Hinchcliffe wins rain-marred and crash-filled race NOLA
James Hinchcliffe survived the carnage and had just enough fuel to make it to the line Sunday.
James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Racing
IndyCar Series
James Hinchcliffe has earned his first win since June of 2013, taking the checkered flag in the inaugural NOLA event. The wet race was shortened by time constraints and featured multiple accidents.
Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports also took the third spot on the podium with James Jakes, the two teammates split by Team Penske's Helio Castroneves in second.
Simona De Silvestro gave a very impressive performance, placing fourth for Andretti, just ahead of Ganassi's Tony Kanaan in fifth.
47 laps were completed before the race was ended under caution, after a controversial three-car wreck that took out Simon Pagenaud, Ryan-Hunter Reay, and Sebastien Bourdais.
RHR and Pagenaud did not see eye-to-eye after the collision.
Pos |
Driver | Team/Engine |
Time/Gap |
1 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt/Honda | 1h47m19.4896 |
2 | Helio Castroneves | Penske/Chevrolet | +0.4279 |
3 | James Jakes | Schmidt/Honda | +0.8452 |
4 | Simona de Silvestro | Andretti/Honda | +1.2924 |
5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Penske/Chevrolet | +1.7564 |
6 | Tony Kanaan | Ganassi/Chevrolet | +2.2638 |
7 | Will Power | Penske/Chevrolet | +3.0958 |
8 | Graham Rahal | Rahal/Honda | +4.3495 |
9 | Josef Newgarden | CFH/Chevrolet | +5.7352 |
10 | Luca Filippi | CFH/Chevrolet | +7.2115 |
11 | Scott Dixon | Ganassi/Chevrolet | +7.8421 |
12 | Carlos Munoz | Andretti/Honda | +9.0899 |
13 | Marco Andretti | Andretti/Honda | +9.7817 |
14 | Charlie Kimball | Ganassi/Chevrolet | +15.7221 |
15 | Gabby Chaves | Herta/Honda | |
16 | Carlos Huertas | Coyne/Honda | |
17 | Stefano Coletti | KV/Chevrolet | |
18 | Sage Karam | Ganassi/Chevrolet | |
19 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti/Honda | |
20 | Simon Pagenaud | Penske/Chevrolet | |
21 | Sébastien Bourdais | KV/Chevrolet | |
22 | Takuma Sato | Foyt/Honda | |
23 | Francesco Dracone | Coyne/Honda | |
24 | Jack Hawksworth | Foyt/Honda |
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