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. 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
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 1:12.5814Qualifications
Race results Driver Team Engine &Aero Kit Laps Status PitStops Grid LapsLed 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 5OFFICIAL 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
External links Lap Report – Verizon IndyCar Series, May 9, 2015