As it happened a year ago exactly back, the Brazilian Castroneves Helium dominated of end to east end Sunday the Great Prize of Saint Petersburg, disputed in the drawn up one street nailed in the state of Florida.
Castroneves, a pilot with much experience in this type of drawing up since it competed in numerous races of series CART, took from pole position with its Dallara of the Team Penske accompanied to its side of the young pilot Andretti Frame.
Neither or the Castroneves competition leaved was pressed during the first returns by Andretti, but after a pair of turns the Brazilian increased his rate and virtually he disappeared of the view of his rivals. Even so the successive yellow flags allowed that their rivals put themselves again to the tail of their car. It was as well as Scott Dixon became its main threat past half of race.
The unique pilot in conditions for beating to Castroneves was his compatriot Tony Kanaan, who had been quickest in the practices and by the first stages of the returns clasificatorias, crashed Saturday and lost his opportunity to take first Sunday.
Thus he was as Tony trying to gain positions were touched with its teammate Dario Franchitti in the first curve of the first turn of race. Kanaan was last in the Indian row and carried out a spectacular one overcome took that it until the third position to very little of the end. Tony even was closely together to fight by position with Dixon and Castroneves, but their car and especially their tires, already accused the terrible wearing down of the overcome one of Tony.
On the other hand the forceful winner of the first date of the series, Gives Wheldon, Saturday crashed during the practices and started in 14º position in a car muleto. But using a different strategy to recharge fuel, the English managed to go ahead to Castroneves after a renewal of the race in return 35.
When the competition was started again, in a while it nails, Castroneves gave a good blow him to Wheldon and it became to place in the advantage whereas the car of Wheldon moved erratically and were reached about the squad.
“I do not know what happened”, Castroneves expressed. “Very I was surprised I struck when it. Perhaps they were the brakes or perhaps that the tires were cold. My equipment shouted “green, green, green” in my head and simply I advanced. It happened very fast.”
Even so and in spite of the anger of Wheldon and Ganassi, the certain thing is that it was very difficult that Wheldon could contain to Castroneves behind him. The Briton, unlike his teammate, did not render in this street track he back did as it in the oval of Miami one week ago.
Andretti frame finally culminated quarter and was observed during all the day by the sport Director of escudería Honda Racing F1 Team, the Brazilian Gil de Ferran.
Takings Scheckter, Sam Hornish Jr, Danica Patrick, Give Wheldon and Buddy classified Rice closed the group of the ten best ones.

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