Canadians Robert Wickens and James Hinchcliffe both had top 10 finishes in today’s race. Wickens placed 3rd while James placed 7th.
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Canadians Robert Wickens and James Hinchcliffe both had top 10 finishes in today’s race. Wickens placed 3rd while James placed 7th.
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During today’s qualifying for the IndyCar GP on the IMS road course both SPM drivers finished in the top five. Robert Wickens placed second by less than a tenth of a second behind pole sitter Will Power, while team mate James Hinchcliffe placed fourth. The other Canadian in the field, Zach Claman De Melo will start the race from the 19th position .
Below are the Top Ten starting positions for Saturday’s race.
1 #12 Power, Will D/C/F 01:09.8182 125.761 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
2 #6 Wickens, Robert (R) D/H/F 01:09.9052 125.604 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
3 #18 Bourdais, Sebastien D/H/F 01:09.9449 125.533 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
4# 5 Hinchcliffe, James D/H/F 01:10.0858 125.281 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
5 #20 King, Jordan (R) D/C/F 01:10.1326 125.197 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
6 #1 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F 01:10.7276 124.144 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
7 #22 Pagenaud, Simon D/C/F 01:10.0382 125.366 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
8 #27 Rossi, Alexander D/H/F 01:10.1062 125.244 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
9 #21 Pigot, Spencer D/C/F 01:10.1601 125.148 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
10 #3 Castroneves, Helio D/C/F 01:10.1847 125.104 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
It was a great run for Canadian Robert Wickens and his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team in qualifying today. Robert in his first IndyCar series race took the pole position by a mere 0.0703 seconds over Will Power. Robert’s teammate James Hinchcliffe made it into the TOP 12 and placed 7th overall, while the third Canadian in the race #19 Zach Claman De Melo placed 22nd on the grid.
Rank Car Driver Name Time Speed Session
1 #6 Wickens, Robert (R) 01:01.6643 105.085 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
2 #12 Power, Will 01:01.7346 104.965 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
3 #4 Leist, Matheus (R) 01:01.7631 104.917 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
4 #20 King, Jordan (R) 01:01.7633 104.917 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
5 #30 Sato, Takuma 01:01.8821 104.715 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
6 #28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan 01:02.0385 104.451 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
7 #5 Hinchcliffe, James 01:00.9986 106.232 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
8 #88 Chaves, Gabby 01:01.1191 106.023 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
9 #9 Dixon, Scott 01:01.6527 105.105 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
10 #14 Kanaan, Tony 01:01.7213 104.988 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
11 #22 Pagenaud, Simon 01:04.6739 100.195 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
12 #27 Rossi, Alexander 01:07.0377 96.662 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
13 #1 Newgarden, Josef 01:00.4320 107.228 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
14 #18 Bourdais, Sebastien 01:00.9587 106.301 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
15 #26 Veach, Zach (R) 01:00.4585 107.181 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
16 #21 Pigot, Spencer 01:00.9668 106.287 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
17 #10 Jones, Ed 01:00.5009 107.106 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
18 #98 Andretti, Marco 01:01.3013 105.707 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
19 #60 Harvey, Jack (R) 01:01.0270 106.183 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
20 #59 Chilton, Max 01:01.3360 105.648 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
21 #23 Kimball, Charlie 01:01.1868 105.905 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
22 #19 Claman De Melo, Zachary 01:01.8567 104.758 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
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24 #15 Rahal, Graham 01:04.0990 101.094 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
The Verizon IndyCar Series ( with Mazda Road to Indy ) and the Pirelli World Challenge Series ( GT/GTA ) both have their first races of the 2018 season this weekend at St. Petersburg Florida.
Here’s a look at the list of Canadian drivers and teams participating in the weekends events.
IndyCar Series
#5 James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#6 Robert Wickens Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#19 Zachary Claman De Melo Dale Coyne Racing
MRTI
Indy Lights
#28 Dalton Kellett Andretti Autosport
Pro Mazda
#90 Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
#91 Antonio Serravall Exclusive Autosport
USF2000
#90 Manuel Cabrera Exclusive Autosport
#91 Igor Fraga Exclusive Autosport
#93 Jayson Clunie Exclusive Autosport
Pirelli World Challenge
GT
#2 Daniel Morad CPR Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3
#61 Toni Vilander R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3
#96 Scott Hargrove Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)
GTS
#13 Orey Fidani Pfaff Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 CS-MR
GTSA
#89 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports Maserati Grand Turismo MC GT4