2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

2015 Alabama
Race details
3rd round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 26, 2015
Official name	Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Location	Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, Alabama
Course	Road Course; 2.38 mi / 3.83 km
Distance	90 laps; 214.2 mi / 344.7 km
Pole position
Driver	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Time	1:07.1925
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time	69.7188 (on lap 16 of 90)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (CFH Racing)
Second	Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2015 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth race of the 2015 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on Sunday April 26, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States at Barber Motorsports Park, the sixth time the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was run. It was won by Josef Newgarden for the CFH Racing team. Graham Rahal took second for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Scott Dixon who races for Chip Ganassi Racing came in third. The top finishing rookie in the race, as he was in all three previous rounds in this years series, Gabby Chaves who finished 16th in the race as he did in the previous round.

Report

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
1	3	Hélio Castroneves W	1	1:07.2631	1:06.8790	1:07.1925
2	1	Will Power W	2	1:06.9973	1:06.8050	1:07.3833
3	22	Simon Pagenaud	1	1:07.1072	1:07.0586	1:07.6383
4	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:06.9406	1:07.0940	1:07.6938
5	67	Josef Newgarden	1	1:07.2853	1:07.2251	1:07.8922
6	10	Tony Kanaan	2	1:07.6242	1:07.2059	1:07.9426
7	11	Sébastien Bourdais	2	1:07.3141	1:07.2462
8	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:07.5198	1:07.3903
9	20	Luca Filippi	1	1:07.5198	1:07.6302
10	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	1:07.4708	1:07.6626
11	83	Charlie Kimball	2	1:07.3842	1:07.8405
12	8	Sage Karam R	1	1:07.5355	1:07.8930
13	27	Marco Andretti	1	1:07.6295
14	7	James Jakes	2	1:07.9671
15	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	1	1:07.7235
16	4	Stefano Coletti R	2	1:07.9947
17	98	Gabby Chaves R	1	1:07.8191
18	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	2	1:07.9984
19	41	Jack Hawksworth	1	1:08.0082
20	14	Takuma Sato	2	1:08.2541
21	18	Rodolfo González R	1	1:08.5259
22	26	Carlos Muñoz	2	1:08.3533
23	19	Francesco Dracone R	2	1:10.1133
Qualifications

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine & Aero Kit	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	67	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	90	1:55:53.0630	3	5	46	53
2	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+2.2061	3	8	17	41
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	+4.8371	3	4	2	36
4	1	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+19.4903	4	2		32
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+22.0663	3	18		30
6	26	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+24.0595	3	22		28
7	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	90	+24.6529	3	10	1	27
8	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	90	+25.4534	3	7	2	25
9	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+30.6139	3	3	3	23
10	27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+33.4777	3	13		20
11	20	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	90	+34.1607	3	9		19
12	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	+34.6792	3	11		18
13	10	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	+35.3334	3	6		17
14	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+36.6361	4	15		17
15	3	Hélio Castroneves W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+39.4194	4	1	18	17
16	98	Gabby Chaves R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	90	+45.8965	3	17		14
17	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	90	+50.8442	3	20		13
18	8	Sage Karam R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	+55.1372	5	12		12
19	4	Stefano Coletti R	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	90	+55.4160	5	16		11
20	18	Rodolfo González R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	90	+1:07.9855	4	21		10
21	41	Jack Hawksworth	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	90	+1:13.1828	3	19		9
22	7	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	89	+1 Lap	4	14		8
23	19	Francesco Dracone R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	4	23		7
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes

¹ 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.

For the second straight race there were no DNF's

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	136
	2	Hélio Castroneves	133
1	3	Scott Dixon	123
5	4	Josef Newgarden	119
1	5	Will Power	112

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

Lap Report - Verizon IndyCar Series, April 26, 2015

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