2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on April 17, on the 1.968-mile (3.167 km) temporary street circuit in Long Beach, California, and was telecast by Versus in the United States.

2011 Long Beach

Race details
3rd round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 17, 2011
Official name	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps 167.280 mi / 269.211 km
Weather	66 °F (19 °C), clear skies
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:09.0649
Fastest lap
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:10.6597 (on lap 84 of 85)
Podium
First	Mike Conway (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Ryan Briscoe (Team Penske)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)

Classification

Qualifying

• All cars were split into two groups of twelve, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six cars progressed to the "Firestone Fast Six." The fastest driver in the final session claimed pole, with the rest of the cars lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times (fast six from 1–6, top 12 from 7–12 and round 1 from 13–24, with group 1 drivers occupying the odd–numbered grid positions, and group 2 drivers occupying the even–numbered grid positions).

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Group 1[1]	Group 2[2]	Top 12[3]	Fast 6[4]
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	1:09.2846		1:09.3572	1:09.0649
2	28	Ryan Hunter–Reay	Andretti Autosport		1:09.3599	1:09.2348	1:09.1409
3	27	Mike Conway	Andretti Autosport	1:09.7079		1:09.5181	1:09.6414
4	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:09.9073		1:09.5768	1:09.6828
5	22	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		1:09.8550	1:09.4871	1:09.8097
6	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	1:09.8534		1:09.5484	1:09.8423
7	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:09.6014		1:09.6037
8	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:09.7859		1:09.6385
9	77	Alex Tagliani	Sam Schmidt Motorsports		1:09.5686	1:09.6497
10	82	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology – Lotus		1:09.7595	1:09.7352
11	06	James Hinchcliffe (R)	Newman/Haas Racing		1:09.8358	1:09.8122
12	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske		1:09.5104	1:09.8243
13	14	Vítor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:10.1010
14	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport		1:09.9400
15	34	Sebastián Saavedra (R)	Conquest Racing	1:10.1146
16	38	Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing		1:10.5883
17	59	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	1:10.1465
18	78	Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing		1:10.6407
19	17	Raphael Matos	AFS Racing	1:10.3477
20	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport		1:10.7836
21	19	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	1:10.8050
22	5	Takuma Sato	KV Racing Technology – Lotus		1:10.8197
23	18	James Jakes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:10.8592
24	83	Charlie Kimball (R)	Chip Ganassi Racing		1:10.8672
25	8	Paul Tracy	Dragon Racing	1:11.0249
26	24	Ana Beatriz (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		1:11.0341
27	4	J. R. Hildebrand (R)	Panther Racing		1:11.4916

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	27	Mike Conway	Andretti Autosport	85	1:53:11.1000	3	14	50
2	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	85	+ 6.3203	12	35	42
3	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	85	+ 6.7163	7	0	35
4	06	James Hinchcliffe (R)	Newman/Haas Racing	85	+ 9.1705	11	0	32
5	77	Alex Tagliani	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	85	+ 16.0177	9	4	30
6	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	85	+ 16.8966	4	0	28
7	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport	85	+ 17.5016	20	0	26
8	82	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	85	+ 18.9655	10	0	24
9	14	Vítor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	85	+ 19.4723	13	0	22
10	12	Will Power	Team Penske	85	+ 19.8909	1	29	21
11	17	Raphael Matos	AFS Racing	85	+ 20.4660	19	0	19
12	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	85	+ 20.7784	6	0	18
13	38	Graham Rahal	Chip Ganassi Racing	85	+ 21.3464	16	0	17
14	34	Sebastián Saavedra (R)	Conquest Racing	85	+ 23.1137	15	0	16
15	18	James Jakes (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 24.5926	23	0	15
16	8	Paul Tracy	Dragon Racing	85	+ 1:03.7578	25	0	14
17	4	J. R. Hildebrand (R)	Panther Racing	85	+ 1:10.9001	27	0	13
18	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	84	+ 1 Lap	8	1	12
19	24	Ana Beatriz (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	83	+ 2 Laps	26	0	12
20	78	Simona de Silvestro	HVM Racing	82	+ 3 Laps	18	0	12
21	5	Takuma Sato	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	81	+ 4 Laps	22	0	12
22	22	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	78	+ 7 Laps	5	0	12
23	28	Ryan Hunter–Reay	Andretti Autosport	72	Mechanical	2	2	12
24	83	Charlie Kimball (R)	Chip Ganassi Racing	66	Mechanical	24	0	12
25	59	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology – Lotus	59	Contact	17	0	10
26	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	37	Suspension	14	0	10
27	19	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	27	Contact	21	0	10
OFFICIAL RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dario Franchitti 122 2 Will Power 115 3 Tony Kanaan 87 4 Oriol Servià 80 5 Mike Conway 74 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References "Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 1" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16. "Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Qualifying, Round 1 – Group 2" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16. "Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Qualifying – Top 12" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16. "Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach: Qualifying – Fast 6" (PDF). IndyCar Series. INDYCAR. 2011-04-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-16. External links IndyCar Results Page Previous race: 2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama IndyCar Series 2011 season Next race: 2011 São Paulo Indy 300 Previous race: 2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Grand Prix of Long Beach Next race: 2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach