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gardeners were unhappy
with Harvey and Ericsson18 APRIL 2019 AUTOSPORT.COM 39either side. Rahal held on through the final
turns to pass the chequered flag third.
Dixon had by now transmitted his
displeasure to IndyCar Race Control via his
team, and Kyle Novak, Max Papis and Arie
Luyendyk agreed with his sentiment – that
Rahal’s defensive move was reactionary
rather than anticipatory. So Dixon was
awarded third and Rahal fourth in the results.
There was no dispute over who was
the deserving winner, however. Rossi had
been simply unstoppable all day and had
stretched his lead to over 20s by the time
the chequered flag fell and, while some of
the crowd may have failed to appreciate
that he had rendered the race a somewhat
foregone conclusion, they did appreciate
his post-race comments: Rossi dedicated
his win to his grandfather, who he had
learned only that morning had died.
POWERED BYRESULTS ROUND 4/16, LONG BEACH (USA), 14 APRIL (85 LAPS – 167.280 MILES)Q3 1 Rossi 1m06.4811s; 2 Dixon 1m06.7479s;
3 Power 1m06.8748s; 4 Newgarden 1m06.9096s;
5 Pagenaud 1m07.1877s; 6 Rahal 1m07.3052s.
Q2 Dixon 1m06.6566s; Rossi 1m06.7644s;
Pagenaud 1m06.9328s; Power 1m06.9620s; Rahal
1m07.0414s; Newgarden 1m07.0710s; 7 Hunter-Reay
1m07.1520s; 8 Sato 1m07.2626s; 9 O’Ward 1m07.2764s;
10 Herta 1m07.7721s; 11 Andretti 1m08.3746s;
12 Rosenqvist 1m08.4410s.
Q1 – GROUP 1 Rossi 1m06.8621s; Dixon 1m07.0080s;
Pagenaud 1m07.1474s; Andretti 1m07.2040s;
Herta 1m07.2201s; O’Ward 1m07.2620s; 14 Bourdais
1m07.3135s; 16 Chilton 1m07.4577s; 18 Harvey1m07.5287s; 20 Leist 1m07.7317s; 22 Veach 1m07.7822s;
23 Pigot 1m07.8763s.
Q1 – GROUP 2 Sato 1m07.7245s; Hunter-Reay
1m07.7307s; Newgarden 1m07.7836s; Rahal
1m07.8102s; Power 1m08.0121s; Rosenqvist
1m08.0811s; 13 Ferrucci 1m08.1008s; 15 Hinchcliffe
1m08.1811s; 17 Jones 1m08.7711s; 19 Ericsson
1m08.9516s; 21 Kanaan 3m22.3800s.CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Newgarden 166; 2 Rossi 138; 3 Dixon 133; 4 Sato 116;
5 Hunter-Reay 96; 6 Power 93; 7 Hinchcliffe 93;
8 Bourdais 91; 9 Rahal 90; 10 Herta 88.POS DRIVER TEAM / CAR TIME
1 Alexander Rossi (USA) Andretti Autosport / Dallara-Honda 1h41m35.5999s
2 Josef Newgarden (USA) Team Penske / Dallara-Chevrolet +20.2359s
3 Scott Dixon (NZL) Chip Ganassi Racing / Dallara-Honda +25.5745s
4 Graham Rahal (USA) Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing / Dallara-Honda +26.4589s
5 Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) Andretti Autosport / Dallara-Honda +29.3447s
6 Simon Pagenaud (FRA) Team Penske / Dallara-Chevrolet +31.5193s
7 Will Power (AUS) Team Penske / Dallara-Chevrolet +33.0529s
8 Takuma Sato (JPN) Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing / Dallara-Honda +34.2879s
9 James Hinchcliffe (CAN) Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports / Dallara-Honda +40.4643s
10 Felix Rosenqvist (SWE) Chip Ganassi Racing / Dallara-Honda +41.3241s
11 Sebastien Bourdais (FRA) Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan / Dallara-Honda +49.9110s
12 Patricio O’Ward (MEX) Carlin / Dallara-Chevrolet -1 lap
13 Marco Andretti (USA) Andretti Herta Autosport / Dallara-Honda -1 lap
14 Max Chilton (GBR) Carlin / Dallara-Chevrolet -1 lap
15 Matheus Leist (BRA) AJ Foyt Enterprises / Dallara-Chevrolet -1 lap
16 Ed Jones (ARE) Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa / Dallara-Chevrolet -1 lap
17 Zach Veach (USA) Andretti Autosport / Dallara-Honda -1 lap
18 Spencer Pigot (USA) Ed Carpenter Racing / Dallara-Chevrolet -1 lap
19 Tony Kanaan (BRA) AJ Foyt Enterprises / Dallara-Chevrolet -2 laps
20 Marcus Ericsson (SWE) Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports / Dallara-Honda -2 laps
21 Santino Ferrucci (USA) Dale Coyne Racing / Dallara-Honda -2 laps
22 Jack Harvey (GBR) Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM / Dallara-Honda -3 laps
23 Colton Herta (USA) Harding Steinbrenner Racing / Dallara-Honda 50 laps-accidentWinner’s average speed 98.794mph. Fastest lap Hunter-Reay 1m07.6943s, 104.659mph.NEXT REPORTINDY GP
16 MAY ISSUE
The famed IndyCar ‘Month of May’ kicks
off with the race on the Indianapolis F1
course – well, a derivative of it anyway.
Who’ll get the pre-500 bragging rights?