# 2014 Honda Indy Toronto

The 2014 Honda Indy Toronto was a Canadian open wheel motor race, held as the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds of the 2014 IndyCar Series season. It was the 28th annual edition of the Toronto Indy, and the 29th and 30th IndyCar races to be held at the 1.755-mile (2.824 km) street circuit at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The races were contested over 65 and 56 laps respectively.

## Race background

Having successfully hosted a double-header race for the first time in 2013, IndyCar again scheduled two full points races for the Toronto weekend, with race one on Saturday and race two on Sunday.
After rain on Saturday washed out race one of the weekend double bill, IndyCar officials decided to reschedule the two races on Sunday, with race one in the morning and race two in the afternoon. The postponement created the first same-day doubleheader since the 1981 Kraco Twin 125s which were swept by Rick Mears at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

## Race 1 report

Sébastien Bourdais scored pole position for the first race of the weekend. This was Bourdais' first pole since the 2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix, at Assen. Originally scheduled to be held on Saturday afternoon, the race was held on Sunday morning; Bourdais led 58 of the race's 65 laps to take his first victory since the 2007 Gran Premio Tecate.

### Round 13 Classification

Race 1 - July 20 - 10:30am :
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 65 | 1:15:44.3232 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 54 |
| 2 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 65 | +3.3408 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 41 |
| 3 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | +4.8655 | 2 | 5 | | 35 |
| 4 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 65 | +5.4271 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | +12.5472 | 2 | 9 | | 30 |
| 6 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 65 | +15.5804 | 2 | 11 | | 28 |
| 7 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | +28.6978 | 2 | 18 | | 26 |
| 8 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 65 | +31.1677 | 2 | 8 | | 24 |
| 9 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 65 | +33.1220 | 2 | 23 | | 22 |
| 10 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 65 | +33.7258 | 2 | 7 | | 20 |
| 11 | Mikhail Aleshin (R) | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 65 | +39.0741 | 2 | 19 | | 19 |
| 12 | Ryan Briscoe | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | +43.3621 | 4 | 21 | | 18 |
| 13 | Jack Hawksworth (R) | Bryan Herta Autosport | Honda | 65 | +58.3644 | 2 | 15 | | 17 |
| 14 | Carlos Huertas (R) | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 65 | +58.4969 | 3 | 17 | | 16 |
| 15 | Mike Conway | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | +58.9383 | 3 | 13 | | 15 |
| 16 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 65 | +1:01.4298 | 2 | 20 | | 14 |
| 17 | Carlos Muñoz (R) | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 65 | +1:01.7675 | 3 | 14 | | 13 |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 64 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 22 | | 12 |
| 19 | Sebastián Saavedra | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 64 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 16 | | 11 |
| 20 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 63 | Crash damage | 4 | 10 | | 10 |
| 21 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 39 | Crash damage | 2 | 3 | | 9 |
| 22 | Luca Filippi (R) | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 17 | Crash damage | 1 | 6 | | 8 |
| 23 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 10 | Crash damage | 1 | 12 | | 7 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCOREUNOFFICIAL LAP REPORT ||||||||||

#### 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.

## Race 2 report

Mike Conway driving for Ed Carpenter Racing won race 2, for his second win of the season after winning Long Beach and it marked the fourth IndyCar victory of his career. Rain fell once again during race 2, with Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Will Power fighting for the lead early. Conway took advantage of a drying track and pitted on Lap 43 for dry weather tires knowing the slicks would be quicker. Conway took the lead on Lap 51, while Castroneves dropped off the pace, and holding on for the victory.
As of 2023 it was the last-ever IndyCar Series race victory for British driver to date.

### Round 14 Classification

Race 2 - July 20 - 3:15pm :
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| 1 | Mike Conway | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | 1:20:35.5420 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 51 |
| 2 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | +3.5418 | 4 | 9 | | 40 |
| 3 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 56 | +5.1545 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | +5.4857 | 3 | 16 | | 32 |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 56 | +6.6210 | 4 | 22 | | 30 |
| 6 | Jack Hawksworth (R) | Bryan Herta Autosport | Honda | 56 | +7.8701 | 5 | 18 | | 28 |
| 7 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | +7.9350 | 3 | 7 | | 26 |
| 8 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 56 | +10.1765 | 4 | 8 | | 24 |
| 9 | Sébastien Bourdais | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 56 | +12.0212 | 3 | 10 | | 22 |
| 10 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 56 | +15.7853 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Ryan Briscoe | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | +15.8671 | 3 | 12 | | 19 |
| 12 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 56 | +16.2205 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 21 |
| 13 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 56 | +20.9127 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 18 |
| 14 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 56 | +22.6140 | 4 | 4 | | 16 |
| 15 | Carlos Huertas (R) | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 56 | +29.2715 | 2 | 20 | | 15 |
| 16 | Luca Filippi (R) | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 56 | +46.4382 | 3 | 23 | | 14 |
| 17 | Carlos Muñoz (R) | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 52 | Transmission | 6 | 6 | | 13 |
| 18 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 52 | + 4 Laps | 5 | 13 | | 12 |
| 19 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 52 | + 4 Laps | 6 | 5 | | 11 |
| 20 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 50 | Gearbox | 3 | 19 | | 10 |
| 21 | Sebastián Saavedra | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 49 | Misfire | 4 | 21 | | 9 |
| 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 47 | + 9 Laps | 7 | 3 | | 8 |
| 23 | Mikhail Aleshin (R) | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 45 | Crash T8 | 0 | 14 | | 7 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCOREUNOFFICIAL LAP REPORT ||||||||||

#### 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.

## Standings after both races

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Hélio Castroneves | 533 |
| 2 | Will Power | 520 |
| 3 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 464 |
| 4 | Simon Pagenaud | 462 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 428 |