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2020 REV Group Grand Prix

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United States 2020 Road America
Race details
3rd and 4th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season
DateJuly 11 and 12, 2020
Official nameREV Group Grand Prix at Road America
LocationRoad America
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.048 mi / 6.458 km
Distance55 laps
222.64 mi / 358.304 km
Race 1
Pole position
DriverJosef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time1:45.5191
Fastest lap
DriverMarco Andretti (Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian)
Time1:47.591 (on lap 34 of 55)
Podium
FirstScott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondWill Power (Team Penske)
ThirdÁlex Palou (Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh)
Race 2
Pole position
DriverPatricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
Time1:44.8971
Fastest lap
DriverFelix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:47.1804 (on lap 13 of 55)
Podium
FirstFelix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondPatricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
ThirdAlexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport)

The 2020 REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader was an IndyCar Series event scheduled July 11–12, 2020. It made up the third and fourth rounds of the series' 2020 season. The race was originally scheduled for June 21, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the weekend was turned in to a double-header event in an effort to make up for races outright cancelled by the pandemic.[1] The race was also the first event of the 2020 season to allow spectators at the track, with track promoters allowing unrestricted attendance.[2]

Race 1 – July 11

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All sessions for race 1 took place on Saturday, July 11.

Qualifying

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Qualifying began at 2:15 CDT. As the event was doubleheader, series rules meant qualifying was a single round (instead of two rounds as normal), split into two groups. Drivers from the group with the fastest driver having the better time started in the odd number positions, while the group whose fastest time was worse than the other group took even number positions.

Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
Pos No. Name Grp. Time
1 1 United States Josef Newgarden  W  2 1:45.5191
2 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 1 1:45.7290
3 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 2 1:45.6563
4 15 United States Graham Rahal 1 1:45.7593
5 12 Australia Will Power  W  2 1:45.8244
6 18 United States Santino Ferrucci 1 1:45.7696
7 88 United States Colton Herta 2 1:45.8609
8 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 1 1:45.8469
9 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  2 1:45.9324
10 98 United States Marco Andretti 1 1:45.9888
11 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  2 1:46.1365
12 5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward 1 1:46.0356
13 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 2 1:46.2980
14 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  1 1:46.1260
15 30 Japan Takuma Sato 2 1:46.5368
16 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  1 1:46.1301
17 22 France Simon Pagenaud 2 1:46.7090
18 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton 1 1:46.3878
19 20 United States Conor Daly 2 1:46.8114
20 26 United States Zach Veach 1 1:46.4707
21 7 United States Oliver Askew  R  2 1:47.1133
22 4 United States Charlie Kimball 1 1:47.6862
23 14 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  2 1:47.5761

Race

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The race was held at 5:15 EST.

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Pts.1
1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 1:54:09.8697 3 9 16 51
2 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +2.538 3 5 10 41
3 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh Honda 55 +3.192 3 14 35
4 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 55 +3.984 3 3 32
5 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 55 +7.249 3 7 30
6 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan Honda 55 +8.200 3 6 28
7 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +11.355 3 4 2 27
8 5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 55 +14.784 3 12 24
9 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +15.004 3 15 22
10 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +15.766 3 13 2 21
11 4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 55 +16.170 3 22 19
12 22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +17.623 3 17 18
13 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 55 +19.114 3 16 17
14 1 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +19.184 4 1 25 20
15 7 United States Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 55 +20.977 3 21 15
16 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 55 +22.649 4 20 14
17 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 55 +37.490 3 18 13
18 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 54 +1 Lap 3 8 12
19 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 54 +1 Lap 5 11 11
20 14 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 54 +1 Lap 4 23 10
21 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 41 Contact 3 19 9
22 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian Honda 39 Mechanical 5 10 8
23 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 37 Off course 2 2 8

Notes: 1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, 1 point for Pole Position, and 1 point for the winner of the non-pole qualifying group.

