2009 Honda Indy Toronto
Race details | |
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10th round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season | |
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Date | July 12, 2009 |
Official name | Honda Indy Toronto |
Location | Streets of Toronto |
Course | Temporary street circuit 1.755 mi / 2.824 km |
Distance | 85 laps 149.175 mi / 240.074 km |
Weather | Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 28.7 °C (83.7 °F)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:01.0249 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske) |
Time | 1:02.2313 (on lap 84 of 85) |
Podium | |
First | Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Second | Ryan Briscoe (Penske Racing) |
Third | Will Power (Penske Racing) |
The 2009 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season and took place on July 12, 2009 at the 1.755-mile (2.824 km) Exhibition Place temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dario Franchitti won the race, to join Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon as the only three-time winners in the 2009 season. Franchitti also regained the points lead from Dixon, leading the championship by two points as the championship heads to Edmonton.[2] Ryan Briscoe finished second for the fifth time in the last six races,[3] with Penske Racing teammate Will Power third on his return to the series.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Dario_Franchitti_-_Winner_2009_Honda_Indy_Toronto.jpg/220px-Dario_Franchitti_-_Winner_2009_Honda_Indy_Toronto.jpg)
The 2009 race was a resumption of the Toronto Grand Prix after a one-year hiatus due to the unification of the Champ Car World Series into IndyCar during the 2008 season, during which a Toronto Grand Prix was not held due to scheduling conflicts.
Grid
[edit]Row | Inside | Outside | ||
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1 | 10 | ![]() |
12 | ![]() |
2 | 02 | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
3 | 34 | ![]() |
24 | ![]() |
4 | 06 | ![]() |
9 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | ![]() |
23 | ![]() |
8 | 15 | ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
9 | 26 | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
10 | 20 | ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
11 | 4 | ![]() |
27 | ![]() |
12 | 98 | ![]() |
Race
[edit]Standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
347 |
2 | ![]() |
345 |
3 | ![]() |
334 |
4 | ![]() |
269 |
5 | ![]() |
266 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2009 Honda Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ Beer, Matt (2009-07-12). "Franchitti wins amid Toronto mayhem". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ Lewandowski, Dave (2009-07-12). "Street sense". indycar.com. IndyCar Series. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2009-07-12.