tamermotorsports.com - IRL IndyCar Series - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

They give Wheldon headed the equipment of Andretti Green Racing that seized of the four first positions Sunday, in the first race realized in a street circuit by the IRL IndyCar Series.
This it is the second triumph of Wheldon and escudería Andretti Green Racing (AGR) in this season, after abrir to the year dominating Toyota Indy 300 of Miami, the past 6 of March.
The Brazilian Tony Kanaan, champion of the past year in this also integral category and of equipment AGR, arrived second behind Wheldon, and conquered his third podio of the season, after being third party in the tests of Phoenix and Miami.
The beginning of the competition was injured, because when return 11 was run American A.J. Foyt, that circulated less with a return than the leaders, closed the door to him to the Brazilian Castroneves Helium when this it tried to exceed it. Both left by this incident, causing the first yellow flag of the day.
From that moment the fight by the first positions was without quarter, since at least four cars looked for to seize of the end.
In turn 43, the pilot of escudería Fernandez Racing, the American Scott Sharp, remained with the desire to raise podio due to a shock with Dario Franchitti, leaving all the responsibility to his coequiper, Japanese pilot Kosuke Matsuura, who stayed within the sharpshooting group all the competition.
Kanaan, that defended the title of the series, took advantage of a pause in return 84 a total of 100, to advance of the fourth position to second, surpassing to Darren Manning (shock including), the companion of Briscoe, and next it happened to Wheldon until the second position.
The bichampion Sam Hornish Jr, whom the day with the greater advantage in points began, and inexperienced the Enge Takings, had a shock next in return 87, receiving the villa and last flag of warning, and leaving to right Kanaan behind the unexpected Briscoe leader for the last pause in return 92.
Once relaunched the test, the Kanaan champion was in search of the Australian novice Ryan Briscoe, of 23 years, that Integra the equipment of Chip Ganassi Racing.
While Briscoe apparently headed the race in way to his first victory, in the nailed track in center of St. Petersburg, the Kanaan champion took pains in leaving it out of action, after exceeding it dangerously, but of allowed way. The Brazilian previously had I throw the same maneuver with Manning, although this last one could continue unlike Briscoe, that finished against the protective obstacles.
The last returns became a duel of coequipers, which it left victorious Give Wheldon, that closed all the doors to him to Tony Kanaan to take his first picture flag of the season.
When they lacked four returns so that the picture flag fell, the Japanese Kosuke Matsuura rolled sixth, but a problem in the motor prevented that Fernandez Racing added points in this competition for escudería.
After these results, Wheldon consolidated in the first place of the classification by points with 134 units, followed by Kanaan (110), Hornish Jr (105) and Brazilian the Helium Castroneves (82) and Vitor Meira (81).

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