Indycar - Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Race 14 of 18

Race - Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Location - Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA

Date - Sunday, August 28th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show-Sunday, August 28th -4:00PM Eastern - Green Flag - 4:45PM Eastern - Versus

Course Type - 2.303 Mile Road Course

Distance - 75 Laps / 172.725 Miles

Practice Sessions -
Friday, August 26th - 5:50PM -6:35PM Eastern -Group 1A & 6:35PM-7:05PM - Group 1B
Saturday, August 27th -1:50PM -2:50PM Eastern
Sunday, August 28th -Warm Up Session - 12:00PM - 12:30PM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, August 27th - 5:35PM -6:55PM Eastern

2010 Pole Sitter - #12 Will Power / 1:16.5282 -108.337 mph

2010 Winner - #12 Will Power

**Note - All times listed in Eastern Time, Sonoma, CA is 3 hours behind Eastern.

2010 Race Facts..

Length of Race - 1 hour, 52 minutes, 34 seconds
Average Speed - 92.063 mph
Margin Of Victory - .7432 seconds
Lead Changes - 2 Times Among 2 Drivers
Caution Laps - 4 Cautions for 10 Laps
Fastest Lap - #24 JR Hildebrand -Lap #13 - 104.739 mph

Pit Lane Assignments..

This is such a fabulous facility! I have been there for many NASCAR race weekends and one time for CART, many years ago. The racing is great and the view of the Golden Gate Bridge - when the weather allows - is quite picturesque!

This will be the first Indycar race at Sonoma I wont be attending

Entry List..

WOW! Only 5 Americans on the entry list?!

redonkulous

Results of Practice Session 1..

Rank / Car# & Driver / Lap Time / Speed

1. #10 Dario Franchitti / 01:19.4269 / 104.383
2. #12 Will Power / 01:19.5633 / 104.204
3. #3 Helio Castroneves / 01:19.6638 / 104.072
4. #9 Scott Dixon / 01:20.0421 / 103.580
5. #22 Giorgio Pantano / 01:20.1292 / 103.468
6. #19 Sebastien Bourdais / 01:20.2283 / 103.340
7. #24 Ana Beatriz / 01:20.2505 / 103.312
8. #59 EJ Viso / 01:20.3457 / 103.189
9. #2 Oriol Servia / 01:20.3585 / 103.173
10. #18 James Jakes / 01:20.4210 / 103.092
11. #06 James Hinchcliffe / 01:20.4232 / 103.090
12. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 01:20.5637 / 102.910
13. #83 Charlie Kimball / 01:20.6296 / 102.826
14. #38 Graham Rahal / 01:20.6327 / 102.822
15. #26 Marco Andretti / 01:20.6706 / 102.774
16. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 01:20.6946 / 102.743
17. #88 Ho-Pin Tung / 01:20.7191 / 102.712
18. #27 Mike Conway / 01:20.7235 / 102.706
19. #4 JR Hildebrand / 01:20.7411 / 102.684
20. #17 Martin Plowman / 01:20.7872 / 102.625
21. #77 Alex Tagliani / 01:20.8485 / 102.547
22. #82 Tony Kanaan / 01:20.8517 / 102.543
23. #5 Takuma Sato / 01:20.9204 / 102.456
24. #34 Sebastian Saavedra / 01:20.9725 / 102.390
25. #78 Simon Pagenaud / 01:21.6091 / 101.592
26. #7 Danica Patrick / 01:21.6341 / 101.560
27. #14 Vitor Meira / 01:21.7230 / 101.450
28. #67 Ed Carpenter / 01:23.3049 / 99.524

Here are the qualifying groups for today..

Group 1

#12 Will Power
#9 Scott Dixon
#19 Sebastien Bourdais
#59 EJ Viso
#18 James Jakes
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#38 Graham Rahal
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#27 Mike Conway
#17 Martin Plowman
#82 Tony Kanaan
#34 Sebastian Saavedra
#7 Danica Patrick
#67 Ed Carpenter

Group 2

#10 Dario Franchitti
#3 Helio Castroneves
#22 Giorgio Pantano
#24 Ana Beatriz
#2 Oriol Servia
#06 James Hinchcliffe
#83 Charlie Kimball
#26 Marco Andretti
#88 Ho-Pin Tung
#4 JR Hildebrand
#77 Alex Tagliani
#5 Takuma Sato
#78 Simon Pagenaud
#14 Vitor Meira

The 6 moving on from Group 1 are..

#12 Will Power
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#9 Scott Dixon
#19 Sebastien Bourdais
#27 Mike Conway
#59 EJ Viso

The 6 moving on from Group 2 are..

#10 Dario Franchitti
#3 Helio Castroneves
#24 Ana Beatriz
#06 James Hinchcliffe
#77 Alex Tagliani
#22 Giorgio Pantano

The Firestone Fast 6 are..

#12 Will Power
#6 Ryan Briscoe
#3 Helio Castroneves
#10 Dario Franchitti
#9 Scott Dixon
#06 James Hinchcliffe

This morning's warm-up session..

Looks like Danica is treating the remainder of of her season like a high school senior treats the last few weeks of scholl. Guess she has senior-itis.

VaDirt said:

Looks like Danica is treating the remainder of of her season like a high school senior treats the last few weeks of scholl. Guess she has senior-itis.

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Good One!!

She effen hates road courses...

I heard that Will Power was fined $30K for his double bird. What a crock of shee-it!

Congrats to Will Power and the Penske team for a 1-2-3 finish.

Here are the final results..

1. #12 Will Power
2. #3 Helio Castroneves
3. #6 Ryan Briscoe
4. #10 Dario Franchitti
5. #9 Scott Dixon
6. #19 Sebastien Bourdais
7. #06 James Hinchcliffe
8. #38 Graham Rahal
9. #59 EJ Viso
10. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
11. #2 Oriol Servia
12. #17 Martin Plowman
13. #24 Ana Beatriz
14. #34 Sebastian Saavedra
15. #78 Simon Pagenaud
16. #27 Mike Conway
17. #22 Giorgio Pantano
18. #5 Takuma Sato
19. #18 James Jakes
20. #77 Alex Tagliani
21. #7 Danica Patrick
22. #14 Vitor Meira
23. #4 JR Hildebrand
24. #26 Marco Andretti
25. #67 Ed Carpenter
26. #83 Charlie Kimball
27. #88 Ho-Pin Tung
28. #82 Tony Kanaan

congrats to Will Power he defiantly deserved to win this one. He Dominated. Now I hope he can manage to beat Dario for the Championship it would be nice since he got screw last year at the end

I'd also like to see Power win the title, the deal at Loudon was costly for him in more ways than his checkbook, he deserves a championship. Congrats to Penske for the 1-2-3 at Sears Point, reminded me of the old days with Rick, Emmo, & Danny.