The 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 39th annual running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and is also the third race of the 2013 IndyCar Series season, taking place on April 21, 2013 in Long Beach Street Circuit. The race was won by Takuma Sato of A. J. Foyt Enterprises.
Report
Background The first two rounds of the season were dominated by Andretti Autosport drivers James Hinchcliffe and defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay, with Hinchcliffe winning the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and Hunter-Reay winning the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The defending race winner was Will Power.
Qualifying Dario Franchitti of Chip Ganassi Racing won his first pole position of 2013 after posting a qualifying lap speed of and a time of 1:07.2379. Ryan Hunter-Reay started in second with a speed of , while Will Power and Takuma Sato started in third and fourth, respectively. In the second group of the first session, Marco Andretti was penalized for interference, and did not advance, starting in 26th.
Starting grid RowInsideOutside 110 Dario Franchitti1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 212 Will Power14 Takuma Sato 317 Mike Conway3 Hélio Castroneves 427 James Hinchcliffe11 Tony Kanaan 583 Charlie Kimball5 E. J. Viso 615 Graham Rahal4 J. R. Hildebrand 716 James Jakes 2 A. J. Allmendinger 8 7 Sébastien Bourdais 67 Josef Newgarden 977 Simon Pagenaud 22 Oriol Servià 10 55 Tristan Vautier (R) 78 Simona de Silvestro 11 6 Sebastián Saavedra 98 Alex Tagliani 1218 Ana Beatriz20 Ed Carpenter 1319 Justin Wilson 25 Marco Andretti 149 Scott Dixon
Race Pole-sitter Dario Franchitti dominated the first 28 laps before falling behind Will Power. Power led until lap 30, in which he pitted, giving the lead to Takuma Sato, who did not relinquish the lead for the rest of the race to win his first career race in 52 starts, becoming the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar Series race. The win was A. J. Foyt Enterprises' first victory since Airton Daré won the Ameristar Casino Indy 200 at Kansas in 2002. Graham Rahal finished second, Justin Wilson and Franchitti finished third and fourth, respectively. J. R. Hildebrand, Oriol Servia, Marco Andretti, Simon Pagenaud, Simona de Silvestro and Hélio Castroneves rounded out the top ten.
Results
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points114 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda801:50:08.7155245053215 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda80+ 5.361221140319 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda80+ 8.238632435410 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda80+ 12.357321273454 J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet80+ 28.240221230622 Oriol Servià Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet80+ 29.468321828725 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet80+ 30.270332526877 Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda80+ 31.867421724978 Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet80+ 33.122431922103 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet80+ 33.41183620119 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda80+ 33.6278326191216 James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda80+ 35.0645213181367 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda80+ 35.8945316171418 Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda80+ 36.344232216157 Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet80+ 36.5936215151612 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet80+ 43.0022332151755 Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda80+ 51.7961527131820 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet80+ 56.4533423121998 Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda79+ 1 lap521112011 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet78Contact28102183 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda78+ 2 laps499225 E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet53+ 27 laps510823 2 A. J. Allmendinger Team Penske Chevrolet51Mechanical4147241 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet49Contact32172517 Mike Conway Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda38Electrical3552627 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet34Contact175276 Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet1Contact0205
Notes Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.
Standings after the race
Driver Points 1 Hélio Castroneves99 10 2 Takuma Sato93 1 3 Scott Dixon89 4 Marco Andretti87 4 5 Justin Wilson81 3 6 Ryan Hunter-Reay73 12 7 Graham Rahal66 8 Will Power62 2 9 Simona de Silvestro62 5 10 James Hinchcliffe61
Note: Only the top ten positions are included.
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