2020 REV Group Grand Prix
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 3rd and 4th round of the 2020 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | July 11 and 12, 2020 |
| Official name | REV Group Grand Prix at Road America |
| Location | Road America |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.048 mi / 6.458 km |
| Distance | 55 laps 222.64 mi / 358.304 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | United States Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) |
| Time | 1:45.5191 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | United States Marco Andretti (Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian) |
| Time | 1:47.591 (on lap 34 of 55) |
| Podium | |
| First | New Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Australia Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Third | Spain Álex Palou (Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh) |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Mexico Patricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP) |
| Time | 1:44.8971 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:47.1804 (on lap 13 of 55) |
| Podium | |
| First | Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Mexico Patricio O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP) |
| Third | United States Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport) |
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The 2020 REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader was an IndyCar Series event held July 11–12, 2020. It made up the third and fourth rounds of the series' 2020 season. The race was originally scheduled for June 21, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the weekend was turned in to a double-header event in an effort to make up for races outright cancelled by the pandemic.[1] The race was also the first event of the 2020 season to allow spectators at the track, with track promoters allowing unrestricted attendance.[2]
Race 1 – July 11
[edit | edit source]All sessions for race 1 took place on Saturday, July 11.
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Qualifying began at 2:15 CDT. As the event was doubleheader, series rules meant qualifying was a single round (instead of two rounds as normal), split into two groups. Drivers from the group with the fastest driver having the better time started in the odd number positions, while the group whose fastest time was worse than the other group took even number positions.
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
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Race
[edit | edit source]The race was held at 5:15 EST.
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, 1 point for Pole Position, and 1 point for the winner of the non-pole qualifying group.
Race statistics
[edit | edit source]Average speed: 116.027 mph (186.727 km/h)
Lead changes: 5
| Lap leader breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Driver |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | Josef Newgarden |
| 13 | 14 | 2 | Graham Rahal |
| 15 | 27 | 13 | Josef Newgarden |
| 28 | 29 | 2 | Marcus Ericsson |
| 30 | 39 | 10 | Will Power |
| 40 | 55 | 16 | Scott Dixon |
| Cautions: 3 for 7 laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Reason |
| 38 | 40 | 3 | #60 (Harvey) off course turn 3 |
| 42 | 43 | 2 | #5 (O'Ward) & #20 (Daly) contact turn 7 |
| 45 | 46 | 2 | #14 (Kellett) off course turn 14 |
Championship standings after the race
[edit | edit source]- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 1 | New Zealand Scott Dixon | 155 |
| File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 2 | France Simon Pagenaud | 93 |
| File:1uparrow green.svg 1 | 3 | United States Colton Herta | 88 |
| File:1downarrow red.svg 1 | 4 | United States Josef Newgarden | 84 |
| File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 5 | United States Graham Rahal | 81 |
Race 2 – July 12
[edit | edit source]All sessions for race 2 took place on Sunday, July 12.
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Qualifying took place at 10:00 a.m. EST
Race
[edit | edit source]The race took place at 12:40 p.m. EST.
Race statistics
[edit | edit source]Average speed: 118.942 mph (191.419 km/h)
Lead changes: 8
| Lap leader breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Driver |
| 1 | 14 | 14 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 15 | 16 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 17 | 20 | 4 | Will Power |
| 21 | 27 | 7 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 28 | 29 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 30 | 40 | 11 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 41 | 42 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| 43 | 53 | 11 | Patricio O'Ward |
| 54 | 55 | 2 | Felix Rosenqvist |
| Cautions: 2 for 4 laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From lap |
To lap |
Total laps |
Reason |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | #12 (Power) & #28 (Hunter-Reay) contact turn 1; #12 (Power) & #15 (Rahal) contact turn 3 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | #12 (Power) spin turn 13 |
Championship standings after the race
[edit | edit source]- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:1rightarrow blue.svg | 1 | New Zealand Scott Dixon | 173 |
| File:1uparrow green.svg 1 | 2 | United States Colton Herta | 119 |
| File:1downarrow red.svg 1 | 3 | France Simon Pagenaud | 110 |
| File:1uparrow green.svg 4 | 4 | Mexico Patricio O'Ward | 110 |
| File:1downarrow red.svg 1 | 5 | United States Josef Newgarden | 106 |
References
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