2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
Race details
13th round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 22, 2010
Official name	Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
Location	Infineon Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.303 mi / 3.706 km
Distance	75 laps; 172.725 mi / 277.950 km
Weather	78 °F (26 °C), clear skies
Pole position
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:16.5282
Fastest lap
Driver	J. R. Hildebrand (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing)
Time	1:19.1564 (on lap 13 of 75)
Podium
First	Will Power (Team Penske)
Second	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was the sixth running of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma and the thirteenth round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, August 22, 2010. The race contested over 75 laps at the 2.303-mile (3.706 km) Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Group 1^[1]	Group 2^[2]	Top 12^[3]	Fast 6^[4]
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske		1:16.8947	1:16.8072	1:16.5282
2	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	1:16.7647		1:16.7427	1:16.5652
3	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing		1:16.9533	1:16.7956	1:16.9437
4	77	Alex Tagliani	FAZZT Race Team		1:16.2670	1:16.7979	1:17.2068
5	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	1:17.3501		1:16.9359	1:17.2109
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing		1:17.1801	1:16.9148	1:17.3470
7	22	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:17.2911		1:16.9477
8	37	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1:17.0638		1:17.1317
9	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Autosport		1:17.3419	1:17.3181
10	2	Raphael Matos	de Ferran Dragon Racing	1:17.3918		1:17.3710
11	78	Simona de Silvestro (R)	HVM Racing	1:17.3030		1:17.7429
12	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing		1:17.4953	1:17.8280
13	34	Bertrand Baguette (R)	Conquest Racing	1:17.5239
14	06	Hideki Mutoh	Newman/Haas Racing		1:17.5187
15	8	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	1:17.6825
16	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas Racing		1:17.5284
17	5	Takuma Sato (R)	KV Racing Technology	1:17.7112
18	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport		1:17.6216
19	24	J. R. Hildebrand (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:17.7659
20	32	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology		1:17.7533
21	14	Vítor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	1:17.9149
22	19	Alex Lloyd (R)	Dale Coyne Racing		1:18.0423
23	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport	1:18.3995
24	18	Milka Duno	Dale Coyne Racing		1:22.2980
25	36	Francesco Dracone (R)	Conquest Racing	1:21.2262

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	12	Will Power	Team Penske	75	1:52:34.1915	53
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	1:52:34.9347	40
3	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	75	1:52:40.8047	35
4	6	Ryan Briscoe	Team Penske	75	1:52:42.0552	32
5	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	75	1:52:44.6509	30
6	22	Justin Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	75	1:52:45.1010	28
7	11	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Autosport	75	1:52:45.7161	26
8	37	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	75	1:52:46.0853	24
9	02	Graham Rahal	Newman/Haas Racing	75	1:52:41.6934	22
10	19	Alex Lloyd (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	75	1:52:52.3984	20
11	32	Mario Moraes	KV Racing Technology	75	1:52:54.4326	19
12	26	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	75	1:52:54.8674	18
13	78	Simona de Silvestro (R)	HVM Racing	75	1:52:56.0154	17
14	77	Alex Tagliani	FAZZT Race Team	75	1:52:56.6773	16
15	14	Vítor Meira	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	75	1:52:58.4794	15
16	7	Danica Patrick	Andretti Autosport	75	1:53:20.3254	14
17	06	Hideki Mutoh	Newman/Haas Racing	74	+1 lap	13
18	5	Takuma Sato (R)	KV Racing Technology	74	+1 lap	12
19	8	E. J. Viso	KV Racing Technology	74	+1 lap	12
20	36	Francesco Dracone (R)	Conquest Racing	71	Contact	12
21	2	Raphael Matos	de Ferran Dragon Racing	67	Contact	12
22	18	Milka Duno	Dale Coyne Racing	67	+8 laps	12
23	34	Bertrand Baguette (R)	Conquest Racing	65	Contact	12
24	24	J. R. Hildebrand (R)	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	38	Contact	12
25	4	Dan Wheldon	Panther Racing	0	Contact	10
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