Race statistics

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Average speed: 116.027 mph (186.727 km/h)

Lead changes: 5

Lap leader breakdown
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Driver
1 12 12 Josef Newgarden
13 14 2 Graham Rahal
15 27 13 Josef Newgarden
28 29 2 Marcus Ericsson
30 39 10 Will Power
40 55 16 Scott Dixon
Cautions: 3 for 7 laps
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Reason
38 40 3 #60 (Harvey) off course turn 3
42 43 2 #5 (O'Ward) & #20 (Daly) contact turn 7
45 46 2 #14 (Kellett) off course turn 14

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 New Zealand Scott Dixon 155
2 France Simon Pagenaud 93
1 3 United States Colton Herta 88
1 4 United States Josef Newgarden 84
5 United States Graham Rahal 81

Race 2 – July 12

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All sessions for race 2 took place on Sunday, July 12.

Qualifying

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Qualifying took place at 10:00 a.m. EST

Pos No. Name Grp. Time
1 5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward 2 1:44.8971
2 88 United States Colton Herta 1 1:44.9250
3 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  2 1:44.9192
4 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1 1:45.1534
5 15 United States Graham Rahal 2 1:45.0324
6 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  1 1:45.2674
7 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 2 1:45.1487
8 12 Australia Will Power  W  1 1:45.2995
9 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey 2 1:45.5094
10 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  1 1:45.3722
11 18 United States Santino Ferrucci 2 1:45.5676
12 30 Japan Takuma Sato 1 1:45.4320
13 4 United States Charlie Kimball 2 1:45.8344
14 1 United States Josef Newgarden  W  1 1:45.4605
15 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  2 1:46.0330
16 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 1 1:45.7852
17 26 United States Zach Veach 2 1:46.1816
18 7 United States Oliver Askew  R  1 1:46.0735
19 98 United States Marco Andretti 2 1:46.2213
20 20 United States Conor Daly 1 1:46.4850
21 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton 2 1:46.6091
22 22 France Simon Pagenaud 1 1:46.5734
23 14 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  1 1:47.3130

Race

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The race took place at 12:40 p.m. EST.

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Pts.1
1 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 1:51:22.0391 3 7 8 51
2 5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 55 +2.869 3 1 43 44
3 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 55 +8.616 3 10 35
4 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +14.223 3 16 32
5 88 United States Colton Herta Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 55 +32.416 3 2 31
6 18 United States Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan Honda 55 +35.888 4 11 28
7 55 Spain Álex Palou  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh Honda 55 +36.770 3 3 26
8 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +47.943 3 12 24
9 1 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +48.786 3 14 22
10 4 United States Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 55 +53.060 3 13 20
11 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +53.971 4 8 4 20
12 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +54.534 3 6 18
13 22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +56.393 3 22 17
14 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 55 +1:00.437 3 15 16
15 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 55 +1:00.468 3 21 15
16 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 55 +1:06.835 3 17 14
17 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55 +1:08.295 3 9 13
18 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 55 +1:45.468 7 20 12
19 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian Honda 54 +1 Lap 3 19 11
20 14 Canada Dalton Kellett  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 54 +1 Lap 4 23 10
21 7 United States Oliver Askew  R  Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 53 Off course 4 18 9
22 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 0 Contact 0 4 8
23 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 0 Contact 0 5 7

Race statistics

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Average speed: 118.942 mph (191.419 km/h)

Lead changes: 8

Lap leader breakdown
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Driver
1 14 14 Patricio O'Ward
15 16 2 Felix Rosenqvist
17 20 4 Will Power
21 27 7 Patricio O'Ward
28 29 2 Felix Rosenqvist
30 40 11 Patricio O'Ward
41 42 2 Felix Rosenqvist
43 53 11 Patricio O'Ward
54 55 2 Felix Rosenqvist
Cautions: 2 for 4 laps
From
lap
To
lap
Total
laps
Reason
1 3 3 #12 (Power) & #28 (Hunter-Reay) contact turn 1; #12 (Power) & #15 (Rahal) contact turn 3
6 6 1 #12 (Power) spin turn 13

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 New Zealand Scott Dixon 173
1 2 United States Colton Herta 119
1 3 France Simon Pagenaud 110
4 4 Mexico Patricio O'Ward 110
1 5 United States Josef Newgarden 106

References

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  1. ^ "INDYCAR Announces Updated 2020 Series Schedule".
  2. ^ "Sprawling Road America welcomes fans for IndyCar racing this weekend".


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