2013 São Paulo Indy 300
The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle in 2013 took place on May 5th place at the São Paulo Street Circuit in São Paulo, Brazil and was the fourth race of the IndyCar Series season 2013.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race 3.2.1 guide sections
- 3.2.2 yellow phase
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
Reports
Background
After the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Hélio Castroneves led in the drivers' standings with 6 points on Takuma Satō and 10 points on Scott Dixon.
When Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestle drivers were a total of 170 seconds to use the push-to -pass button. The overtaking was allowed to be activated ten times in the race.
At the track minor changes took place in the previous year. In the first two curves, the curbs were changed. They are flat, and the externally mounted on, so that the second curve has three meters wide.
The starting field was reduced to this Indy to Mike Conway ( Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) and AJ Allmendinger ( Penske ), who drove an additional vehicle of their teams in the previous race.
Tony Kanaan started in this race for the 200th time in a row to an IndyCar race.
With Will Power (three times) joined the only former winner of this Indy.
Training
The training for Indy in São Paulo began on Saturday and included only two instead of three sessions, as the race weekend only two instead of otherwise normal included three days. The reason for the compression of the weekend was the strong traffic volumes in the city that does not allow a longer shut-off the race track.
In the first session to Power, which so far only winner of the event began, at the head of the field. The training was terminated prematurely because Simon Pagenaud was down in the second corner into the barriers. In the second session Power retained the lead. The training was interrupted four times. The first interruption triggered Tristan Vautier, in which he abflug in curve 6 in the tire wall. James Hinchcliffe took care of the second red flag, in which he slipped into the hairpin. The third interruption of training was necessary after a takeoff of Canaan in the first two curves. Pagenaud again triggered the last red flag. This time was a defect in the electronic trigger. Pagenaud was on the start -finish straight stand.
Qualifying
The first part of the session was held in two groups. The six fastest drivers in each group came to the second segment. The remaining starting positions were determined from the result of the first Qualifyingabschnitts, where the drivers of the first group, the odd positions from 13, and the drivers of the second group were assigned to the even positions from 14. In the first group EJ Viso set the fastest lap in the second group Simona de Silvestro was the fastest pilot. In the second group James Jakes rolled out of turn 7. Thus, there was a red flag. As time continued to run, no driver was able to improve his times more. Four drivers, including last year's winner Power, therefore, remained without a fast lap and dropped out.
In the second segment of qualifying, the six fastest riders qualified for the final section. Canaan scored the fastest lap time. Next to him made it Hinchcliffe, Viso, Dario Franchitti, Ryan Hunter -Reay and Dixon in the third part of qualifying, the so-called Firestone Fast Six.
Hunter -Reay finally posted the fastest time and achieved the pole position before Viso and Franchitti. It was Visos until then best qualifying result in the IndyCar Series.
Josef Newgarden was moved due to a premature engine change by ten grid positions to the rear.
Final training
In the final training Graham Rahal was fastest ahead of Viso and Dixon.
Race
At the start kept Hunter -Reay the lead. In the seventh round by a technical defect on the vehicle of Ana Beatriz triggered a caution period. Beatriz remained in curve 10 are. Shortly after the restart, Kanaan took the lead. Power, who had gone from 22 starting position on the grid, overtook some counterparties to his vehicle in the 18th round at the start -finish straight caught fire. Previously, he had shifting problems. Power was eliminated and there was another caution period.
During this Sébastien Bourdais took the lead. Shortly after the restart, the race was neutralized again because Rahal and Ed Carpenter collided in turn two. Bourdais also retained after this Restart the lead. After Bourdais had given the lead to Satō, but there were times yellow, because debris lay in curve 2. In the yellow phase Hunter -Reay took the lead again. After the restart, it came in the eighth curve resulted in a mass in the retired Although no driver, but the track was blocked. Therefore, it was another caution period. Hunter -Reay lost the lead shortly after the restart of Canaan, which was in turn overtaken one lap later by Andretti.
Six laps after Canaan had lost the lead to Andretti, Kanaan was on the stand start -finish straight without gasoline. There was another caution period. Hildebrand took the lead and Canaan took the race a little later refueled on. Hildebrand kept the lead for four laps until an accident Wilson triggered the final caution period of the Indys. In this yellow phase Satō took the lead, as Hildebrand drove into the pits.
Satō was set after the restart of Newgarden under pressure. Newgarden claimed his tires while but so much so that he fell back in the closing laps. Hinchcliffe and his teammate Andretti, however, showed a final sprint. First, he overtook Pagenaud, then Newgarden. Hinchcliffe drove the gap to Satō and put his opponent in the final phase under pressure. After he had not done it at the beginning of the last lap, where Satō had defended himself with a borderline maneuver over, Satō under braking at the last corner of the last lap a little and allowed Hinchcliffe the chance to attack. Hinchcliffe moved past Satō and won the race. With a distance of 0.3463 s was the hitherto closest finish on a road course in the IndyCar history.
Satō was second ahead of Andretti, Oriol Servia and Newgarden. It was Newgardens first top- 10 ranking in the IndyCar Series. He had made more than 20 positions in the race. The top 10 was completed by Viso, Franchitti, de Silvestro, Pagenaud and Charlie Kimball.
In the overall standings Satō took the lead before Andretti and Castroneves.
Message list
All teams and drivers used the chassis Dallara DW12 with an aero kit from Dallara and a Firestone tire.
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Classifications
Qualifying
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Race
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Yellow phases
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Points standings after the race
Drivers' championship
The scoring is explained here.