2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

The 2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by AmFirst was the 3rd round of the 2019 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 7, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama. Takuma Sato won the race from the pole position scoring his fourth career IndyCar victory.^[1]

2019 Alabama

Race details
3rd round of the 2019 IndyCar season
Date	April 7, 2019
Official name	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by AmFirst
Location	Barber Motorsports Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.380 mi / 3.830 km
Distance	90 laps 214.200 mi / 344.700 km
Pole position
Driver	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time	1:08.5934
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	1:10.4818 (on lap 12 of 90)
Podium
First	Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Second	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Sébastien Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan)

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:08.7171	1:08.6234	1:08.5934
2	15	Graham Rahal	2	1:08.5104	1:08.6996	1:08.6971
3	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:08.4996	1:08.6123	1:08.8081
4	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	1:08.7545	1:08.4074	1:08.8476
5	18	Sébastien Bourdais	1	1:08.5930	1:08.7860	1:09.0189
6	21	Spencer Pigot	1	1:08.3548	1:08.5951	1:09.6074
7	12	Will Power W	2	1:08.5397	1:08.8248
8	27	Alexander Rossi	1	1:08.8013	1:08.8866
9	88	Colton Herta R	1	1:08.3762	1:08.9130
10	19	Santino Ferrucci R	1	1:08.5672	1:09.0213
11	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	2	1:08.6872	1:09.0764
12	60	Jack Harvey	1	1:08.8605	1:09.2967
13	98	Marco Andretti	1	1:08.8950
14	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:08.7943
15	4	Matheus Leist	1	1:08.9477
16	2	Josef Newgarden W	2	1:08.8700
17	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	1	1:08.9630
18	31	Patricio O'Ward R	2	1:08.9011
19	14	Tony Kanaan	1	1:09.0327
20	7	Marcus Ericsson R	2	1:08.9226
21	20	Ed Jones	1	1:09.0441
22	59	Max Chilton	2	1:09.0566
23	26	Zach Veach	1	1:09.4478
24	81	Ben Hanley R	2	1:10.4165
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2019-09-21 at the Wayback Machine

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.1
1	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	1:55:46.8076	3	1	74	54
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+2.3874	3	3	2	41
3	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	90	+2.7933	2	5	8	36
4	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+7.9721	3	16		32
5	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+8.8518	3	8	3	31
6	5	James Hinchcliffe	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	90	+9.4356	3	4	2	29
7	7	Marcus Ericsson R	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	90	+13.7580	3	20		26
8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+15.2506	3	11		24
9	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+22.7848	3	14		22
10	10	Felix Rosenqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+26.2450	4	17		20
11	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+31.8178	4	7		19
12	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+33.9035	4	23		18
13	60	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson	Honda	90	+34.9655	3	12		17
14	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian	Honda	90	+39.3119	4	13		16
15	19	Santino Ferrucci R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	90	+40.0094	4	10		15
16	31	Patricio O'Ward R	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	90	+40.6728	6	18		14
17	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	90	+42.5718	3	6		13
18	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	5	19		12
19	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	5	21		11
20	4	Matheus Leist	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	4	15		10
21	81	Ben Hanley R	DragonSpeed	Chevrolet	88	+2 Laps	4	24		9
22	59	Max Chilton	Carlin Racing	Chevrolet	88	+2 Laps	5	22		8
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	55	Mechanical	2	2	1	8
24	88	Colton Herta R	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	Honda	51	+39 Laps	2	9		6
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.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Josef Newgarden 125 1 2 Scott Dixon 98 11 3 Takuma Sato 91 4 Alexander Rossi 84 3 5 Colton Herta 81

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 258 2 Chevrolet 210

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.