2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis
The 2015 Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis, the second running of the event, was an IndyCar Series held on May 9, 2015, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The fifth round of the 2015 IndyCar Series, it was won by Will Power of Team Penske.[1] Graham Rahal took second for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing as he did in the previous round and Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske) came in third. The top finishing rookie in the race was Stefano Coletti who finished tenth, the highest finish for a rookie up to that point in the 2015 season, snapping Gabby Chaves' streak of being the top rookie finisher in all the previous rounds.
| Race details | |
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| 4th round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | May 9, 2015 |
| Official name | Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis |
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana |
| Course | Combined road course 2.439 mi / 3.925 km |
| Distance | 82 laps 200 mi / 321.87 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 1:09.4886 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) |
| Time | 1:10.8604 (on lap 68 of 82) |
| Podium | |
| First | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Second | Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) |
| Third | Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske) |
Report
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Qualifying
| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Firestone Fast 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Will Power |
1 | 1:10.0394 | 1:09.6443 | 1:09.4886 | ||||
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon |
2 | 1:09.7798 | 1:09.9966 | 1:09.7156 | ||||
| 3 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves |
2 | 1:09.8917 | 1:09.8773 | 1:09.7388 | ||||
| 4 | 2 |  Juan Pablo Montoya |
1 | 1:10.2695 | 1:09.9151 | 1:09.8072 | ||||
| 5 | 22 |  Simon Pagenaud W |
2 | 1:10.0145 | 1:09.7769 | 1:09.8715 | ||||
| 6 | 10 | Tony Kanaan |
2 | 1:10.2264 | 1:09.9038 | 1:10.2772 | ||||
| 7 | 11 | Sébastien Bourdais |
2 | 1:10.2779 | 1:10.0230 | |||||
| 8 | 17 | Sebastián Saavedra |
1 | 1:10.5573 | 1:10.1572 | |||||
| 9 | 20 |  Luca Filippi |
1 | 1:10.3168 | 1:10.1969 | |||||
| 10 | 4 |  Stefano Coletti R |
1 | 1:10.3840 | 1:10.3679 | |||||
| 11 | 41 |  Jack Hawksworth |
2 | 1:10.3971 | 1:10.4558 | |||||
| 12 | 21 |  Josef Newgarden |
2 | 1:10.4283 | 1:10.8321 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} James Hinchcliffe |
1 | 1:10.6273 | ||||||
| 14 | 83 | Charlie Kimball |
2 | 1:10.5031 | ||||||
| 15 | 6 | J. R. Hildebrand |
1 | 1:10.6380 | ||||||
| 16 | 98 | Gabby Chaves R |
2 | 1:10.5282 | ||||||
| 17 | 15 | Graham Rahal |
1 | 1:10.6480 | ||||||
| 18 | 25 | Justin Wilson |
2 | 1:10.5776 | ||||||
| 19 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
1 | 1:10.8345 | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | James Jakes |
2 | 1:10.6749 | ||||||
| 21 | 26 | Carlos Muñoz |
1 | 1:10.8786 | ||||||
| 22 | 14 |  Takuma Sato |
2 | 1:10.7391 | ||||||
| 23 | 18 | Carlos Huertas |
1 | 1:12.5038 | ||||||
| 24 | 27 | Marco Andretti |
2 | 1:11.1636 | ||||||
| 25 | 19 | Francesco Dracone R |
2 | 1:12.5814 | ||||||
| Qualifications | ||||||||||
Race results
Notes
All cars ran Dallara chassis with aerokits supplied by their respective engine manufacturer.
This was James Hinchcliffe's final race of the season. On May 18 during the post qualifying practice for the 2015 Indianapolis 500 he would suffer life threatening injuries and miss the remainder of the season.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- "Will Power wins 2015 Grand Prix of Indianapolis". WTHR. VideoIndiana, Inc. May 9, 2015. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
External links
- Lap Report – Verizon IndyCar Series, May 9, 2015