The 2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third race of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on April 15, 2012, in Long Beach, California, United States at Streets of Long Beach.

Report

Background The first two races of the 2012 IndyCar Series season were held in St. Petersburg and Barber. The races were dominated by Team Penske with two poles and two wins in a row. In St. Petersburg, Will Power took the pole and Hélio Castroneves won the victory, but at Barber things were reversed. Going into Long Beach, Castroneves led in the drivers' championship with 86 points, while Chevrolet led the manufacturers' championship.

Before the first practice, all Chevrolet entries were penalized because of unauthorized engine changes. This penalty moved the polesitter, Ryan Briscoe, from starting in the first position down to the 11th spot. Dario Franchitti, in the quickest non-Chevrolet car, started in the first position.

Classification

Starting grid

RowInsideOutside110 Dario Franchitti 67 Josef Newgarden (R)218 Justin Wilson 77 Simon Pagenaud (R)3 9 Scott Dixon 15 Takuma Sato4 14 Mike Conway 38 Graham Rahal 583 Charlie Kimball 98 Alex Tagliani6 2 Ryan Briscoe†12 Will Power†7 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay† 19 James Jakes 8 5 E. J. Viso† 27 James Hinchcliffe†9 78 Simona de Silvestro3 Hélio Castroneves†10 11 Tony Kanaan † 4 J. R. Hildebrand †1126 Marco Andretti † 8 Rubens Barrichello †12 22 Oriol Servià † 20 Ed Carpenter †13 7 Sebastien Bourdais † 6 Katherine Legge (R) †

Race results

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 112 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 85 1:54:01.6082 12 15 50 2 77 Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 85 + 0.8675 4 26 42 3 27 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 + 13.2719 16 0 35 4 11 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 85 + 18.1951 19 0 32 5 4 J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet 85 + 22.9947 20 0 30 6 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 85 + 42.5631† 13 4 28 7 2 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske Chevrolet 85 + 1:40.1271 11 5 27 8 15 Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 6 16 24 9 8 Rubens Barrichello KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 22 0 22 1018 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 3 15 20 11 19 James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing Honda 84 + 1 lap 14 0 19 12 5 E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 84 + 1 lap 15 0 18 133 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 84 +1 lap† 18 0 17 14 20 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 83 + 2 laps 24 0 16 1510 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 82 + 3 laps 1 4 15 16 22 Oriol Servià Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Lotus 82 + 3 laps 23 0 14 17 7 Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Racing Lotus 82 + 3 laps 25 0 13 1883 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 + 5 laps 9 0 12 19 6 Katherine Legge (R) Dragon Racing Lotus 80 + 5 laps 26 0 12 20 78 Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing Lotus 74 Mechanical 17 0 12 21 98 Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA Lotus 46 Mechanical 10 0 12 22 14 Mike Conway A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 41 Mechanical 7 0 12 239 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 27 Mechanical 5 0 12 24 38 Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23 Contact 8 0 12 2526 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 22 Contact 21 0 10 26 67 Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 0 Contact 2 0 10

Notes Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Will Power 127 2 Hélio Castroneves 103 3 Simon Pagenaud (R) 100 4 Scott Dixon 96 5 James Hinchcliffe 95

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.

Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 27 2 Honda 18 3 Lotus 12

See also 2012 American Le Mans Series at Long Beach

References