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2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

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{{Infobox American championship car race report|Country=USA|Fast_Driver_2=Simon Pagenaud|Second_Team=Andretti Autosport|Second_Country=USA|Third_Driver=Takuma Sato|Third_Team=Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing|Third_Country=JPN|Weather_2=|Pole_Driver_2=Josef Newgarden|Pole_Team_2=Team Penske|Pole_Time_2=1:14.8607|Pole_Country_2=USA|Fast_Team_2=Team Penske|First_Country=USA|Fast_Time_2=1:15.1096|Fast_Lap_2=41|Fast_Country_2=FRA|First_Driver_2=Scott Dixon|First_Team_2=Chip Ganassi Racing|First_Country_2=NZL|Second_Driver_2=Marcus Ericsson|Second_Team_2=Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports|Second_Country_2=SWE|Third_Driver_2=Will Power|Third_Team_2=Team Penske|Second_Driver=Alexander Rossi|First_Team=Team Penske|Race=Detroit|Distance_laps=70|Image=Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle 2015.svg|Caption=|Date=June 1 and 2|Year=2019|Official name=Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation|Round_No=7th and 8th|Series=IndyCar Series|Location=The Raceway on Belle Isle|Course=Temporary street circuit|Course_mi=2.350|Course_km=3.782|Distance_mi=164.500|First_Driver=Josef Newgarden|Distance_km=264.737|Weather=|Pole_Driver=Alexander Rossi|Pole_Team=Andretti Autosport|Pole_Time=1:14.1989|Pole_Country=USA|Fast_Driver=Josef Newgarden|Fast_Team=Team Penske|Fast_Time=1:16.5266|Fast_Lap=43|Actual_laps=47|Fast_Country=USA|Third_Country_2=AUS}}

The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation was the lone doubleheader event of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, consisting of the 7th and 8th rounds of the championship. The event was held at the Raceway at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. Josef Newgarden won a shortened Race 1,{{Cite web|title=Newgarden wins Detroit GP opener, reclaims points lead|url=https://www.indycar.com/News/2019/06/06-01-Detroit-race-1-early-recap|website=IndyCar.com|access-date=2020-05-09}} and Scott Dixon won the Sunday race.{{Cite web|title=Scott Dixon bounces back from Saturday crash, wins Detroit Grand Prix Race 2|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/motor/2019/06/02/scott-dixon-bounces-back-saturday-crash-wins-detroit-grand-prix-race-2/1322852001/|last=Goricki|first=David|website=Detroit News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}

Race 1 – Saturday, June 1

= Results =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!Icon

!Meaning

align="center" |R

|Rookie

align="center" |W

|Past winner

== Qualifying ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

!Pos

!No.

!Name

!Group

!Time

scope="row" |1

|27

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Alexander Rossi

|2

|1:14.1989

scope="row" |2

|2

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Josef Newgarden

|1

|1:14.8272

scope="row" |3

|9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon W

|2

|1:14.3995

scope="row" |4

|10

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Felix Rosenqvist R

|1

|1:14.9984

scope="row" |5

|88

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Colton Herta R

|2

|1:14.8811

scope="row" |6

|28

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Ryan Hunter-Reay W

|1

|1:15.1423

scope="row" |7

|31

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Patricio O'Ward R

|2

|1:15.0772

scope="row" |8

|26

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Zach Veach

|1

|1:15.1487

scope="row" |9

|30

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Japan}} Takuma Sato

|2

|1:15.3134

scope="row" |10

|5

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Canada}} James Hinchcliffe

|1

|1:15.1750

scope="row" |11

|15

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Graham Rahal W

|2

|1:15.3945

scope="row" |12

|12

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Will Power W

|1

|1:15.2111

scope="row" |13

|22

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud W

|2

|1:15.4557

scope="row" |14

|20

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} Ed Jones

|1

|1:15.6341

scope="row" |15

|7

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Marcus Ericsson R

|2

|1:15.4811

scope="row" |16

|18

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais W

|1

|1:15.6691

scope="row" |17

|21

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Spencer Pigot

|2

|1:15.5621

scope="row" |18

|98

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Marco Andretti

|1

|1:15.8871

scope="row" |19

|59

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Max Chilton

|2

|1:16.0801

scope="row" |20

|4

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Matheus Leist

|1

|1:15.9628

scope="row" |21

|14

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan W

|2

|1:16.6842

scope="row" |22

|19

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Santino Ferrucci

|1

|1:16.3830

colspan="9" align="center" |[http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-06-01/indycar-results-quals%20official.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE]

