# 2015 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

The 2015 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth race of the 2015 IndyCar Series season. The race was run on Sunday April 26, 2015 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States at Barber Motorsports Park, the sixth time the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was run. It was won by Josef Newgarden for the CFH Racing team. Graham Rahal took second for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Scott Dixon who races for Chip Ganassi Racing came in third. The top finishing rookie in the race, as he was in all three previous rounds in this years series, Gabby Chaves who finished 16th in the race as he did in the previous round.

## Report

| Key | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| 1 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves W | 1 | 1:07.2631 | 1:06.8790 | 1:07.1925 |
| 2 | 1 | Will Power W | 2 | 1:06.9973 | 1:06.8050 | 1:07.3833 |
| 3 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1 | 1:07.1072 | 1:07.0586 | 1:07.6383 |
| 4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 1:06.9406 | 1:07.0940 | 1:07.6938 |
| 5 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | 1 | 1:07.2853 | 1:07.2251 | 1:07.8922 |
| 6 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | 2 | 1:07.6242 | 1:07.2059 | 1:07.9426 |
| 7 | 11 | Sébastien Bourdais | 2 | 1:07.3141 | 1:07.2462 | |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1 | 1:07.5198 | 1:07.3903 | |
| 9 | 20 | Luca Filippi | 1 | 1:07.5198 | 1:07.6302 | |
| 10 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 2 | 1:07.4708 | 1:07.6626 | |
| 11 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 2 | 1:07.3842 | 1:07.8405 | |
| 12 | 8 | Sage Karam R | 1 | 1:07.5355 | 1:07.8930 | |
| 13 | 27 | Marco Andretti | 1 | 1:07.6295 | | |
| 14 | 7 | James Jakes | 2 | 1:07.9671 | | |
| 15 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | 1:07.7235 | | |
| 16 | 4 | Stefano Coletti R | 2 | 1:07.9947 | | |
| 17 | 98 | Gabby Chaves R | 1 | 1:07.8191 | | |
| 18 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | 2 | 1:07.9984 | | |
| 19 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth | 1 | 1:08.0082 | | |
| 20 | 14 | Takuma Sato | 2 | 1:08.2541 | | |
| 21 | 18 | Rodolfo González R | 1 | 1:08.5259 | | |
| 22 | 26 | Carlos Muñoz | 2 | 1:08.3533 | | |
| 23 | 19 | Francesco Dracone R | 2 | 1:10.1133 | | |
| Qualifications |||||||

### Race results

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine & Aero Kit | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | CFH Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 1:55:53.0630 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 53 |
| 2 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 90 | +2.2061 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 41 |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +4.8371 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | 1 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +19.4903 | 4 | 2 | | 32 |
| 5 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 90 | +22.0663 | 3 | 18 | | 30 |
| 6 | 26 | Carlos Muñoz | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 90 | +24.0595 | 3 | 22 | | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 90 | +24.6529 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | 11 | Sébastien Bourdais | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 90 | +25.4534 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +30.6139 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | 27 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 90 | +33.4777 | 3 | 13 | | 20 |
| 11 | 20 | Luca Filippi | CFH Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +34.1607 | 3 | 9 | | 19 |
| 12 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +34.6792 | 3 | 11 | | 18 |
| 13 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +35.3334 | 3 | 6 | | 17 |
| 14 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +36.6361 | 4 | 15 | | 17 |
| 15 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +39.4194 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 17 |
| 16 | 98 | Gabby Chaves R | Bryan Herta Autosport | Honda | 90 | +45.8965 | 3 | 17 | | 14 |
| 17 | 14 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 90 | +50.8442 | 3 | 20 | | 13 |
| 18 | 8 | Sage Karam R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +55.1372 | 5 | 12 | | 12 |
| 19 | 4 | Stefano Coletti R | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 90 | +55.4160 | 5 | 16 | | 11 |
| 20 | 18 | Rodolfo González R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 90 | +1:07.9855 | 4 | 21 | | 10 |
| 21 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 90 | +1:13.1828 | 3 | 19 | | 9 |
| 22 | 7 | James Jakes | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 89 | +1 Lap | 4 | 14 | | 8 |
| 23 | 19 | Francesco Dracone R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 89 | +1 Lap | 4 | 23 | | 7 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE |||||||||||

#### Notes

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.
For the second straight race there were no DNF's

## Championship standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 136 |
| | 2 | Hélio Castroneves | 133 |
| 1 | 3 | Scott Dixon | 123 |
| 5 | 4 | Josef Newgarden | 119 |
| 1 | 5 | Will Power | 112 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.