2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis

2015 GP Indianapolis

Race details
4th round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season
Date	May 9, 2015
Official name	Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana
Course	Combined road course 2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance	82 laps 200 mi / 321.87 km
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:09.4886
Fastest lap
Driver	James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
Time	1:10.8604 (on lap 68 of 82)
Podium
First	Will Power (Team Penske)
Second	Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third	Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske)

The 2015 Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the second running of the event, was an IndyCar Series held on May 9, 2015, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The fifth round of the 2015 IndyCar Series, it was won by Will Power of Team Penske.^[1] Graham Rahal took second for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as he did in the previous round and Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske) came in third. The top finishing rookie in the race was Stefano Coletti who finished tenth, the highest finish for a rookie up to that point in the 2015 season, snapping Gabby Chaves' streak of being the top rookie finisher in all the previous rounds.

Report

The logo of 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	1	Will Power	1	1:10.0394	1:09.6443	1:09.4886
2	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:09.7798	1:09.9966	1:09.7156
3	3	Hélio Castroneves	2	1:09.8917	1:09.8773	1:09.7388
4	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	1	1:10.2695	1:09.9151	1:09.8072
5	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:10.0145	1:09.7769	1:09.8715
6	10	Tony Kanaan	2	1:10.2264	1:09.9038	1:10.2772
7	11	Sébastien Bourdais	2	1:10.2779	1:10.0230
8	17	Sebastián Saavedra	1	1:10.5573	1:10.1572
9	20	Luca Filippi	1	1:10.3168	1:10.1969
10	4	Stefano Coletti R	1	1:10.3840	1:10.3679
11	41	Jack Hawksworth	2	1:10.3971	1:10.4558
12	21	Josef Newgarden	2	1:10.4283	1:10.8321
13	5	James Hinchcliffe	1	1:10.6273
14	83	Charlie Kimball	2	1:10.5031
15	6	J. R. Hildebrand	1	1:10.6380
16	98	Gabby Chaves R	2	1:10.5282
17	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:10.6480
18	25	Justin Wilson	2	1:10.5776
19	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1	1:10.8345
20	7	James Jakes	2	1:10.6749
21	26	Carlos Muñoz	1	1:10.8786
22	14	Takuma Sato	2	1:10.7391
23	18	Carlos Huertas	1	1:12.5038
24	27	Marco Andretti	2	1:11.1636
25	19	Francesco Dracone R	2	1:12.5814
Qualifications

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine & Aero Kit	Laps	Status	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.^1
1	1	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	1:42:42.0940	3	1	65	54
2	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	82	+1.5023	3	17	9	41
3	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	+7.1967	3	4		35
4	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	82	+7.7336	3	7		32
5	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+25.1179	4	14	1	31
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	+31.7352	4	3		25
7	10	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+32.3191	3	6		26
8	4	Stefano Coletti R	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	82	+35.3853	3	10		24
9	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	82	+40.8267	3	22		22
10	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+47.4715	4	2	1	21
11	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+48.5410	3	19		19
12	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	82	+49.5461	4	13	4	19
13	26	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+54.2372	3	21		17
14	20	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	82	+54.8713	3	9		16
15	98	Gabby Chaves R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	82	+1:01.3092	3	16		15
16	27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+1:07.2448	3	24		14
17	17	Sebastián Saavedra	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	82	+1:09.2079	4	8		13
18	7	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	81	+1 Lap	4	20	2	13
19	18	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	81	+1 Lap	4	23		11
20	21	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	81	+1 Lap	4	12		10
21	6	J. R. Hildebrand	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	81	+1 Lap	4	15		9
22	19	Francesco Dracone R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	80	+2 Laps	3	25		8
23	41	Jack Hawksworth	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	69	+13 Laps	6	11		7
24	25	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Honda	68	Gearbox	2	18		6
25	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	57	Gearbox	2	5		5
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes

All cars ran Dallara chassis with aerokits supplied by their respective engine manufacturer.

This was James Hinchcliffe's final race of the season. On May 18 during the post qualifying practice for the 2015 Indianapolis 500 he would suffer life threatening injuries and miss the remainder of the season.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 171 3 2 Will Power 166 1 3 Hélio Castroneves 158 1 4 Scott Dixon 144 3 Graham Rahal 144

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. "Will Power wins 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis". WTHR. VideoIndiana, Inc. May 9, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2016.

External links

• Lap Report – Verizon IndyCar Series, May 9, 2015

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