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Honda Scores Fourth Consecutive 2020 Indy Car Win


ELKHART LAKE, Wis., July 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A thrilling "battle of the young guns" saw Felix Rosenqvist come from behind to claim his career Indy car victory, and extend Honda's winning streak to four in as many races in the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES.

In the second race of a doubleheader weekend at Road America, Rosenqvist chased down fellow second-year Indy car driver Pato O'Ward in the final 15 laps of Sunday's REV Group Grand Prix, erasing an eight-second deficit following the final round of pit stops to catch O'Ward with just over two laps remaining, pulling alongside on the run up the hill from Turn 5 to Turn 6 on the 4.0-mile road course.  The pair continued to side-by-side through Turn 6, with Rosenqvist finally establishing an advantage on the run back down the hill through Turn 7 and through the "Carousel". 

Once in front, Rosenqvist extended his advantage on the final lap, taking the checkers 2.8 seconds clear of O'Ward.  The win is the fourth in as many races this season for both Honda and Chip Ganassi Racing, with teammate Scott Dixon winning the opening trio of events this year, including the opening 55-lap race here on Saturday. 

Championship leader Dixon was unable to sweep the weekend, but salvaged a 12th-place result after contending with chassis balance issues throughout the race, and problems during two of his three pit stops.  Dixon remains atop the Drivers' Championship standings with 173 points, while Herta moves into second with 119 points.

Behind the lead pair, 2019 Road America winner Alexander Rossi scored his first podium result of 2020 with a third-place finish in his Andretti Autosport Honda; while Marcus Ericsson, driving the third Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, gained 12 positions during the race to finish fourth.

With four wins in four races this season, Honda also continues to lead the IndyCar Manufacturers' Championship, with an unofficial total of 362 points to 270 points for Chevrolet.  Honda drivers claimed seven of the top eight finishing positions today.  Colton Herta continued his string of top-six results this year, finishing fifth in both races this weekend.  Dale Coyne Racing's Santino Ferrucci came homes sixth, while teammate and promising rookie Alex Palou started on the front row and finished seventh.  Takuma Sato rounded out the top eight in his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda.

After strong runs on Saturday and in qualifying for today's race, both fourth-starting Ryan Hunter-Reay and Graham Rahal, who had qualified fifth, were eliminated in separate opening-lap clashes with Will Power.

Next
Following this weekend's doubleheader at Road America, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES wraps up its run of five races over a 15-day period with another doubleheader next weekend, July 17-18, on the short oval at Iowa Speedway near Des Moines.

Honda Racing social media content and videos from the REV Group Grand Prix at Road America will be available on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HondaRacingHPD) and on Twitter at  (https://twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD).  Produced by the CoForce Digital Media, YouTube video packages can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV.  

Quotes
Felix Rosenqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) Started seventh, finished first; first Indy car win, fourth consecutive win for Honda in 2020: "We've been close [to a win] so many times, this race was for my #10 NTT Data crew and Honda..  We've been strong in so many races, but it never quite came together until today.  The car was fantastic, and now we're four for four for Ganassi and Honda, that's huge. We had so much pace.  We kept closing in, almost half a second every lap.  We had a really good fight [with O'Ward] at the end, it was a good show and good fun. I'm really proud to be part of the NTT and Honda families."

Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport Honda) Started 10th, finished third: "It's been a difficult start to the season, but one constant has been this #27 AutoNation Andretti Autosport Honda team.  There's never been a question of what we're doing, or why we're doing it.  It's all been problem solving and keeping our foot down on the pedal and attacking as much as we can.  We knew it would come good at some point, our race pace has always been strong.  We'll take this [third-place finish], it's a step in the right direction and it's what we needed to get some momentum going heading into Iowa."

Ted Klaus (President, Honda Performance Development) on today's fourth consecutive Honda win in the 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES: "What a great way to end a great weekend for everyone at Honda and HPD.  It's so satisfying to see Felix Rosenvqist break through for his first win, and really happy to see Alex [Rossi] on the podium where he belongs.  It's unfortunate that both Graham Rahal and Ryan Hunter-Reay were eliminated through no fault of their own, but Colton [Herta] continues to impress with his consistent results, and now is second to [Scott] Dixon in the championship.  We're proud to power all of our partner teams: Chip Ganassi Racing, Andretti Autosport, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Meyer Shank Racing and Dale Coyne Racing.  Now we head to Iowa, a completely different challenge to these past three road races."

NTT INDYCAR SERIES REV Group Grand Grand Prix
Circuit:                      Road America (4.0-mile road course), Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Saturday Winner:     Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 116.027 mph average
Weather:
                    Mostly sunny, mild, 72 degrees F

Top-10 Race Results:

Fn.

St.

Driver    

Team

Manufacturer

Laps

Notes

1.

7.

Felix Rosenqvist

Chip Ganassi Racing

Honda

55


2.

1.

Pato O'Ward

Arrow McLaren SP

Chevrolet

55

-2.8699 seconds

3.

10.

Alexander Rossi

Andretti Autosport

Honda  

55


4.

16.

Marcus Ericsson

Chip Ganassi Racing

Honda

55


5.

2.

Colton Herta

Andretti Harding Autosport

Honda  

55


6.

11.

Santino Ferrucci

DCR with Vasser-Sullivan

Honda  

55


7.

3.

Alex Palou-R

DCR with Team Goh

Honda  

55


8.

12.

Takuma Sato

Rahal Letterman Lanigan

Honda

55


9.

14.

Josef Newgarden

Team Penske

Chevrolet

55


10.

13.

Charlie Kimball

A.J. Foyt Racing

Chevrolet

55


Other Honda Results

12.

6.

Scott Dixon

Chip Ganassi Racing

Honda

55

Running

16.

17.

Zach Veach

Andretti Autosport

Honda  

55

Running

17.

9.

Jack Harvey

Meyer Shank Racing

Honda

55

Running

19.

19.

Marco Andretti

Andretti Herta Autosport

Honda  

54

Running

22.

4.

Ryan Hunter-Reay

Andretti Autosport

Honda  

0

Did not finish ? contact

23.

5.

Graham Rahal

Rahal Letterman Lanigan

Honda

0

Did not finish ? contact

 

SOURCE Honda Racing/HPD


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