2019 Honda Indy 200
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 13th round of the 2019 IndyCar season | |
 | |
| Date | July 28, 2019 |
| Official name | Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio |
| Location | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.258 mi / 3.634 km |
| Distance | 90 laps 203.22 mi / 327.05 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 01:05.1569 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  James Hinchcliffe (Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) |
| Time | 01:07.3644 (on lap 79 of 90) |
| Podium | |
| First |  Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second |  Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third |  Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
The 2019 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was an IndyCar Series event held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race served as the 13th round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season.[1] This marked the 35th time that Indy car racing had raced at Mid-Ohio.[2] The event was supported by races from the three Road to Indy ladder series as well as Stadium Super Trucks and the Global MX-5 Cup.[3] Will Power secured his fourth pole at Mid-Ohio, a record for the track. It was also his 57th overall pole in the IndyCar Series.[4] Scott Dixon beat fellow Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Felix Rosenqvist by a margin of .0934, the closest margin of victory at Mid-Ohio. Points leader Josef Newgarden had a last lap spin which dropped him ten positions from a potential fourth place finish [5]
Background
[edit]Entrants
[edit]DragonSpeed was originally planning on entering Ben Hanley but pulled out due to visa issues.[6]
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice
[edit]Practice 1
[edit]Practice 1 took place at 11:20 AM ET on July 26, 2019.[3]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.0973 |
| 2 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.2455 |
| 3 | 22 |  Simon Pagenaud W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.2665 |
| Source:[7] | |||||
Practice 2
[edit]Practice 2 took place at 3:15 PM ET on July 26, 2019.[3]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Colton Herta R | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 01:05.7292 |
| 2 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:05.9313 |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:05.9935 |
| Source:[8] | |||||
Practice 3
[edit]Practice 3 took place at 10:30 AM ET on July 27, 2019.[3]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Colton Herta R | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 01:05.7048 |
| 2 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:05.7625 |
| 3 | 27 | Alexander Rossi W | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 01:05.8747 |
| Source:[9] | |||||
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying took place at 2:35 PM ET on July 27, 2019.[3]
Qualifying classification
[edit]| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:05.3775 | N/A | 01:05.4261 | 01:05.1569 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | Alexander Rossi W | Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:05.2810 | 01:05.1898 | 01:05.5317 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.3809 | 01:05.4004 | 01:05.7885 | 3 |
| 4 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.6464 | 01:05.4207 | 01:05.8958 | 4 |
| 5 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | N/A | 01:05.2702 | 01:05.5616 | 01:06.2040 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:05.7631 | N/A | 01:05.3968 | 01:06.4914 | 6 |
| 7 | 88 | Colton Herta R | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:05.4335 | 01:05.5650 | N/A | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:05.7294 | 01:05.6999 | N/A | 8 |
| 9 | 60 |  Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:05.9107 | N/A | 01:05.7231 | N/A | 9 |
| 10 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 01:05.7484 | N/A | 01:05.7328 | N/A | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 01:05.9152 | N/A | 01:05.7567 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson R | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 01:05.7286 | N/A | 01:06.0428 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:05.9377 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:05.7588 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 15 | Graham Rahal W | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:05.9745 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.9981 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 30 |  Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:06.3723 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 20 |  Ed Jones | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.1800 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:06.4156 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:06.2115 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 21 | 4 |  Matheus Leist | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 01:06.5488 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21 |
| 22 | 31 | RC Enerson R | Carlin | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.3196 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:07.0491 | N/A | N/A | 23 |
| Source:[10][11][12][13] | |||||||||
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warm Up
[edit]Final Practice
[edit]A Warm Up practice took place at 12:00 PM ET on July 28, 2019.[3]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.6442 |
| 2 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.9027 |
| 3 | 88 | Colton Herta R | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 01:06.9386 |
| Source:[14] | |||||
Race
[edit]The race started at 4:00 PM ET on July 28, 2019.[3]
Race classification
[edit]Championship standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | 504 | |||||||
| | 2 | Alexander Rossi | 488 | |||||||
| | 3 | Simon Pagenaud | 457 | |||||||
| | 4 | Scott Dixon | 442 | |||||||
| | 5 | Will Power | 356 | |||||||
| Source: [16] | ||||||||||
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
[edit]- ^ "Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio". IndyCar.com. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Honda Indy 200 this weekend at Mid-Ohio". Galion Inquirer. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Full 2019 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio weekend schedule". Motorsport.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Will Power wins record 4th pole at Honda Indy 200". SportsNet. Associated Press. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "IndyCar Series Mid-Ohio race results: Scott Dixon holds off teammate in epic last-lap battle". Autoweek. July 29, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "IndyCar: DragonSpeed, Ben Hanley won't compete at Mid-Ohio". Beyond the Flag. July 24, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 26, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Qualifications - Results (Road Course)" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 28, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). IndyCar Series. July 28, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b "Race Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2022.