# 2020 IndyCar Grand Prix

The 2020 GMR Grand Prix, was an IndyCar Series event scheduled for July 4, 2020 and was the second of fourteen rounds of the 2020 IndyCar Series Season. It was originally scheduled for May 9, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the postponement, the race was run as a double-header event with the NASCAR Xfinity Series, with IndyCar sharing the card with the Shell 150 NASCAR Xfinity Series event, the day before the NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400. The race was also reduced from 85 laps to 80 laps to compensate for the compacted schedule, and was the first of two meetings held on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. The second road course meeting was held October 2–4 as part of the Harvest Auto Racing Classic featuring the Intercontinental GT Challenge. It was the inaugural NASCAR meeting race for INDYCAR.

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held Friday, July 3, with the first session beginning at 4:30 p.m. EST. With temperatures much higher than the normal May date the event had normally been run at, qualifying times were slower than in years previous. Will Power qualified on pole position with a time of 1:10.1779, besting Jack Harvey and Colton Herta. Rookie Oliver Askew set the fastest time of the day in the second round of qualifying with a 1:09.8780, but wore out his tires in doing so, causing him to only manage 5th place in the Firestone Fast 6 session.
| Key | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Fast 6 |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power W | 2 | 1:10.2548 | 1:10.1313 | 1:10.1779 |
| 2 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 2 | 1:10.5157 | 1:10.0238 | 1:10.3653 |
| 3 | 88 | Colton Herta | 2 | 1:10.4114 | 1:10.0985 | 1:10.5197 |
| 4 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 2 | 1:10.5647 | 1:10.0707 | 1:10.5844 |
| 5 | 7 | Oliver Askew R | 1 | 1:10.5306 | 1:09.8780 | 1:10.8404 |
| 6 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | 1 | 1:10.6188 | 1:10.1420 | No Time |
| 7 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 1:10.5000 | 1:10.1990 | |
| 8 | 20 | Conor Daly | 1 | 1:10.5658 | 1:10.2169 | |
| 9 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1 | 1:10.5558 | 1:10.2310 | |
| 10 | 59 | Max Chilton | 1 | 1:10.5465 | 1:10.3055 | |
| 11 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 2 | 1:10.5947 | 1:10.3426 | |
| 12 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1 | 1:10.5880 | 1:10.5764 | |
| 13 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward | 1 | 1:10.7333 | | |
| 14 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 2 | 1:10.6287 | | |
| 15 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci | 1 | 1:10.7902 | | |
| 16 | 45 | Spencer Pigot | 2 | 1:10.6350 | | |
| 17 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 1 | 1:10.8853 | | |
| 18 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay R | 2 | 1:10.7070 | | |
| 19 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 1 | 1:11.1478 | | |
| 20 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | 2 | 1:10.7438 | | |
| 21 | 55 | Álex Palou R | 1 | 1:11.1815 | | |
| 22 | 26 | Zach Veach | 2 | 1:11.2762 | | |
| 23 | 24 | Sage Karam | 1 | 1:11.7774 | | |
| 24 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | 2 | 1:11.4026 | | |
| 25 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 1 | 1:12.0513 | | |
| 26 | 14 | Dalton Kellett R | 2 | 1:11.5876 | | |

## Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 80 | 1:41:59.3232 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 80 | +19.946 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 80 | +20.564 | 3 | 20 | | 35 |
| 4 | 88 | Colton Herta | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 80 | +25.088 | 3 | 3 | | 32 |
| 5 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay R | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | +25.636 | 3 | 18 | | 30 |
| 6 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 80 | +25.713 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 7 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 80 | +31.897 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | 5 | Patricio O'Ward | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 80 | +33.836 | 3 | 13 | | 24 |
| 9 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci | Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 80 | +43.046 | 2 | 15 | | 22 |
| 10 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 80 | +44.891 | 4 | 17 | | 20 |
| 11 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 80 | +46.167 | 3 | 19 | | 19 |
| 12 | 20 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | +49.977 | 2 | 8 | | 18 |
| 13 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 80 | +50.489 | 3 | 12 | | 17 |
| 14 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 80 | +52.217 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 80 | +56.688 | 3 | 9 | | 15 |
| 16 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevrolet | 80 | +1:00.231 | 3 | 10 | | 14 |
| 17 | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 80 | +1:03.845 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 18 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 80 | +1:05.519 | 3 | 24 | | 12 |
| 19 | 55 | Álex Palou R | Dale Coyne Racing w/Team Goh | Honda | 80 | +1:06.478 | 3 | 21 | | 11 |
| 20 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 80 | +1:11.612 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 |
| 21 | 14 | Dalton Kellett R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 79 | +1 Lap | 3 | 26 | | 9 |
| 22 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 79 | +1 Lap | 3 | 25 | | 8 |
| 23 | 24 | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 79 | +1 Lap | 3 | 23 | | 7 |
| 24 | 45 | Spencer Pigot | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing w/Citrone/Buhl Autosport | Honda | 74 | Mechanical | 2 | 16 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 41 | Mechanical | 2 | 11 | | 5 |
| 26 | 7 | Oliver Askew R | Arrow McLaren SP | Chevrolet | 34 | Contact | 1 | 5 | | 5 |

### Race statistics

Average speed: 114.789 mph (184.735 km/h)
Lead changes: 10
Lap leader breakdown :
| From lap | To lap | Total laps | Driver |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | Will Power |
| 17 | 17 | 1 | Jack Harvey |
| 18 | 26 | 9 | Graham Rahal |
| 27 | 38 | 12 | Will Power |
| 39 | 47 | 9 | Graham Rahal |
| 48 | 54 | 7 | Scott Dixon |
| 55 | 55 | 1 | Spencer Pigot |
| 56 | 56 | 1 | Marcus Ericsson |
| 57 | 60 | 4 | Josef Newgarden |
| 61 | 61 | 1 | Zach Veach |
| 62 | 80 | 19 | Scott Dixon |
Cautions: 1 for 4 laps :
| From lap | To lap | Total laps | Reason |
| 36 | 39 | 4 | #7 (Askew) accident turn 14 |

## Championship standings after the race
### Drivers' Championship standings

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Scott Dixon | 104 |
| | 2 | Simon Pagenaud | 75 |
| | 3 | Josef Newgarden | 64 |
| 3 | 4 | Colton Herta | 58 |
| 12 | 5 | Graham Rahal | 54 |