under caution‡ Pagenaud penalised 30 seconds for blockingOFFICIAL BOX SCOREHonda Indy Toronto Box Score 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 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 335 2 AUS Will Power 301 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves 289 4 NZL Scott Dixon 281 5 CAN James Hinchcliffe 268 Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 USA Chevrolet 81 2 JPN Honda 69 3 UK Lotus 40 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings. References External links Honda Indy Toronto 2012 2012 Iowa Corn Indy 250 2012 Edmonton Indy 2011 Honda Indy Toronto 2013 Honda Indy Toronto Category:Grand Prix of Toronto Honda Indy Toronto Honda Indy Toronto Honda Indy Toronto Honda Indy Toronto