== Race ==

Race shortened to 43 laps due to time limit.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Pit Stops

!Grid

!Laps Led

!{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}{{ref|race5|1}}

1

|2

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Josef Newgarden

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|43

|1:15:30.5932

|1

|2

|25

|54

2

|27

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Alexander Rossi

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|43

| +0.8237

|1

|1

|18

|42

3

|30

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Japan}} Takuma Sato

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|43

| +11.4760

|1

|9

|

|35

4

|10

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Felix Rosenqvist R

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|43

| +11.8833

|1

|4

|

|32

5

|28

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Ryan Hunter-Reay W

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|43

| +12.2263

|1

|6

|

|30

6

|22

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|France}} Simon Pagenaud W

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|43

| +12.5127

|1

|13

|

|28

7

|15

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Graham Rahal W

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|43

| +13.1515

|1

|11

|

|26

8

|26

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Zach Veach

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|43

| +14.0022

|1

|8

|

|24

9

|5

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Canada}} James Hinchcliffe

|Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|Honda

|43

| +15.2409

|1

|10

|

|22

10

|21

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pigot

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

|43

| +16.1462

|1

|17

|

|20

11

|18

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais W

|Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

|Honda

|43

| +16.9309

|1

|16

|

|19

12

|88

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Colton Herta R

|Harding Steinbrenner Racing

|Honda

|43

| +17.2807

|1

|5

|

|18

13

|7

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Marcus Ericsson R

|Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|Honda

|43

| +17.9085

|1

|15

|

|17

14

|31

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Patricio O'Ward R

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

|43

| +24.0822

|1

|7

|

|16

15

|14

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan W

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

|43

| +25.6122

|1

|21

|

|15

16

|98

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Marco Andretti

|Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

|43

| +26.0652

|2

|18

|

|14

17

|59

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

|43

| +26.4759

|1

|19

|

|13

18

|12

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Will Power W

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|43

| +33.0561

|3

|12

|

|12

19

|19

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Santino Ferrucci

|Dale Coyne Racing

|Honda

|43

| +43.1639

|1

|22

|

|11

20

|20

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} Ed Jones

|Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa

|Chevrolet

|42

| +1 lap

|2

|14

|

|10

21

|4

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Matheus Leist

|A.J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

|30

| Contact

|5

|20

|

|9

22

|9

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|New Zealand}} Scott Dixon W

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|23

|Contact

|1

|3

|

|8

colspan="11" |[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5472/2019-06-01/indycar-boxscore-SAT.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE]

Notes:

{{ref|race1|1}} Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups.

= Championship standings after Race 1 =

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Driver

! Points

align="left"| 10px 1

| 1

| {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden

| align="right"| 303

align="left"| 10px 1

| 2

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

| align="right"| 278

align="left"| 10px

| 3

| {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi

| align="right"| 270

align="left"| 10px

| 4

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

| align="right"| 238

align="left"| 10px

| 5

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon

| align="right"| 211

{{col-2}}

;Manufacturer standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Manufacturer

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

| align="right"| 567

align="left"| 10px

| 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chevrolet

| align="right"| 541

{{col-end}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Race 2 – Sunday, June 2

= Results =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!Icon

!Meaning

align="center" |R

|Rookie

align="center" |W

|Past winner

== Qualifying ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

!Pos

!No.

