2019 Grand Prix of Portland

The 2019 Grand Prix of Portland was the 16th And penultimate round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on September 1 at Portland International Raceway, in Portland, Oregon. Colton Herta started on pole but, the race was won by Will Power with Felix Rosenqvist finishing second and Alexander Rossi third.[1]

United States 2019 Portland
Race details
16th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Portland International Raceway Track Layout
DateSeptember 1, 2019
Official nameGrand Prix of Portland
LocationPortland International Raceway
CoursePermanent Road Course
1.964 mi / 3.142 km
Distance105 laps
206.220 mi / 329.952 km
WeatherSunny with partly cloudy skies
82 °F (28 °C)
Pole position
DriverColton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
Time57.8111 seconds
Fastest lap
DriverSébastien Bourdais (DCR w/Vasser Sullivan)
Time59.0022 seconds (on lap 41 of 105)
Podium
FirstWill Power (Team Penske)
SecondFelix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdAlexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)

Results edit

Race edit

All cars utilized Dallara chassis with the Universal Aero Kit 18, and Firestone Firehawk tires

Pos. No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit stops Grid Laps led Pts.
1 12   Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 105 1:58:43
(104.225 mph)
2 2 52 53
2 10   Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 105 +2.7885 2 5 3 41
3 27   Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 105 +4.5839 2 7 0 35
4 88   Colton Herta Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 105 +5.2280 2 1 36 34
5 2   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 105 +5.8539 2 13 0 30
6 21   Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 105 +6.7477 3 10 0 28
7 22   Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 105 +7.9418 2 18 0 26
8 4   Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 105 +8.1898 4 21 0 24
9 18   Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan Honda 105 +9.5957 3 12 3 23
10 23   Charlie Kimball Carlin Racing Chevrolet 105 +10.1665 2 22 0 20
11 59   Max Chilton Carlin Racing Chevrolet 104 +1 lap 4 20 0 19
12 14   Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 104 +1 lap 4 19 0 18
13 98   Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 104 +1 lap 5 16 0 17
14 20   Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 104 +1 lap 5 23 0 16
15 30   Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 103 +2 lap 6 17 0 15
16 9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 102 +3 lap 4 3 11 15
17 19   Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing Honda 96 Mechanical 4 14 0 13
18 28   Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 81 Contact 4 6 0 12
19 60   Jack Harvey Michael Shank Racing Honda 13 Contact 0 4 0 11
20 5   James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 0 Contact 0 8 0 10
21 7   Conor Daly Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 0 Contact 0 9 0 9
22 26   Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 0 Contact 0 11 0 8
23 15   Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 0 Contact 0 15 0 7
Source:[2][3]

Graham Rahal was given a time penalty to where instead of finishing behind car numbers 7, 5, and 26 whom were terminally disabled behind him, he finished behind those cars instead.[clarification needed]

References edit

  1. ^ Eubanks, Michael (2019-09-01). "Will Power dominates Grand Prix of Portland en route to 37th career win". MotorSportsTalk. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. ^ "Unofficial Lap Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  3. ^ "Race results - Grand Prix of Portland". Crash. 2019-09-02. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
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