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2012 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio

The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was the twelfth round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 5, 2012. The race was contested over 85 laps at the 2.258 mi permanent road course at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, United States.

The race was won by New Zealand racer Scott Dixon racing for Chip Ganassi Racing. Dixon finished 3.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver Will Power driving for Team Penske with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Dixon's second win for the year and Pagenaud's third top three finish for the year. More significant, Power's second place compared to the results for Ryan Hunter-Reay and Power's teammate Hélio Castroneves, put Power back into the lead of the championship.

Classification

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led
9	NZL Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:39:48.5083	4	26	50
12	AUS Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 3.4619	1	57	43
77	FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	85	+ 4.5402	3	0	35
7	FRA Sébastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	85	+ 5.5822	6	0	32
27	CAN James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	85	+ 7.5663	15	2	30
11	BRA Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 12.3280	18	0	28
2	AUS Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 27.9601	5	0	26
26	USA Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	85	+ 28.1691	8	0	24
4	USA J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	85	+ 29.2325	12	0	22
98	CAN Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Honda	85	+ 31.1722	14	0	20
38	USA Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+ 31.4387	21	0	19
67	USA Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	85	+ 32.0754	9	0	18
15	JPN Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+ 32.4073	17	0	17
83	ITA Giorgio Pantano (R)	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+ 33.9166	24	0	16
8	BRA Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 35.2863	13	0	15
3	BRA Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 35.9205	23	0	14
10	GBR Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+ 36.9834	2	0	13
18	GBR Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+ 42.0974	11	0	12
19	GBR James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+ 46.4304	20	0	12
5	VEN E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 46.8068	19	0	12
14	GBR Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	85	+ 46.9535	16	0	12
20	USA Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	25	0	12
78	SUI Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	83	+ 2 laps	22	0	12
28	USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	79	Mechanical	7	0	12
22	ESP Oriol Servià	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	78	+ 7 laps	10	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	379
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	374
BRA Hélio Castroneves	353
NZL Scott Dixon	351
CAN James Hinchcliffe	316

;Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	1	2	3
USA Chevrolet	96
JPN Honda	84
UK Lotus	48

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

References

"Weather information for the ''2012 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio''". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
(2012-08-05). "Official Box Score". Indycar.

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