2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg explained

The 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2015 IndyCar Series, the race took place on March 29 in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the city's temporary street course. The race was won by Juan Pablo Montoya with Will Power finishing second, both racing for Team Penske.^[1] Tony Kanaan finished third ahead of Hélio Castroneves, and Simon Pagenaud. The top finishing rookie in the race was Gabby Chaves, in 17th position.

Report

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
1	1	Will Power W	2	1:00.8344	1:00.6509	1:00.6931
2	22	Simon Pagenaud	1	1:01.4300	1:00.8645	1:00.7252
3	3	Hélio Castroneves W	2	1:01.0488	1:01.0425	1:00.8356
4	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	1	1:01.1878	1:00.9720	1:00.8532
5	14	Takuma Sato	1	1:01.3370	1:00.9704	1:01.1496
6	11	Sébastien Bourdais	2	1:01.4272	1:00.9378	1:01.1545
7	10	Tony Kanaan	1	1:01.4209	1:01.1182
8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1	1:01.4907	1:01.1670
9	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:01.1961	1:01.2285
10	21	Josef Newgarden	1	1:01.4945	1:01.2478
11	25	Simona de Silvestro	1	1:01.5475	1:01.3657
12	27	Marco Andretti	2	1:01.3776	1:01.4765
13	83	Charlie Kimball	1	1:01.5727
14	26	Carlos Muñoz	2	1:01.4890
15	15	Graham Rahal W	1	1:01.5742
16	5	James Hinchcliffe W	2	1:01.5780
17	4	Stefano Coletti R	1	1:01.6727
18	8	Sage Karam R	2	1:01.8011
19	20	Luca Filippi	1	1:01.6736
20	7	James Jakes	2	1:01.8323
21	41	Jack Hawksworth	1	1:02.0095
22	98	Gabby Chaves R	2	1:01.9705
23	19	Francesco Dracone R	1	1:04.2654
24	18	Carlos Huertas	2	1:01.9716
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race results

		Driver	Team	Engine &<br>Aero Kit	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led
1	2	Juan Pablo Montoya W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	2:16:58.1079	3	4	27	51
2	1	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+0.9930	3	1	75	44
3	10	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	110	+11.1685	3	7		35
4	3	Hélio Castroneves W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+11.4376	3	3	1	33
5	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	110	+12.3909	3	2	2	31
6	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	110	+16.4923	3	6		28
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+27.7102	3	8		26
8	41	Jack Hawksworth	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	110	+34.9206	5	21	5	25
9	20	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	110	+38.1564	3	19		22
10	27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+38.6910	4	12		20
11	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	110	+40.3895	4	15		19
12	21	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	110	+51.7710	3	10		18
13	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	110	+52.2688	4	5		17
14	26	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+56.7210	5	14		16
15	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	110	+59.6613	6	9		15
16	5	James Hinchcliffe W	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	110	+1:02.4581	4	16		14
17	98	Gabby Chaves R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	110	+1:03.0667	5	22		13
18	25	Simona de Silvestro	Andretti Autosport	Honda	110	+1:03.1422	8	11		12
19	8	Sage Karam R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	4	18		11
20	4	Stefano Coletti R	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	6	17		10
21	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	109	+1 Lap	5	13		9
22	7	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	100	+10 Laps	5	20		8
23	19	Francesco Dracone R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	70	Engine	4	23		7
24	18	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	70	Steering	1	24		6
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	51
2	Will Power	44
3	Tony Kanaan	35
4	Hélio Castroneves	33
5	Simon Pagenaud	31

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Lap Report – Verizon IndyCar Series, March 29, 2015

Notes and References

1. News: Montoya overpowering in season-opening win. Dave. Lewandowski. IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. March 29, 2015. July 16, 2016.