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2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

Long Beach, California The 2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third race of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on April 15, 2012 in Long Beach, California, United States at Streets of Long Beach.

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Background

The first two races of the 2012 IndyCar Series season were held in St. Petersburg and Barber. The races were dominated by Team Penske with two poles and two wins in a row. In St. Petersburg, Will Power took the pole and Hélio Castroneves won the victory, but at Barber things were reversed. Going into Long Beach, Castroneves led in the drivers' championship with 86 points, while Chevrolet led the manufacturers' championship.

Before the first practice, all Chevrolet entries were penalized because of unauthorized engine changes. This penalty moved the polesitter, Ryan Briscoe, from starting in the first position down to the 11th spot. Dario Franchitti, in the quickest non-Chevrolet car, started in the first position.

Classification

Starting grid

Dario Franchitti started on pole after all Chevrolet-powered cars were penalized 10 grid positions.

Row	Inside	Outside	1
10	GBR Dario Franchitti	67	USA Josef Newgarden (R)
18	GBR Justin Wilson	77	FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)
9	NZL Scott Dixon	15	JPN Takuma Sato
14	GBR Mike Conway	38	USA Graham Rahal
83	USA Charlie Kimball	98	CAN Alex Tagliani
2	AUS Ryan Briscoe†	12	AUS Will Power†
28	USA Ryan Hunter-Reay†	19	GBR James Jakes
5	VEN E. J. Viso†	27	CAN James Hinchcliffe†
78	SUI Simona de Silvestro	3	BRA Hélio Castroneves†
11	BRA Tony Kanaan †	4	USA J. R. Hildebrand †
26	USA Marco Andretti †	8	BRA Rubens Barrichello †
22	ESP Oriol Servià †	20	USA Ed Carpenter †
7	FRA Sebastien Bourdais †	6	GBR Katherine Legge (R) †

Race results

Will Power won his second straight race.

Simon Pagenaud (left) finished second. Ryan Hunter-Reay finished third on the road, but was penalized for avoidable contact.

James Hinchcliffe finished third after Hunter-Reay's penalty.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led
12	AUS Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	1:54:01.6082	12	15	50
77	FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	85	+ 0.8675	4	26	42
27	CAN James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	85	+ 13.2719	16	0	35
11	BRA Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	85	+ 18.1951	19	0	32
4	USA J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	85	+ 22.9947	20	0	30
28	USA Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	85	+ 42.5631†	13	4	28
2	AUS Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+ 1:40.1271	11	5	27
15	JPN Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	6	16	24
8	BRA Rubens Barrichello	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	22	0	22
18	GBR Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	3	15	20
19	GBR James Jakes	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	84	+ 1 lap	14	0	19
5	VEN E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	84	+ 1 lap	15	0	18
3	BRA Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	84	+1 lap†	18	0	17
20	USA Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	83	+ 2 laps	24	0	16
10	GBR Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	82	+ 3 laps	1	4	15
22	ESP Oriol Servià	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Lotus	82	+ 3 laps	23	0	14
7	FRA Sebastien Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Lotus	82	+ 3 laps	25	0	13
83	USA Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	80	+ 5 laps	9	0	12
6	GBR Katherine Legge (R)	Dragon Racing	Lotus	80	+ 5 laps	26	0	12
78	SUI Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	Lotus	74	Mechanical	17	0	12
98	CAN Alex Tagliani	Team Barracuda – BHA	Lotus	46	Mechanical	10	0	12
14	GBR Mike Conway	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	41	Mechanical	7	0	12
9	NZL Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	27	Mechanical	5	0	12
38	USA Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	23	Contact	8	0	12
26	USA Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	22	Contact	21	0	10
67	USA Josef Newgarden (R)	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	0	Contact	2	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	127
BRA Hélio Castroneves	103
FRA Simon Pagenaud (R)	100
NZ Scott Dixon	96
CAN James Hinchcliffe	95

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

;Manufacturers' Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	1	2	3
USA Chevrolet	27
JPN Honda	18
UK Lotus	12

References

|Previous_year's_race = 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach |Next_year's_race = 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

References

"2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
Morales, Robert. (April 15, 2012). "No. 1 qualifier Ryan Briscoe pays price for Chevy's decision at Long Beach Grand Prix". [[Press-Telegram]].
"Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Starting Lineup". IndyCar Series.
"Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach". Ultimate Racing History.

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