2011 São Paulo Indy 300

April 2011 March 2026 March 2026 February 2025 BRA Streets of São Paulo Anhembi.svg May 1 2011 Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé 4th IndyCar Series Santana – São Paulo city Temporary street circuit 2.536 4.081 55 139.480 224.471 75 190.200 306.097 Will Power Team Penske 1:21.8958 AUS Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 1:39.8231 36 SUI Will Power Team Penske AUS Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing USA Ryan Briscoe Team Penske AUS The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé was the fourth race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on May 1 and 2, on the 2.536 mi km on temporary street circuit in São Paulo, Brazil, and was telecasted by Versus in the United States and TV Bandeirantes in Brazil. After a rain delay that lasted almost two and a half hours, attempts to run the event in full on the Sunday were scrapped with the race completed on Monday May 2. Report January 2018 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-r1g113.pdf Sao Paulo Indy 300: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 1 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-05-02 2011-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523140056/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g113.pdf 2011-05-23 dead Group 2http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g212.pdf Sao Paulo Indy 300: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 2 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-05-02 2011-04-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523140102/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r1g212.pdf 2011-05-23 dead Top 12http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r212.pdf Sao Paulo Indy 300: Qualifying – Top 12 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-04-30 2011-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311201720/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r212.pdf 2012-03-11 dead Fast 6http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r314.pdf Sao Paulo Indy 300: Qualifying – Fast 6 IndyCar Series INDYCAR 2011-04-30 2011-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110523140116/http://www.indycar.com:8080/var/assets/indycar-results-quals-r314.pdf 2011-05-23 dead 1 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske 1:22.2329 1:22.0675 1:21.8958 2 28 USA Ryan Hunter–Reay Andretti Autosport 1:23.3280 1:22.3374 1:22.2975 3 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:22.5791 1:22.3611 1:22.3620 4 6 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 1:22.7224 1:22.3028 1:22.3937 5 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 1:23.1280 1:22.3886 1:22.4970 6 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 1:22.7716 1:22.2273 1:22.6103 7 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 1:23.1988 1:22.6283 8 22 GBR Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:23.2549 1:22.6471 9 27 GBR Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 1:22.7828 1:22.6986 10 5 JPN Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:23.4955 1:22.7379 11 06 CAN James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 1:23.4911 1:22.8450 12 19 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 1:23.4266 1:22.9084 13 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 1:23.6807 14 14 BRA Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:23.3196 15 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:23.7682 16 2 ESP Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:23.4015 17 7 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 1:24.0967 18 83 USA Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 1:23.7126 19 17 BRA Raphael Matos AFS Racing 1:24.1890 20 77 CAN Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 1:23.7801 21 82 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology - Lotus 1:24.2205 224 USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 1:23.8443 23 34 COL Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 1:24.2963 24 18 GBR James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:23.8492 25 24 BRA Ana Beatriz (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:24.8246 26 59 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology - Lotus No Time Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 1 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske 55 2:04:05.2964 1 32 53 2 38 USA Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 55 + 4.6723 5 0 40 3 6 AUS Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 55 + 7.9037 4 0 35 4 10 GBR Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 55 + 10.1470 6 0 32 5 2 ESP Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 55 + 15.8188 16 0 30 6 27 GBR Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 55 + 16.6775 9 0 28 7 22 GBR Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 55 + 20.0131 8 0 26 8 5 JPN Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 55 + 23.0683 10 23 24 9 06 CAN James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 55 + 25.2924 11 0 22 104 USA J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 55 + 31.3172 22 0 20 11 34 COL Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 55 + 36.4261 23 0 19 12 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 55 + 42.1974 3 0 18 13 59 VEN E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology - Lotus 55 + 45.8266 26 0 17 14 26 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 55 + 1:14.5634 15 0 16 15 18 GBR James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 55 + 1:16.2783 24 0 15 16 83 USA Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 54 + 1 Lap 18 0 14 17 14 BRA Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 53 + 2 Laps 14 0 13 18 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 50 + 5 Laps 2 0 12 19 77 CAN Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 48 + 7 Laps 20 0 12 20 78 SUI Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 46 + 9 Laps 13 0 12 21 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 46 + 9 Laps 7 0 12 22 82 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology - Lotus 46 + 9 Laps 21 0 12 23 7 USA Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 46 + 9 Laps 17 0 12 24 24 BRA Ana Beatriz (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 31 Mechanical 25 0 12 25 17 BRA Raphael Matos AFS Racing 28 Contact 19 0 10 26 19 FRA Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 20 Contact 12 0 10 OFFICIAL RACE REPORTSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes NOTE: Under agreement from race organisers, INDYCAR, and Brazilian television rights holder Rede Bandeirantes, there is a two-hour time limit for this race. The first 14 laps from Sunday took 40:46 to run, and that time was deducted from Monday morning's race. The Monday race featured a 1:19:14 timed race (the remaining time from Sunday's race limit). Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 AUS Will Power 168 2 GBR Dario Franchitti 154 3 ESP Oriol Servià 110 4 GBR Mike Conway 102 5 AUS Ryan Briscoe 101 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links IndyCar Results PageSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes São Paulo Indy 300 2011 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach 2011 Indianapolis 500 2010 São Paulo Indy 300 2012 São Paulo Indy 300 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Category:São Paulo Indy 300 Sao Paulo Indy 300 Sao Paulo Indy 300