Event statistics following the eighth race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season, Race 2 of the Detroit Grand Prix at The Raceway at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan.
Ryan Hunter-Reay earned his first victory since 2015, using a series of fastest race laps to run down Andretti Autosport teammate and polesitter Alexander Rossi, then passing Rossi after he locked up his tires and slid off course in Turn 3 late in the race. Hunter-Reay – now fourth in points after Sunday’s win and Saturday’s runner-up finish – won by 11.3549 seconds over Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power. Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Ed Jones and Scott Dixon – the Race 1 winner – and last year’s double-race winner Graham Rahal, rounded out the top five.
Detroit Grand Prix, Race 2
The Raceway at Belle Isle – Detroit, Michigan
- Winner (starting position): Ryan Hunter-Reay (10th)
- Podium: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Will Power, Ed Jones
- Full Results: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Will Power, Ed Jones, Scott Dixon, Graham Rahal, Robert Wickens, Tony Kanaan, Charlie Kimball, Marco Andretti, Simon Pagenaud, Max Chilton, Alexander Rossi, Zach Veach, Matheus Leist, Josef Newgarden, James Hinchcliffe, Takuma Sato, Jordan King, Gabby Chaves, Santino Ferrucci, Sebastien Bourdais, Rene Binder, Spencer Pigot
- Laps Completed: 70
- Race Leaders: 4
- Lead Changes: 6
- Laps Led: Alexander Rossi (46), Ryan Hunter-Reay (18), Robert Wickens (6)
- Pole Position: Alexander Rossi (90.661 mph; 93.3143 seconds)
- Fastest Race Lap: Ryan Hunter-Reay (112.711 mph; 75.0590 seconds; Lap 59)
- Hard Charger: Tony Kanaan (+15; 22nd to 7th)
- Margin of Victory: 11.3549 seconds
- Car Count: 23
- Cars Entered: 23
- Cars Running at Finish: 22 (of 23; or 96 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 16
- Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
- Average Speed: 105.176 mph
- Manufacturer Breakdown: Honda (12), Chevrolet (11)
- Time of Race: 1:33:50.5784
- Green Flag/Yellow Flag Laps: 67/3
- Total Passes: 144 (60 for position)
Notes of Interest – Race Recap (Detroit Grand Prix, Race 2)
- This is Ryan Hunter-Reay’s first victory of the 2018 IndyCar Series season and the 17th of his career (15 in IndyCar Series, 2 in Champ Car World Series). Hunter-Reay ties Danny Sullivan, Jimmy Murphy and Tony Kanaan with 17 wins; all four drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 once.
- This is Hunter-Reay’s first victory at The Raceway at Belle Isle. He is the 19th different driver to win at least one IndyCar race at Belle Isle.
- Hunter-Reay is the sixth driver to win a race this season. Josef Newgarden and Will Power each have two victories, while Sebastien Bourdais, Alexander Rossi and Scott each have one win.
- This marks Hunter-Reay’s first victory since the 2015 race at Pocono Raceway, a span of 42 races. Hunter-Reay has now won races in eight of his 11 fulltime seasons in the IndyCar Series, and 10 of 14 IndyCar seasons (including two of three Champ Car World Series seasons; he only ran six of the 17 races during the 2007 IndyCar Series season).
- Hunter-Reay earned his 41st career podium with the victory. He finished second in Race 1, and has three podiums this season and series-leading six top-five finishes (tied with teammate Alexander Rossi).
- Hunter-Reay led 18 laps, and has led six races this season, tied with Alexander Rossi and Sebastien Bourdais. Despite leading six races, he’s only led 33 total laps in 2018 (more than doubled his total in Detroit Grand Prix, Race 2).
- This marks Hunter-Reay’s 14th win with Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series. His first win in the IndyCar Series, in 2008, came with Rahal Letterman Racing, at Watkins Glen International.
- This marks the fourth consecutive race won by a driver of 37 years of age. Will Power won both races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Scott Dixon won Race 1 at Detroit.
- This is Hunter-Reay’s eighth victory on a road course, including fifth on a temporary street circuit. His last win on a temporary street circuit came on the Streets of Baltimore in 2012.
- Nine of Hunter-Reay’s victories have come in a Honda.
- Hunter-Reay won the race from the 10th-place starting position. It marks the second time he’s won a race from 10th; his last win from 10th also came at Baltimore in 2012. That was also the last time any driver won an IndyCar race from the 10th-place starting position.