!Name

!Group

!Time

scope="row" |1

|2

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Josef Newgarden W

|2

|1:14.8607

scope="row" |2

|27

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Alexander Rossi

|1

|1:15.1825

scope="row" |3

|26

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Zach Veach

|2

|1:15.2625

scope="row" |4

|88

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Colton Herta R

|1

|1:15.6478

scope="row" |5

|5

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Canada}} James Hinchcliffe

|2

|1:15.4393

scope="row" |6

|9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon W

|1

|1:15.8002

scope="row" |7

|10

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Felix Rosenqvist R

|2

|1:15.4958

scope="row" |8

|31

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Patricio O'Ward R

|1

|1:15.9263

scope="row" |9

|18

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais W

|2

|1:15.5909

scope="row" |10

|21

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Spencer Pigot

|1

|1:15.9738

scope="row" |11

|12

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Will Power W

|2

|1:15.6945

scope="row" |12

|7

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Marcus Ericsson R

|1

|1:16.1279

scope="row" |13

|20

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} Ed Jones

|2

|1:15.7118

scope="row" |14

|22

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud W

|1

|1:16.2190

scope="row" |15

|28

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Ryan Hunter-Reay W

|2

|1:15.7208

scope="row" |16

|30

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Japan}} Takuma Sato

|1

|1:16.2313

scope="row" |17

|19

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Santino Ferrucci

|2

|1:16.0847

scope="row" |18

|14

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan W

|1

|1:16.5848

scope="row" |19

|98

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Marco Andretti

|2

|1:16.1104

scope="row" |20

|59

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Max Chilton

|1

|1:17.2611

scope="row" |21

|4

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Matheus Leist

|2

|1:16.9552

scope="row" |22

|15

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Graham Rahal W

|1

|1:17.3698

colspan="9" align="center" |[http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2019-06-02/indycar-results-quals-r2-official.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE]

== Race ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Pit Stops

!Grid

!Laps Led

!{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}{{ref|race5|1}}

1

|9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon W

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|70

|1:52:18.9365

|3

|6

|44

|53

2

|7

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Marcus Ericsson R

|Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|Honda

|70

| +1.9419

|4

|12

|2

|41

3

|12

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Will Power W

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|70

| +3.6570

|4

|11

|3

|36

4

|28

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Ryan Hunter-Reay W

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|70

| +4.5238

|4

|15

|

|32

5

|27

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Alexander Rossi

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|70

| +5.1877

|4

|2

|

|31

6

|98

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Marco Andretti

|Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

|70

| +6.6330

|4

|19

|

|30

7

|15

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Graham Rahal W

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|70

| +7.1404

|3

|22

|

|26

8

|26

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Zach Veach

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|70

| +8.0411

|4

|3

|

|24

9

|18

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|France}} Sébastien Bourdais W

|Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

|Honda

|70

| +8.7886

|5

|9

|

|22

10

|19

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Santino Ferrucci

|Dale Coyne Racing

|Honda

|70

| +9.4809

|3

|17

|20

|21

11

|31

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Patricio O'Ward R

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

|70

| +9.8997

|6

|8

|

|19

12

|88

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Colton Herta R

|Harding Steinbrenner Racing

|Honda

|70

| +11.8528

|4

|4

|

|22

13

|30

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Japan}} Takuma Sato

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|70

| +13.5500

|5

|16

|

|17

14

|20

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} Ed Jones

|Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa

|Chevrolet

|70

| +14.6489

|6

|13

|

|16

15

|59

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

|70

| +14.7810

|6

|20

|

|15

16

|10

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Felix Rosenqvist R

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|64

| Contact

|3

|7

|

|14

17

|22

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud W

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|58

| +12 laps

|5

|14

|

|13

18

|5

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Canada}} James Hinchcliffe

|Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|Honda

|52

| Off Course

|4

|5

|

|12

19

|2

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Josef Newgarden W

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|49

| +21 laps

|3

|1

|1

|13

20

|4

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Matheus Leist

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

|23

| Mechanical

|4

|21

|

|10

21

|21

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|United States}} Spencer Pigot

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

|13

| Contact

|0

|10

|

|9

22

|14

| align="left" |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Tony Kanaan W

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

|0

| Contact

|0

|18

|

|8

colspan="11" |[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5478/2019-06-02/indycar-boxscore-SUN.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE]

Notes:

{{ref|race1|1}} Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups.

= Championship standings after Race 2 =

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Driver

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| 1

| {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden

| align="right"| 316

align="left"| 10px 1

| 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi

| align="right"| 301

align="left"| 10px 1

| 3

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

| align="right"| 291

align="left"| 10px 1

| 4

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon

| align="right"| 264

align="left"| 10px 1

| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

| align="right"| 255

{{col-2}}

;Manufacturer standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Manufacturer

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

| align="right"| 662

align="left"| 10px

| 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chevrolet

| align="right"| 596

{{col-end}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

{{Reflist|30em}}

{{IndyCar Series race report|Name_of_race=Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix|Year_of_race=2019|Previous_race_in_season=2019 Indianapolis 500|Next_race_in_season=2019 DXC Technology 600|Previous_year's_race=2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix|Next_year's_race=2021 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix}}

Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

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Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix

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