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2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore

The Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT 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, September 2, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.040 mi temporary street circuit at Baltimore, Maryland, United States and was co-located with the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge motor race.

The race was won by American racer Ryan Hunter-Reay racing for Andretti Autosport. Hunter-Reay finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver Ryan Briscoe driving for Team Penske with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Hunter-Reay's fourth win for the year. With just one race left in the season, Hunter-Reay's victory, coupled with Will Power finishing in sixth position closed the gap between the two championship rivals to just 17 points.

Race

The race was held on September 2, 2012 at 2:40 PM EDT

Power qualified on the pole and led the opening stanza of the race. Hunter-Reay charged from 11th to fifth before Ed Carpenter crashed early at the chicane. Mike Conway and Bruno Junqueira were spun around in two separate incidents at turn 6, and Sebastien Bourdais spun at the final corner as the rain started to fall on the track. On Lap 19, Marco Andretti would crash at turn 1, and the yellow ensured that the leaders would switch to wet tires. As the leaders came to pit, Hunter-Reay stayed out and took the lead.

As the race restarted, Dario Franchitti was turned around by Simona de Silvestro, James Hinchcliffe and Charlie Kimball had retired from the race with mechanical issues.

With seven Laps to go, Hunter-Reay was right behind race leader Ryan Briscoe before the final restart. Briscoe slowed for the restart and Hunter-Reay blew by him to take the lead. In turn 4 on the same lap, Mike Conway got into the tire barrier and Justin Wilson was pitched on to his car, causing a blockage of the track.

Hunter-Reay was able to keep Pagenaud at bay on the restart, by the white flag, Ryan Brisoce had moved back into second and chasing after Hunter-Reay. Hunter-Reay would win the race, his fourth of the year and keep his championship hopes alive heading into Fontana.

Classification

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led
28	USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	1:39:48.5083	10	13	50
2	AUS Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 1.4391	11	11	40
77	FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	75	+ 3.0253	9	14	35
9	NZL Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 3.9281	2	0	40
8	BRA Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 5.0450	15	0	30
12	AUS Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 5.7467	1	22	31
22	ESP Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 7.5913	16	0	26
98	CAN Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	75	+ 7.7701	13	1	24
5	VEN E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 8.8651	22	0	22
3	BRA Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 9.0843	14	0	20
38	USA Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 10.2963	21	0	19
4	USA J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 17.1591	23	0	18
10	GBR Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	74	+ 1 lap	4	0	17
26	USA Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	74	+ 1 lap	18	0	16
27	CAN James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	73	+ 2 laps	5	2	15
14	GBR Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	73	+ 2 laps	12	0	14
18	GBR Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	72	+ 3 laps	7	0	13
83	USA Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	65	Mechanical	17	0	12
67	BRA Bruno Junqueira	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	64	Contact	20	0	12
11	BRA Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	52	Contact	6	0	12
15	JPN Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	50	Mechanical	24	12	12
78	SUI Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	38	Contact	25	0	12
7	FRA Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	32	Mechanical	3	32	12
19	GBR James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	31	Contact	19	0	12
20	USA Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	7	Contact	8	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	453
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	436
BRA Hélio Castroneves	401
NZL Scott Dixon	400
FRA Simon Pagenaud	372

;Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	1	2	3
USA Chevrolet	114
JPN Honda	96
UK Lotus	56

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

References

"Weather information for the ''2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore''". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
(2012-09-02). "Official Box Score". Indycar.

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