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2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

The GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was an open-wheel IndyCar motor race and held as the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 26, 2012. The race was contested over 85 laps at the 2.303 mi at Sonoma Raceway, California, United States.

The race was won by Australian racer Ryan Briscoe racing for Team Penske. Briscoe finished 0.4 seconds ahead of Australian team mate Will Power with British driver Dario Franchitti finishing third for Chip Ganassi Racing. It was Briscoe's first win since the 2010 Firestone 550, and also his last win in IndyCar. Brazilian driver and Formula One veteran Rubens Barrichello finished fourth in his best result since joining IndyCar. Power's second place, coupled with Ryan Hunter-Reay finishing 18th expanded Power's lead in the championship. Power led Hunter-Reay by 36 points.

The event marked a notable change in the course layout. The cars used the inner loop at the back hairpin instead of the outer loop in order to open a passing zone. The exit of the bus stop was widened to allow for more room. Another passing zone was established by using a part of the hairpin instead of cutting it off altogether.

Classification

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led
2	AUS Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	2:07:02.8248	2	27	50
12	AUS Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 0.4408	1	57	43
10	GBR Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+ 1.0497	6	0	35
8	BRA Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 8.8529	11	0	32
38	USA Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+ 9.4667	13	0	30
3	BRA Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 11.2575	4	0	28
77	FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	85	+ 12.3087	9	0	26
4	USA J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	85	+ 22.8121	15	0	24
98	CAN Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	85	+ 39.6868	8	0	22
11	BRA Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	16	0	20
18	GBR Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	20	0	19
19	GBR James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	24	0	18
9	NZL Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	5	0	17
14	GBR Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	14	0	16
17	COL Sebastián Saavedra	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	23	0	15
5	VEN E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	17	0	14
78	SUI Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	84	+ 1 lap	27	0	13
28	USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	7	1	12
22	ESP Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	18	0	12
20	USA Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	25	0	12
83	USA Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	82	+ 3 laps	21	0	12
7	FRA Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	63	Contact	3	0	12
67	USA Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	62	Contact	22	0	12
6	GBR Katherine Legge (R)	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	48	Mechanical	19	0	12
26	USA Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	46	Mechanical	12	0	10
27	CAN James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	35	Mechanical	10	0	10
15	JPN Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	2	Mechanical	26	0	10

;Notes: Points include 1 point for pole position and 2 points for most laps led.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	Points	1	2	3	4	5
AUS Will Power	422
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	386
BRA Hélio Castroneves	381
NZL Scott Dixon	368
FRA Simon Pagenaud	337

;Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	1	2	3
USA Chevrolet	105
JPN Honda	90
UK Lotus	52

Note: Only the top five positions are included for the driver standings.

References

"Weather information for the ''2012 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma''". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
Lewandowski, Dave. (2012-08-26). "Briscoe uncorks Sonoma victory -- first since 2010". Indycar.
(2012-08-26). "Official Box Score". Indycar.

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