2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

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2019 Detroit

Race details
7th and 8th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season
Date	June 1 and 2, 2019
Official name	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation
Location	The Raceway on Belle Isle
Course	Temporary street circuit 2.350 mi / 3.782 km
Distance	70 laps 164.500 mi / 264.737 km
Race 1
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:14.1989
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:16.5266 (on lap 43 of 47)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Race 2
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:14.8607
Fastest lap
Driver	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Time	1:15.1096 (on lap 41 of 70)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Marcus Ericsson (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)

The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation was the lone doubleheader event of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, consisting of the 7th and 8th rounds of the championship. The event was held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. Josef Newgarden won a shortened Race 1,^[1] and Scott Dixon won the Sunday race.^[2]

Pos	No.	Name	Group	Time
1	27	Alexander Rossi	2	1:14.1989
2	2	Josef Newgarden	1	1:14.8272
3	9	Scott Dixon W	2	1:14.3995
4	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	1	1:14.9984
5	88	Colton Herta R	2	1:14.8811
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	1	1:15.1423
7	31	Patricio O'Ward R	2	1:15.0772
8	26	Zach Veach	1	1:15.1487
9	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:15.3134
10	5	James Hinchcliffe	1	1:15.1750
11	15	Graham Rahal W	2	1:15.3945
12	12	Will Power W	1	1:15.2111
13	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:15.4557
14	20	Ed Jones	1	1:15.6341
15	7	Marcus Ericsson R	2	1:15.4811
16	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	1	1:15.6691
17	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:15.5621
18	98	Marco Andretti	1	1:15.8871
19	59	Max Chilton	2	1:16.0801
20	4	Matheus Leist	1	1:15.9628
21	14	Tony Kanaan W	2	1:16.6842
22	19	Santino Ferrucci	1	1:16.3830
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race shortened to 43 laps due to time limit.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	43	1:15:30.5932	1	2	25	54
2	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	43	+0.8237	1	1	18	42
3	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	43	+11.4760	1	9		35
4	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	43	+11.8833	1	4		32
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	43	+12.2263	1	6		30
6	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	43	+12.5127	1	13		28
7	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	43	+13.1515	1	11		26
8	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	43	+14.0022	1	8		24
9	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	43	+15.2409	1	10		22
10	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	43	+16.1462	1	17		20
11	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	43	+16.9309	1	16		19
12	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	43	+17.2807	1	5		18
13	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	43	+17.9085	1	15		17
14	31	Patricio O'Ward R	Carlin	Chevrolet	43	+24.0822	1	7		16
15	14	Tony Kanaan W	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	43	+25.6122	1	21		15
16	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	43	+26.0652	2	18		14
17	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	43	+26.4759	1	19		13
18	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	43	+33.0561	3	12		12
19	19	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	43	+43.1639	1	22		11
20	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	42	+1 lap	2	14		10
21	4	Matheus Leist	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	30	Contact	5	20		9
22	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23	Contact	1	3		8
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes: ¹ Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Josef Newgarden 303 1 2 Simon Pagenaud 278 3 Alexander Rossi 270 4 Takuma Sato 238 5 Scott Dixon 211

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 567 2 Chevrolet 541

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Pos	No.	Name	Group	Time
1	2	Josef Newgarden W	2	1:14.8607
2	27	Alexander Rossi	1	1:15.1825
3	26	Zach Veach	2	1:15.2625
4	88	Colton Herta R	1	1:15.6478
5	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	1:15.4393
6	9	Scott Dixon W	1	1:15.8002
7	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	2	1:15.4958
8	31	Patricio O'Ward R	1	1:15.9263
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	2	1:15.5909
10	21	Spencer Pigot	1	1:15.9738
11	12	Will Power W	2	1:15.6945
12	7	Marcus Ericsson R	1	1:16.1279
13	20	Ed Jones	2	1:15.7118
14	22	Simon Pagenaud W	1	1:16.2190
15	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	2	1:15.7208
16	30	Takuma Sato	1	1:16.2313
17	19	Santino Ferrucci	2	1:16.0847
18	14	Tony Kanaan W	1	1:16.5848
19	98	Marco Andretti	2	1:16.1104
20	59	Max Chilton	1	1:17.2611
21	4	Matheus Leist	2	1:16.9552
22	15	Graham Rahal W	1	1:17.3698
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	70	1:52:18.9365	3	6	44	53
2	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	70	+1.9419	4	12	2	41
3	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	70	+3.6570	4	11	3	36
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	70	+4.5238	4	15		32
5	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	70	+5.1877	4	2		31
6	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	70	+6.6330	4	19		30
7	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	70	+7.1404	3	22		26
8	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	70	+8.0411	4	3		24
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	70	+8.7886	5	9		22
10	19	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	70	+9.4809	3	17	20	21
11	31	Patricio O'Ward R	Carlin	Chevrolet	70	+9.8997	6	8		19
12	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	70	+11.8528	4	4		22
13	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	70	+13.5500	5	16		17
14	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	70	+14.6489	6	13		16
15	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	70	+14.7810	6	20		15
16	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	64	Contact	3	7		14
17	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	58	+12 laps	5	14		13
18	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	52	Off Course	4	5		12
19	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	49	+21 laps	3	1	1	13
20	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	23	Mechanical	4	21		10
21	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	13	Contact	0	10		9
22	14	Tony Kanaan W	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	0	Contact	0	18		8
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes: ¹ Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Josef Newgarden 316 1 2 Alexander Rossi 301 1 3 Simon Pagenaud 291 1 4 Scott Dixon 264 1 5 Takuma Sato 255

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 662 2 Chevrolet 596

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.