2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

IndyCar racing event March 2026 February 2025 USA St. Petersburg St. Petersburg street & airport racing circuit.svg March 30 2014 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 1st IndyCar Series Streets of St. Petersburg Temporary street circuit 1.800 2.897 110 198.000 318.670 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:01.8686 Japan Will Power Team Penske 1:02.3404 95 Australia Will Power Team Penske Australia Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport USA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Brazil 2013 2015 The 2014 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first race of the 2014 IndyCar Series season, the race took place on March 30 in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the city's temporary street course. The race was won by Will Power for Team Penske. Ryan Hunter-Reay finished second ahead of Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, and Simon Pagenaud. The top finishing rookie in the race was Mikhail Aleshin, in 12th position. Report Background Scott Dixon entered this race as the defending series champion, having won his third Indycar title in the 2013 IndyCar Series season from Hélio Castroneves. This was the first race for 3 Indycar rookies. Jack Hawksworth raced in the number 98 for Bryan Herta Autosport after moving up from the Indy Lights series. Mikhail Aleshin and Carlos Huertas, who both raced in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2013, made their debuts as well, with Aleshin racing for Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports and Huertas Dale Coyne Racing. Carlos Muñoz was the 4th rookie in the field with 3 Indycar races in the 2013 IndyCar Series season, most notably the 2013 Indianapolis 500. Returning to American open wheel racing, since his last race in 2000, is Juan Pablo Montoya, the 1999 CART Champion and the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner. In 2014 he will drive for Team Penske in the number 2 car. This was also the first race for Chip Ganassi Racing using Chevrolet engines after the switch from Honda, with Tony Kanaan replacing Dario Franchitti, after his career ending crash in the second Houston race last year. Other drivers racing for a new teams are; Ryan Briscoe with Chip Ganassi Racing, Mike Conway with Ed Carpenter Racing, Sébastien Bourdais and Sebastián Saavedra with KV Racing Technology. Classification Qualifying Pos Name Grp. Round 1 Round 2 Firestone Fast 6 1 JPN Takuma Sato 21:12.00731:03.01311:01.8686 2 Brazil Tony Kanaan 11:13.49611:03.26741:02.1637 3 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 11:13.72411:03.16471:02.2167 4 AUS Will Power 21:12.22481:03.21831:02.3955 5 NZL Scott Dixon 21:12.00831:03.37531:02.3955 6 USA Marco Andretti 11:14.72091:03.24061:02.9595 7 COL Carlos Muñoz (R) 21:12.06031:03.3955 8 GBR Jack Hawksworth (R) 21:12.15561:03.5738 9 AUS Ryan Briscoe 11:15.68601:03.6206 10 BRA Hélio Castroneves 11:14.88111:03.6635 11 COL Sebastián Saavedra 21:12.30601:03.8374 12 GBR Mike Conway 11:13.94501:03.9618 13 FRA Sébastien Bourdais 11:15.8337 14 FRA Simon Pagenaud 21:12.3741 15 Russia Mikhail Aleshin (R) 11:15.9111 16 GBR Justin Wilson 21:12.5890 17 COL Carlos Huertas (R) 11:16.8105 18 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 21:12.6994 19 CAN James Hinchcliffe 12:34.4862 20 USA Charlie Kimball 21:13.0048 21 USA Graham Rahal 1no time 22 USA Josef Newgarden 21:13.1170 Race results Pos Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Pointsrace1 11 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet1102:06:57.62883474532 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda110+ 1.947533403 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet110+ 7.87163102364 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet110+ 15.968535325 FRA Simon Pagenaud Sam Schmidt Motorsports Honda110+ 17.3937314306 BRA Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet110+ 20.388232287 JPN Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda110+ 20.85613133288 GBR Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda110+ 21.0622316249 USA Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda110+ 21.55443222210 AUS Ryan Briscoe Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet110+ 23.9897392011 COL Sebastián Saavedra KV Racing Technology Chevrolet110+ 34.40413171912 Russia Mikhail Aleshin (R) Sam Schmidt Motorsports Honda110+ 34.99695151813 FRA Sébastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology Chevrolet110+ 35.35264131714 USA Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda110+ 38.98814211615 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet110+ 40.33504181516 GBR Mike Conway Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet110+ 40.914041211517 COL Carlos Muñoz (R) Andretti Autosport Honda110+ 44.6244471318 COL Carlos Huertas (R) Dale Coyne Racing Honda110+ 47.56374171219 CAN James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda109+ 1 Lap3191120 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet108+ 2 Laps4201021 GBR Jack Hawksworth (R) Bryan Herta Autosport Honda83Contact38922 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda82Contact368 Notes race1 1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 AUS Will Power 53 2 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay 40 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves 36 4 NZL Scott Dixon 32 5 FRA Simon Pagenaud 30 Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 USA Chevrolet 122 2 JPN Honda 72 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/2888/2014-03-30/indycar-race-lapfinal.pdf http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113203 http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/03/3-30-Box-Score-StPete Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2014 None 2014 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2013 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Category:Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Category:21st century in St. Petersburg, Florida Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg