2001 Molson Indy Toronto

February 2025 43 37 58 N 79 24 58 W region:CA_type:landmark title Molson Indy Toronto Canada Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg Exhibition Place track layout July 15 2001 CART Molson Indy Toronto 10 21 Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Temporary Street Course 1.755 2.824 95 166.725 268.318 Partly cloudy and warm with temperatures reaching up to 27 C Fhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Toronto/2001-07-15 2001 Molson Indy Toronto weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-08-31 Gil de Ferran Team Penske 57.703 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 59.028 61 Brazil {Michael Andretti Team Motorola USA Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing Canada Adrián Fernández Fernández Racing Mexico The 2001 Molson Indy Toronto was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on July 15, 2001, at the Exhibition Place circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the tenth round of the 2001 CART season, the 16th annual edition of the Molson Indy Toronto, and the first of two events that were held in Canada. The 95-lap race was won by Team Motorola driver Michael Andretti, who started from the 13th position. Alex Tagliani finished second for the Forsythe Racing team, and Fernández Racing driver Adrián Fernández came in third. Gil de Ferran won the pole position and maintained his lead throughout the race's first half. Andretti made contact with Scott Dixon on the first lap and made a pit stop along with a change of strategy to move up the field. Hélio Castroneves took over the lead after de Ferran made a pit stop for fuel and held it for 15 laps before he retired with a mechanical issue. Fernández and Tony Kanaan held the first position over the next seven laps. Andretti moved into first place on the 71st lap and maintained the position to win the race. There were eleven cautions and four lead changes by five different drivers during the course of the race. It was Andretti's first (and only) victory of the season, his seventh at Toronto, and the 41st of his career. The result advanced Andretti to second in the Drivers' Championship, ten points behind leader Kenny Bräck, while Castroneves fell to third place, with eleven races left in the season. Approximately 73,628 people attended the event, which attracted 726,000 television viewers in the United States. Background The Molson Indy Toronto was confirmed as part of CART's 2001 series' schedule in August 2000.https://www.espn.com/auto/cart/news/2000/0804/668490.html 2001 CART FedEx Championship schedule August 3, 2000 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20160528171106/http://espn.go.com/auto/cart/news/2000/0804/668490.html May 28, 2016 live May 27, 2016 It was the sixteenth consecutive year the race was held in the series,https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/andretti-does-it-once-again/article18416334/ Andretti does it once again Grange Michael July 16, 2001 The Globe and Mail The Woodbridge Company https://web.archive.org/web/20160528171146/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/andretti-does-it-once-again/article18416334/ May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016 and the first of two races that were held in Canada.http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level1/champcar/2001/calendar.html Race Calendar: CART Championship Series – Season 2001 Speedsport https://web.archive.org/web/20090125183430/http://speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level1/champcar/2001/calendar.html January 25, 2009 May 27, 2016 The Molson Indy Toronto was the tenth of 21 scheduled races for 2001 by CART, and was held on July 15. Prior to the race, Team Rahal driver Kenny Bräck led the Drivers' Championship with 83 points, 13 ahead of Hélio Castroneves in second, with Dario Franchitti third. Gil de Ferran was fourth on 56 points, one in front of Cristiano da Matta in fifth.2001 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland http://racing-reference.info/race/2001_Marconi_Grand_Prix_of_Cleveland/R Racing-Reference USA Today Sports Media Group May 27, 2016 In the Manufacturers' Championship, Honda led with 136 points; Toyota was a close second with 132, followed by Ford Cosworth with 114.http://news.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=432-en Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Race Report – 2001 July 1, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20160528171440/http://news.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=432-en May 28, 2016 Honda May 27, 2016 Franchitti was considered one of the favorites to win the race having won the event two years previously and hoped to keep a recent string of good results in the 2001 season going at the track. Bräck expected to perform well despite retiring from the previous year's event and hoped he could regain the momentum he built from the start of the season. The race's defending champion Michael Andretti had secured six of his 40 career victories in Toronto and stated that he did not know if luck played a part but noted his driving style was suited to the circuit. Having finished in the points-scoring position in three of the previous four races, Alex Tagliani said it encouraged him heading into the Indy Toronto.http://www.cart.com/News.asp?ID=1156 CART Toronto Preview July 11, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20010802042450/http://www.cart.com/News.asp?ID=1156 August 2, 2001 May 28, 2016 Practice There were two 75-minute practice sessions preceding Sunday's race. A test session, scheduled for Friday afternoon, ran for 90 minutes.http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-toronto-schedule-of-events-1/ CHAMPCAR/CART: Toronto schedule of events July 13, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20160528171634/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-toronto-schedule-of-events-1/ May 28, 2016 motorsport.com May 27, 2016 Conditions were dry for the Friday practice sessions.http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1171 Molson Indy Toronto – Friday Morning Press Notes Tate Mark July 13, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20030110135027/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1171 January 10, 2003 May 27, 2016 De Ferran was fastest in the first practice session with a lap of 59.107 seconds; his teammate Castroneves was second. Tony Kanaan, Jimmy Vasser, Tagliani, Christian Fittipaldi, Da Matta, Patrick Carpentier, Franchitti and Paul Tracy were in third to tenth places.http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010713a.html Penske Pilots Pace Premiere Practice Mauk Eric July 13, 2001 Speedvision https://web.archive.org/web/20010905160713/http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010713a.html September 5, 2001 May 27, 2016 Four red flags came out: the first came when a fuel cover from Carpentier's car was located on the racing line, The second was for Bruno Junqueira' spin in turn eight and stalled on track, the third for Andretti who struck the turn eight tire barrier and damaged his left-front suspension; Bräck went onto the turn's run-off area to avoid hitting Andretti. The final stoppage was for de Ferran who slid into the turn one tire barrier and damaged his car's front. In the second practice session, a further four stoppages occurred; Alex Zanardi slid and made light contact with the turn eight tire barrier and did not restart, metal debris was spotted in between turns three and four, Max Wilson stalled his car after he spun in the third turn, and Franchitti and Memo Gidley made contact in turn five and the latter was sent into the tire barrier which heavily damaged his right-hand suspension while Franchitti's right-front wheel broke.Tate Mark Molson Indy Toronto – Friday Afternoon Press Notes http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1192 Championship Auto Racing Teams July 13, 2001 May 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20020423044410/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1192 April 23, 2002 De Ferran set the fastest lap of the day with a time of 58.400 seconds, ahead of Fittipaldi and Franchitti. Kanaan was fourth-fastest; ahead of Andretti and his teammate Tracy. Da Matta, Tagliani, Max Papis and Adrián Fernández followed in the top ten.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/15353 Friday pm practice: De Ferran again July 14, 2001 Haymarket Publications https://web.archive.org/web/20160528171915/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/15353 May 28, 2016 Autosport May 27, 2016 Shinji Nakano lapped fastest in the final practice session with a time of 58.133 seconds; Kanaan, Junqueira, De Ferran, Andretti, da Matta. Oriol Servià, Bryan Herta, Fernández and Maurício Gugelmin completed the top ten. The session was stopped four times: firstly for Vasser who stalled on the circuit; the second for Kanaan because his engine failed heading towards the start-finish line, the third was for Bräck who slid and hit the turn eight outside tire wall with his left front wheel and his suspension was broken. The final red-flag was for Vasser who locked his brakes and spun 360 degrees onto turn eight's run-off area.http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1195 Molson Indy Toronto – Saturday Morning Press Notes Tate Mark July 14, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20021114121658/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1195 November 14, 2002 May 27, 2016 Qualifying thumb|upright|Gil de Ferran (pictured in 2005) had the twelfth pole position of his career.Saturday afternoon's 75-minute qualifying session saw cars split into two groups with the leading championship point-standing leaders and the fastest two drivers from the previous road course race composing the second group. Both groups were allowed 30 minutes on the circuit with a 15-minute interval in between the two groups recording their lap times.http://pdfsr.com/pdf/cart-2001-rule-book-electronic-version-1 CART FedEx Championship Series – 2001 Rule Book March 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams May 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160528174124/http://pdfsr.com/pdf/cart-2001-rule-book-electronic-version-1 May 28, 2016 Under warm weather conditions, De Ferran clinched his first pole position of the season, his second at Toronto, and the twelfth of his career with a time of 57.703 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by teammate Castroneves who had the pole position until de Ferran's lap. Bräck qualified third, Kanaan fourth and Tagliani fifth (all three drivers went onto the track's run-off areas but continued without damage to their cars.)http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1204 Molson Indy Toronto – Saturday Afternoon Press Notes Tate Mark July 13, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20021114120019/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1204 November 14, 2002 May 27, 2016http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/2001-07-14-toronto-pole.htm De Ferran on pole in Toronto Kekis John July 14, 2001 USA Today Gannett Company Associated Press https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172052/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/2001-07-14-toronto-pole.htm May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016 Franchitti, Fernández, Tracy, Roberto Moreno and Scott Dixon rounded out the top ten qualifiers.http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010714c.html De Ferran De Man In Toronto Shaw Jeremy July 14, 2001 Speedvision https://web.archive.org/web/20010905164022/http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010714c.html September 5, 2001 May 27, 2001 Servià was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten; his best lap was 0.534 seconds off de Ferran's pace. He was followed by Carpentier in twelfth. Andretti, 13th, slid and hit the turn one tire barrier lightly with the left front section of his nose cone; he later contacted the turn five wall with his right-rear tire on his final timed lap. Fittipaldi took 14th position, ahead of Herta who spun at turn nine without damaging his car. Vasser, da Matta, Michel Jourdain Jr., Gugelmin, Junqueira, Papis and Tora Takagi filled the next seven places on the grid. 23rd-place qualifier Gidley made contact with Carpentier who was braking heavily for the turn eight right-hander and Gidley damaged his front suspension heavily with his front wheels out of line. Both drivers were unhurt. Zanardi took 24th position. Wilson and Nakano qualified at the back of the grid in 25th and 26th places; Wilson closely followed Nakano on his first timed lap, made heavy contact with the rear-left of Nakano's car and went airborne briefly. Both drivers were uninjured but switched to their back-up cars as their primary chassis were heavily damaged. Qualifying classification + Qualifying results Pos Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Speed Speed in MPH Gap Gap to the fastest driver in terms of seconds 1 1 Gil de Ferran BRA Team Penske 57.703 109.472 — 2 3 Hélio Castroneves BRA Team Penske 57.767109.370 +0.064 3 8 Kenny Bräck SWE Team Rahal 57.886109.146 +0.183 4 55 Tony Kanaan BRA Mo Nunn Racing 57.923109.076 +0.230 5 33 Alex Tagliani CAN Forsythe Racing 57.997108.937 +0.294 6 27 Dario Franchitti GBR Team Green 58.109108.727 +0.402 7 51 Adrián Fernández MEX Fernández Racing 58.128108.691 +0.425 8 26 Paul Tracy CAN Team Green 58.161108.629 +0.458 9 20 Roberto Moreno BRA Patrick Racing 58.195108.566 +0.492 10 18 Scott Dixon NZL PacWest Racing 58.224108.512 +0.521 11 22 Oriol Servià ESP Sigma Autosport 58.237108.488 +0.534 12 32 Patrick Carpentier CAN Forsythe Racing 58.245108.473 +0.542 13 39 Michael Andretti USA Team Motorola 58.260108.445 +0.557 14 11 Christian Fittipaldi BRA Newman/Haas Racing 58.279108.410 +0.576 15 77 Bryan Herta USA Forsythe Racing 58.372108.237 +0.659 16 40 Jimmy Vasser USA Patrick Racing 58.390108.203 +0.687 17 6 Cristiano da Matta BRA Newman/Haas Racing 58.476108.044 +0.763 18 16 Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX Bettenhausen Racing 58.588107.838 +0.855 19 17 Maurício Gugelmin BRA PacWest Racing 58.601107.814 +0.898 20 4 Bruno Junqueira BRA Chip Ganassi Racing 58.609107.799 +0.903 21 7 Max Papis ITA Team Rahal 58.681107.667 +0.978 22 5 Toranosuke Takagi JPN Walker Racing 58.760107.522 +1.067 23 12 Memo Gidley USA Chip Ganassi Racing 58.778107.489 +1.075 24 66 Alex Zanardi ITA Mo Nunn Racing 58.945107.185 +1.243 25 25 Max Wilson racing driver BRA Arciero-Blair Racing 59.092106.918 +1.389 26 52 Shinji Nakano JPN Fernández Racing 59.488106.206 +1.645Source: Warm-up The drivers took to the track at 9:00 a.m. local time for a 30-minute warm-up session where several drivers ran onto the track's run-off areas.http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1216 Molson Indy Toronto – Sunday Morning Press Notes Tate Mark July 15, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20021114120156/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1216 November 14, 2002 May 28, 2016 Kanaan continued his good performance and recorded the fastest time of 59.869 seconds. Herta, Fernández, Bräck and de Ferran made up second to fifth places.http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/2001-07-15-toronto-notebook.htm CART notebook Kekis John July 15, 2001 USA Today Gannett Company Associated Press https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172231/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/motor/cart/2001-07-15-toronto-notebook.htm May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016 Fernández locked his brakes and struck the turn five tire wall, stopping the session for three minutes to allow course officials to remove his car from the barrier. Franchitti and Junqueira made contact at the pit lane entrance but both drivers continued without any apparent damage. Race Weather conditions for the start of the race were sunny but partly cloudy with an air temperature between 79 and 84 F C and a track temperature ranging from 116 to 123 F C.http://news.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=449-en Molson Indy Toronto Race Report – 2001 July 16, 2001 Honda https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172346/http://news.honda.com/newsandviews/article.aspx?id=449-en May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1224 Firestone Race Report July 15, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20021114115420/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1224 November 14, 2002 May 27, 2016 Approximately 73,628 people attended the event. The race started at 1:04 p.m. de Ferran maintained his pole position advantage heading into the first turn. Kanaan was passed by Franchitti for fourth place on the backstretch. Entering the third corner, Andretti made contact with the side of Dixon which meant Andretti narrowly avoided hitting the outside wall. Fernández and Tracy made contact in turn five. The first caution of the race was prompted on the second lap when Andretti stalled and safety officials had to restart his car.Tate Mark Molson Indy Toronto – Sunday Afternoon Press Notes http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1231 Championship Auto Racing Teams July 15, 2001 May 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20020918051529/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1231 September 18, 2002 Andretti chose to make a pit stop for fuel following a decision made by his team manager Kim Green.http://andretti.com/toronto.htm Andretti Scores 7th Toronto Victory and 1st for Team Motorola July 15, 2001 MichaelAndretti.com https://web.archive.org/web/20010818054014/http://andretti.com/toronto.htm August 18, 2001 May 28, 2016 At the lap four restart, de Ferran maintained his lead over teammate Castroneves. On the following lap, Moreno spun in turn five and stalled in the centre of the track, triggering the second caution. Dixon spun to avoid hitting Moreno while da Matta and Vasser both stopped and made light contact with the front-ends of their cars. Vasser retired from the race because of the collision. de Ferran maintained his lead at the lap eight restart. left|thumb|upright|Hélio Castroneves (pictured in 2011) led 15 laps of the race. The third caution was given on lap ten; Tracy glanced the rear-right wheel of Servià's car heading into turn three which caused both drivers to spin and stall. De Ferran led at the lap-12 restart, ahead of Bräck and Franchitti. Bräck was overtaken by Franchitti for second place around the outside of the third turn on lap 18, while Tagliani passed Kanaan at the same corner one lap later. De Ferran continued to pull away from the rest of the field and held a 7.5 second lead over Franchitti by the 30th lap. The fourth caution came out two laps later when Takagi made contact with the side of Wilson at the entrance of turn three. Both cars spun with Takagi going into the outside tire barrier and Wilson went onto the run-off area with a broken suspension. Franchitti drove onto the turn six run-off area to retire with an oil pressure problem on the same lap caused by a lack of oil in his car.http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010716b.html Toronto Post-Race Spin Mauk Eric July 16, 2001 Speedvision https://web.archive.org/web/20010905154343/http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/03CART/010716b.html September 5, 2001 May 28, 2016 During the caution, most of the field made pit stops. Dixon moved from 17th to fifth and Junqueira went from 18th to seventh position because they made pit stops before the caution was displayed. Andretti moved up from 15th to tenth place. De Ferran led the lap-37 restart, and was followed by Tagliani, Bräck, Castroneves and Dixon. On the 39th lap, Castroneves overtook Bräck around the outside at turn three and moved into third place, and Fernández got ahead of Bräck around the outside at the same corner two laps later. Takagi drove to the inside of the third turn underneath Servià, and both drivers made contact with the side of their cars; Servià became briefly airborne and heavily damaged the left side of his car when he hit the outside wall which caused the fifth caution. Servià was unhurt but Takagi managed to continue without any apparent damage. The race resumed on lap 45 with de Ferran leading Tagliani. Castroneves hit the rear-end of Tagliani's car on the following lap but both drivers continued without damage. The sixth caution was shown on the 49th lap when Takagi hit the right-rear wheel of Moreno's car in the turn three right-hand corner. Moreno was sent into a spin while Takagi's suspension had broken and retired from the event. de Ferran and Tagliani made pit stops for fuel and tires during the caution and could reach the end of the race without a second pit stop. De Ferran and Tagliani rejoined in 14th and 15th places. Castroneves led the field back up to speed at the lap-51 restart; he was followed by Fernández, Bräck and Dixon. Carpentier broke his rear wing after he collided with the turn one tire barrier when he locked his brakes and retired after it was discovered that his gearbox had sustained damage. Having restarted in seventh place, Andretti moved up into fourth position by lap 54. By the 60th lap, Castroneves had a 4.8 second lead over Fernández, who in turn was 3.5 seconds ahead of Bräck. Andretti was a further three seconds behind the Swedish driver, and was holding a two-second lead over Kanaan. Bräck went off at turn nine to retire with a mechanical issue that drained his car's battery on lap 63. Castroneves made a scheduled pit stop on lap 65, handing the lead to Fernández, and rejoined in tenth place. His car started to billow smoke after leaving turn one two laps later and pulled off to the side of the track at turn eight to retire. The seventh caution period was on the 68th lap to allow safety officials to remove Castroneves' car from the track. Most of the leaders (including Fernández) made pit stops to ensure they could reach the end of the race. Kanaan gained the lead and relinquished it to Andretti when he made a pit stop; Andretti led the field back up to speed at the lap-72 restart, followed by Tagliani. thumb|upright|Michael Andretti (pictured in 2007) took the 41st victory of his career. Gidley lost control of the rear-end of his car exiting turn 11 while accelerating and hit the outside wall which broke his right-front suspension on the same lap. He stopped on the frontstretch and retired from the race. Gidley was unhurt. The ninth period of yellow flags were shown on lap 73 to allow track officials to recover Gidley's damaged car. The race resumed on lap 76 with Andretti leading the field. The tenth caution was necessitated when de Ferran went to the inside of turn three and came across the front wing of da Matta. Jourdain was collected, and Kanaan spun to avoid the two drivers who temporarily blocked the track. De Ferran, da Matta and Jourdain retired, while Kanaan continued without damaging his car. Andretti retained his lead at the lap-79 restart, Fittipaldi was passed by Fernández for fourth position in the first turn. Zanardi moved from eighth to sixth by lap 82, while Fernández got ahead of Junqueira for third on the same lap. Between the 85th and 86th laps, Fittipaldi drove aggressively in an attempt to move in front of Junqueira for fourth but was unable to pass him. Tagliani ran in sixth gear after his team ordered him to conserve fuel and was unable to generate enough heat into his tires to challenge Andretti on the restarts.http://www.fordracing.com/html/article.asp?ArticleID=545 Tagliani Mounts Podium in Toronto July 15, 2001 Ford Racing https://web.archive.org/web/20020111144315/http://www.fordracing.com/html/article.asp?ArticleID=545 January 11, 2002 May 26, 2016 On lap 87, Fittipaldi tried an overtaking manoeuvre on Junqueira around the outside of turn three which resulted in Fittipaldi and Junqueira making contact and both drivers slid into the outside tire barrier. Andretti's lead of 7.4 seconds was reduced to nothing when the eleventh (and final) caution was displayed on the next lap to allow course officials to extract Fittipaldi's and Junquiera's cars from the track. Racing resumed on lap 90 with Andretti retaining the first position and pulled away from the rest of the field. Fernández's radio had malfunctioned and was in another gear in an attempt to save fuel which allowed Tagliani to pass him for second.http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-andretti-s-lucky-13-at-toronto/?s=1 CHAMPCAR/CART: Andretti's lucky 13 at Toronto Haapanen Tom July 16, 2001 motorsport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172539/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-andretti-s-lucky-13-at-toronto/?s=1 May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016 However, Tagliani was unable to close the gap to Andretti because of the presence of Junqueira's lapped car which cost him more than two seconds. He drove on the track's dirty side on the backstraight and his tires were cleaned in the next five turns on the track. Kanaan ran out of fuel on the final lap; he stopped his car between turns three and four. Andretti's strategy of four pit stops did not require him to conserve fuel and maintained the lead to win the race. Tagliani finished second, Fernández took third, Zanardi fourth and Dixon fifth. Tracy, Gugelmin, Papis, Nakano and Kanaan rounded out the top ten. There were four lead changes in the race; five drivers reached the front of the field. De Ferran's total of 49 laps led was the highest of any competitor. There were eleven cautions (a new track record) during the race for 31 laps. The victory was Andretti's first (and only) win of the season, his seventh at Toronto (which surpassed the record of most wins in a CART event whom Andretti previously jointly held by Al Unser Jr. with six), and the 41st of his career.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-16-sp-23013-story.html Toronto Still Belongs to Michael Andretti July 16, 2001 Los Angeles Times Associated Press https://web.archive.org/web/20151018031009/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/16/sports/sp-23013 October 18, 2015 live May 28, 2016http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/andretti-claims-seventh-molson-indy-1.270245 Andretti claims seventh Molson Indy July 15, 2001 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172752/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/andretti-claims-seventh-molson-indy-1.270245 May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016 The attrition rate was high, with 11 of the 26 starters finishing the race. Post-race Andretti appeared in victory lane and later on the podium to celebrate his first victory of the season in front of the crowd; the win earned him $100,000.http://racing-reference.info/race/2001_Molson_Indy_Toronto/R 2001 Molson Indy Toronto Racing-Reference USA Today Sports Media Group May 27, 2016 He was delighted to take the victory: "Just an awesome day, a perfect day for Team Motorola, they did an awesome job", and, "This is a big one, I'll tell you that. After the first lap, I thought the race was over for us. But it was a hard fought race". Tagliani, who finished in second place, stated it was a "good day" for his team and hoped he could continue his recent successes. Third-place finisher Fernández said it was a "great day" for himself and his team but was disappointed as he felt he could have won the race because of a problem at his final pit stop. However, he felt if his team kept building their momentum, and he believed he could challenge for more strong finishes and race victories. Zanardi was pleased with his fourth-place finish, saying it was more fun than at the previous round (the Grand Prix of Cleveland) and felt his engineers were helping him to build a competitive car despite his poor qualifying performances. After his retirement from a mechanical failure, Bräck stated it affected his championship chances slightly and his retirement from the race was "something that you don't want to have happen but unfortunately it happens sometimes and today it was one of those days." Three days after the race, Tracy and Takagi was penalized by CART chief steward Chris Kneifel for "unjustifiable risk" and for causing several caution periods by contact with other competitors. Tracy had two championship points deducted and was placed on probation for the next three road or street course races, while Takagi also had two points removed and was put on probation for three events.http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1258 CART Disciplines Drivers Takagi, Tracy for Incidents in Molson Indy July 18, 2001 Championship Auto