2012 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race 1 of 15

St. Petersburg
100 laps
Time of race: 1:59:50.9863
Average speed of winner: 90.113 mph
Margin of victory: 5.5292 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps
Fastest lap: Will Power 103.255
Lap leaders: Power 1-11, Briscoe 12-20, Dixon 21-36, Sato 37-46, Franchitti 47, Dixon 48-68, Castroneves 69-70, Sato 71, Hildebrand 72-74, Castroneves 75-100

Race notes: Debut for Rubens Barrichello, Katherine Legge, and Josef Newgarden.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Hélio Castroneves	3	Shell V-Power/Pennzoil Ultra Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	104.518	100	2	28	running	35000	50
2	6	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	104.916	100	2	37	running	25000	42
3	3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	Team DHL/Sun Drop Citrus Soda	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	104.631	100	0	0	running	20000	35
4	4	James Hinchcliffe	27	Team GoDaddy.com	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	104.567	100	0	0	running	15000	32
5	2	Ryan Briscoe	2	IZOD Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	105.305	100	1	9	running	10000	30
6	16	Simon Pagenaud	77	Schmidt-Hamilton HP Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Schmidt	104.332	100	0	0	running	0	28
7	1	Will Power	12	Verizon Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Penske	105.585	100	1	11	running	0	27
8	12	E.J. Viso	5	PDVSA-CITGO-KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	103.656	100	0	0	running	0	24
9	22	Charlie Kimball	83	NovoLog FlexPen	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	102.786	100	0	0	running	0	22
10	15	Justin Wilson	18	Sonny's BBQ	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	104.090	100	0	0	running	0	20
11	19	Josef Newgarden	67	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fisher	103.324	100	0	0	running	0	19
12	10	Graham Rahal	38	Service Central	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	104.477	100	0	0	running	0	18
13	9	Dario Franchitti	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	104.589	100	1	1	running	0	17
14	7	Marco Andretti	26	Team RC Cola	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Andretti	104.872	99	0	0	running	0	16
15	17	Alex Tagliani	98	Team Barracuda-BHA	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	Herta	103.431	99	0	0	running	0	15
16	23	Oriol Servià	22	Lotus-DRR	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	103.058	99	0	0	running	0	14
17	13	Rubens Barrichello	8	BMC-Embrase-KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	103.656	98	0	0	running	0	13
18	24	Ed Carpenter	20	Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Carpenter	102.274	98	0	0	running	0	12
19	18	J.R. Hildebrand	4	National Guard Panther Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	103.775	96	1	3	mechanical	0	12
20	11	Mike Conway	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	103.666	75	0	0	mechanical	0	12
21	26	Sébastien Bourdais	7	Lotus Dragon Racing	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	Dragon	98.651	73	0	0	mechanical	0	12
22	14	Takuma Sato	15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	103.512	73	2	11	mechanical	0	12
23	25	Katherine Legge	6	True Car-Lotus Dragon Racing	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	Dragon	100.989	59	0	0	mechanical	0	12
24	21	Simona de Silvestro	78	Nuclear Clean Air Energy/Lotus HVM Racing	Dallara	Lotus	Firestone	HVM	103.149	22	0	0	mechanical	0	12
25	8	Tony Kanaan	11	GEICO-Mouser Electronics-KVRT w/SH	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	KV	104.736	21	0	0	mechanical	0	10
26	20	James Jakes	19	Boy Scouts of America	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Coyne	103.635	19	0	0	contact	0	10

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	50	1	0	1	1	1
2	Scott Dixon	42	1	0	0	1	1
3	Ryan Hunter-Reay	35	1	0	0	1	1
4	James Hinchcliffe	32	1	0	0	1	1
5	Ryan Briscoe	30	1	0	0	1	1
6	Simon Pagenaud	28	1	0	0	0	1
7	Will Power	27	1	1	0	0	1
8	E.J. Viso	24	1	0	0	0	1
9	Charlie Kimball	22	1	0	0	0	1
10	Justin Wilson	20	1	0	0	0	1
11	Josef Newgarden	19	1	0	0	0	0
12	Graham Rahal	18	1	0	0	0	0
13	Dario Franchitti	17	1	0	0	0	0
14	Marco Andretti	16	1	0	0	0	0
15	Alex Tagliani	15	1	0	0	0	0
16	Oriol Servià	14	1	0	0	0	0
17	Rubens Barrichello	13	1	0	0	0	0
18	Ed Carpenter	12	1	0	0	0	0
19	J.R. Hildebrand	12	1	0	0	0	0
20	Mike Conway	12	1	0	0	0	0
21	Sébastien Bourdais	12	1	0	0	0	0
22	Takuma Sato	12	1	0	0	0	0
23	Katherine Legge	12	1	0	0	0	0
24	Simona de Silvestro	12	1	0	0	0	0
25	Tony Kanaan	10	1	0	0	0	0