- This is the second time a driver has won from the 10th-place starting position at Belle Isle; Danny Sullivan also won from 10th, in 1993.
- Hunter-Reay has an average finish of 7.25, the third-best this season behind Scott Dixon (4.63) and Alexander Rossi (5.25).
- Hunter-Reay set the race’s fastest lap for both races at Detroit, and is the only driver this season with multiple fast race laps.
- This marked the second race at Belle Isle that Hunter-Reay has led. He also led 20 laps in Race 1 of the 2013 event.
- Hunter-Reay moved to fourth in the points standings, up from ninth after the Indianapolis 500.
- Hunter-Reay’s win is the fourth victory for a United States-born driver this season. Josef Newgarden has two wins, while teammate Alexander Rossi has one.
- Hunter-Reay averaged 105.176 mph, slightly slower than the race record of 105.442 mph, set by Graham Rahal in Race 2 of the 2017 event. Race 2 of this year’s event featured only one full-course caution period for three laps.
- Hunter-Reay won by 11.3549 seconds, the largest margin of victory of any race this season.
- This is Andretti Autosport’s second IndyCar victory of the season and the 82nd in the team’s history (59th in the IndyCar Series). It marks the second consecutive season the team has recorded at least two victories; the team has at least one victory in nine consecutive seasons.
- This is Andretti Autosport’s first IndyCar win on a temporary street circuit since Carlos Munoz won Race 1 of the Detroit Grand Prix in 2015.
- This is the seventh IndyCar victory for Andretti Autosport on a road or street circuit since beginning of the 2013 season.
- This is Andretti Autosport’s second victory at Belle Isle, with Munoz winning in 2015. Team owner Michael Andretti earned a victory as a driver at Belle Isle in 1992 (and also won a race on a temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit in 1990).
- Will Power finished second, his fourth consecutive top-10 finish and third finish of first or second in the last four races.
- Power now has four top fives and six top 10s in eight races this season, with an average finish of 8.25.
- Power was the only Chevrolet driver to finish in the top six.
- Ed Jones finished third, tying a season-best finish (Long Beach Grand Prix) and his fifth top-10 result of 2018.
- Race 1 winner Scott Dixon finished fourth, his seventh finish of sixth or better in eight races. Dixon is one of three drivers this season to finish every lap this season (952 out of 952).
- Graham Rahal finished fifth, earning his third top five and seventh top 10 of the season. Rahal has advanced an average of 6.25 positions from start to finish in eight races in 2018.
- Rookie Robert Wickens finished sixth, his best finish since finishing third in the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, and his sixth top-10 finish of the season.
- Wickens led six laps, and has led in five races this season for 141 laps.
- Tony Kanaan finished a season-best seventh (previous best finish of eighth at ISM Raceway and Long Beach Grand Prix). He now has three top 10s this season. Kanaan improved a race-high 15 positions, becoming the seventh driver this season to make up the most positions from start to finish in a race.
- Charlie Kimball finished a season-best eighth, marking his second top-10 of 2018 (previous best was 10th in the Long Beach Grand Prix).
- Marco Andretti finished ninth, earning his fifth top-10 finish of the season.
- Simon Pagenaud finished 10th, his fifth top 10 of the season.
- Alexander Rossi finished a season-worst 12th, after slipping off the track late in the race while attempting to hold off Ryan Hunter-Reay for the lead. It ended a three-race streak of finishing in the top five. Still, he holds an average finish of 5.25, with five podiums and six top fives.
- Rossi led a race-high 46 laps, the second time this season he’s led the most laps of a race.
- Rossi has finished 16 consecutive races, and has finished on the lead lap in all eight races this season, one of three drivers to finish every lap (Dixon and Josef Newgarden).
- Josef Newgarden (15th) and James Hinchcliffe (16th) each suffered their worst finishes of the season. Hinchcliffe was the final driver to finish on the lead lap.
- Rene Binder finished 22nd, the final driver to finish the race, albeit four laps down.
- Spencer Pigot dropped out after 21 laps and finished 23rd, last. Pigot also caused the event’s only full course caution, spinning in Turn 5 on the first lap after he was hit from behind by Santino Ferrucci.
- A total of 13 drivers improved on their starting position in the race.
- A total of 16 drivers finished on the lead lap. All five races on temporary street circuits or permanent road courses this season have seen at least 14 drivers finish on the lead lap.
- The next race will be Saturday, June 9, with the DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
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