2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Race details | |
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2nd round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season | |
Date | April 10, 2011 |
Official name | Indy Grand Prix of Alabama |
Location | Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama |
Course | Road course 2.300 mi / 3.700 km |
Distance | 90 laps 207.000 mi / 333.000 km |
Weather | 84 °F (29 °C), clear skies |
Pole position | |
Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
Time | 1:11.4546 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:13.8666 (on lap 73 of 90) |
Podium | |
First | Will Power (Team Penske) |
Second | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Third | Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Motor car race
The 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the second race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on April 10, on the 2.300-mile (3.701 km) road course in Birmingham, Alabama, and was telecast by Versus in the United States.
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.
Race
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
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1 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | 90 | 2:14:42.9523 | 1 | 90 | 53 |
2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | 90 | + 3.3828 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
3 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | 90 | + 15.5243 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
4 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | 90 | + 28.9601 | 9 | 0 | 32 |
5 | 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 90 | + 29.8817 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
6 | 82 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology – Lotus | 90 | + 30.3853 | 24 | 0 | 28 |
7 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | 90 | + 30.7807 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
8 | 24 | Simon Pagenaud (R) | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 90 | + 31.2095 | 23 | 0 | 24 |
9 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | HVM Racing | 90 | + 32.5812 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
10 | 83 | Charlie Kimball (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | 90 | + 35.0038 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
11 | 19 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing | 90 | + 35.9883 | 20 | 0 | 19 |
12 | 14 | Vítor Meira | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | 90 | + 42.6440 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
13 | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand (R) | Panther Racing | 90 | + 44.2950 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
14 | 28 | Ryan Hunter–Reay | Andretti Autosport | 90 | + 1:00.7427 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
15 | 77 | Alex Tagliani | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | 90 | + 1:10.6879 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
16 | 5 | Takuma Sato | KV Racing Technology – Lotus | 90 | + 1:12.1719 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
17 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Andretti Autosport | 89 | + 1 Lap | 22 | 0 | 13 |
18 | 38 | Graham Rahal | Chip Ganassi Racing | 88 | + 2 Laps | 10 | 0 | 12 |
19 | 22 | Justin Wilson | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 62 | Contact | 5 | 0 | 12 |
20 | 17 | Raphael Matos | AFS Racing | 62 | Contact | 14 | 0 | 12 |
21 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | 57 | Contact | 2 | 0 | 12 |
22 | 27 | Mike Conway | Andretti Autosport | 45 | Contact | 16 | 0 | 12 |
23 | 59 | E. J. Viso | KV Racing Technology – Lotus | 40 | Contact | 18 | 0 | 12 |
24 | 06 | James Hinchcliffe (R) | Newman/Haas Racing | 40 | Contact | 8 | 0 | 12 |
25 | 18 | James Jakes (R) | Dale Coyne Racing | 30 | Mechanical | 25 | 0 | 10 |
26 | 34 | Sebastián Saavedra (R) | Conquest Racing | 27 | Mechanical | 26 | 0 | 10 |
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT |
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Will Power | 94 |
2 | Dario Franchitti | 87 |
3 | Tony Kanaan | 63 |
4 | Scott Dixon | 54 |
5 | Simona de Silvestro | 54 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ "Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 1" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 2" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying – Top 12" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "Indy Grand Prix of Alabama: Qualifying – Fast 6" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
External links
- IndyCar Results Page
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