Racing Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20020414092325/http://www.cart.com/News/Article.asp?ID=1258 April 14, 2002 May 28, 2016 Kneifel said why the penalties were issued: We did not want to simply issue probations without accompanying them with a strong signal that actions like this will not be tolerated. Championship points are very hard-earned, and they're more valuable than money. We want our response to send out the very strong message that this isn't a slap on the wrist, or a token punishment. The result meant Bräck remained the leader in the Drivers' Championship with 83 points, while Andretti's victory advanced him to second place. Castroneves' retirement dropped him to third place, five points ahead of Franchitti. De Ferran fell to fifth place with 58 points.http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-standings-after-toronto-3/?s=1 CHAMPCAR/CART: Standings after Toronto July 15, 2001 motorsport.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172928/http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-standings-after-toronto-3/?s=1 May 28, 2016 May 27, 2016 In the Manufacturers' Championship, Honda maintained the lead with 158 points. Toyota remained in second with 142 points, 12 points ahead of Ford Cosworth. The race, which was broadcast live in the United States on ESPN, averaged 726,000 viewers, earning a 0.88 rating and a share of two.http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/010717c.html TV – Who Watched What, July 13–16 King Bill July 19, 2001 Speedvision https://web.archive.org/web/20010825142659/http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/010717c.html August 25, 2001 May 29, 2016 Andretti's victory was rated ninth in the top ten Indy Toronto races by the Toronto Star in 2015.https://www.thestar.com/autos/indy-toronto/2015/06/05/the-top-10-honda-indy-toronto-moments-in-history.html The top 10 Honda Indy Toronto moments in history McDonald Norris June 4, 2015 Toronto Star https://web.archive.org/web/20150613031431/http://www.thestar.com/autos/indy-toronto/2015/06/05/the-top-10-honda-indy-toronto-moments-in-history.html June 13, 2015 August 7, 2016 Norris McDonald (journalist) Race classification + Race results Pos Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Laps completed Time/Retired Grid Final grid position Points 1 39Michael Andretti USA Team Motorola 95 01 1:59:58.904 13 20 2 33Alex Tagliani CAN Forsythe Racing 95 02 +2.741 5 16 3 51Adrián Fernández MEX Fernández Racing 95 03 +4.395 7 14 4 66Alex Zanardi ITA Mo Nunn Racing 95 04 +4.901 25 12 5 18Scott Dixon NZL PacWest Racing 95 05 +5.604 10 10 6 26Paul Tracy CAN Team Green 95 06 +6.893 8 6 7 17Maurício Gugelmin BRA PacWest Racing 95 07 +8.136 19 6 8 7 Max Papis ITA Team Rahal 95 08 +10.383 21 5 9 52Shinji Nakano JPN Fernández Racing 95 09 +15.816 26 4 10 55Tony Kanaan BRA Mo Nunn Racing 94 10 Out of Fuel 4 3 11 20Roberto Moreno BRA Patrick Racing 94 11 +1 Lap 9 2 12 11Christian Fittipaldi BRA Newman/Haas Racing 93 12 +2 Laps 14 1 13 4Bruno Junqueira BRA Chip Ganassi Racing 90 13 Contact 20 — 14 1Gil de Ferran BRA Team Penske 77 14 Contact 1 21 1 15 6Cristiano da Matta BRA Newman/Haas Racing 76 15 Contact 17 — 16 16Michel Jourdain Jr. MEX Bettenhausen Racing 76 16 Contact 18 — 17 12Memo Gidley USA Chip Ganassi Racing 71 17 Contact 23 — 18 77Bryan Herta USA Forysthe Racing 67 18 Electrical 15 — 19 3Hélio Castroneves BRA Team Penske 66 19 Mechanical 2 — 20 8Kenny Bräck SWE Team Rahal 61 20 Electrical 3 — 21 32Patrick Carpentier CAN Forsythe Racing 52 21 Contact 12 — 22 5Toranosuke Takagi JPN Walker Racing 46 22 Contact 22 — 23 22Oriol Servià ESP Sigma Autosport 40 23 Contact 11 — 24 27Dario Franchitti GBR Team Green 31 24 Oil Leak 6 — 25 25Max Wilson racing driver BRA Arciero-Blair Racing 31 25 Contact 25 — 26 40Jimmy Vasser USA Patrick Racing 4 26 Contact 4 —Source: Notes 1 1— Includes two bonus points for being the fastest qualifier and for leading the most laps. Standings after the race + Drivers' Championship standings Rank +/– Driver Points 1 10pxKenny Bräck SWE 83 2 10px 4Michael Andretti USA 73 (−10) 3 10px 1Hélio Castroneves BRA 70 (−13) 4 10px 1Dario Franchitti GBR 65 (−18) 5 10px 1Gil de Ferran BRA 58 (−25)Source: + Constructors' standings Rank +/– Constructor Points 1 10pxReynard UK 173 2 10pxLola UK 152 (−21)Source: + Manufacturers' standings Rank +/– Manufacturer Points 1 10pxHonda JPN 158 2 10pxToyota JPN 142 (−16) 3 10pxFord Cosworth UK 130 (−28)Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for the drivers' standings. References 30em Molson Indy Toronto 2001 2001 Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland 2001 Harrah's 500 2000 Molson Indy Toronto 2002 Molson Indy Toronto collapsed Canada Sports Ontario Molson Indy Toronto, 2001 Toronto Category:Grand Prix of Toronto Category:2001 in Toronto