# 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 39th annual running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and is also the third race of the 2013 IndyCar Series season, taking place on April 21, 2013 in Long Beach, California on its temporary street circuit. The race was won by Takuma Sato of A. J. Foyt Enterprises.

## Report
### Background

The first two rounds of the season were dominated by Andretti Autosport drivers James Hinchcliffe and defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay, with Hinchcliffe winning the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and Hunter-Reay winning the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. The defending race winner was Will Power.

### Qualifying

Dario Franchitti of Chip Ganassi Racing won his first pole position of 2013 after posting a qualifying lap speed of 105.369 mph (169.575 km/h) and a time of 1:07.2379. Ryan Hunter-Reay started in second with a speed of 105.282 mph (169.435 km/h), while Will Power and Takuma Sato started in third and fourth, respectively. In the second group of the first session, Marco Andretti was penalized for interference, and did not advance, starting in 26th.

#### Starting grid

| Row | Inside | Inside | Outside | Outside |
| 1 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| 2 | 12 | Will Power | 14 | Takuma Sato |
| 3 | 17 | Mike Conway | 3 | Hélio Castroneves |
| 4 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | 11 | Tony Kanaan |
| 5 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 5 | E. J. Viso |
| 6 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand |
| 7 | 16 | James Jakes | 2 | A. J. Allmendinger |
| 8 | 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | 67 | Josef Newgarden |
| 9 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | 22 | Oriol Servià |
| 10 | 55 | Tristan Vautier (R) | 78 | Simona de Silvestro |
| 11 | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | 98 | Alex Tagliani |
| 12 | 18 | Ana Beatriz | 20 | Ed Carpenter |
| 13 | 19 | Justin Wilson | 25 | Marco Andretti |
| 14 | 9 | Scott Dixon | | |

## Race

Pole-sitter Dario Franchitti dominated the first 28 laps before falling behind Will Power. Power led until lap 30, in which he pitted, giving the lead to Takuma Sato, who did not relinquish the lead for the rest of the race to win his first career race in 52 starts, becoming the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar Series race. The win was A. J. Foyt Enterprises' first victory since Airton Daré won the Ameristar Casino Indy 200 at Kansas in 2002. Graham Rahal finished second, Justin Wilson and Franchitti finished third and fourth, respectively. J. R. Hildebrand, Oriol Servia, Marco Andretti, Simon Pagenaud, Simona de Silvestro and Hélio Castroneves rounded out the top ten.

## Results

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| 1 | 14 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 80 | 1:50:08.7155 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 53 |
| 2 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 80 | + 5.3612 | 2 | 11 | | 40 |
| 3 | 19 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 80 | + 8.2386 | 3 | 24 | | 35 |
| 4 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 80 | + 12.3573 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 34 |
| 5 | 4 | J. R. Hildebrand | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | + 28.2402 | 2 | 12 | | 30 |
| 6 | 22 | Oriol Servià | Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | + 29.4683 | 2 | 18 | | 28 |
| 7 | 25 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 80 | + 30.2703 | 3 | 25 | | 26 |
| 8 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 80 | + 31.8674 | 2 | 17 | | 24 |
| 9 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 80 | + 33.1224 | 3 | 19 | | 22 |
| 10 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 80 | + 33.4118 | 3 | 6 | | 20 |
| 11 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 80 | + 33.6278 | 3 | 26 | | 19 |
| 12 | 16 | James Jakes | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 80 | + 35.0645 | 2 | 13 | | 18 |
| 13 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 80 | + 35.8945 | 3 | 16 | | 17 |
| 14 | 18 | Ana Beatriz | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 80 | + 36.3442 | 3 | 22 | | 16 |
| 15 | 7 | Sebastian Bourdais | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | + 36.5936 | 2 | 15 | | 15 |
| 16 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 80 | + 43.0022 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | 55 | Tristan Vautier | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 80 | + 51.7961 | 5 | 27 | | 13 |
| 18 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | + 56.4533 | 4 | 23 | | 12 |
| 19 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Barracuda Racing | Honda | 79 | + 1 lap | 5 | 21 | | 11 |
| 20 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 78 | Contact | 2 | 8 | | 10 |
| 21 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 78 | + 2 laps | 4 | 9 | | 9 |
| 22 | 5 | E. J. Viso | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 53 | + 27 laps | 5 | 10 | | 8 |
| 23 | 2 | A. J. Allmendinger | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 51 | Mechanical | 4 | 14 | | 7 |
| 24 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 49 | Contact | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | 17 | Mike Conway | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 38 | Electrical | 3 | 5 | | 5 |
| 26 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 34 | Contact | 1 | 7 | | 5 |
| 27 | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | Contact | 0 | 20 | | 5 |

### 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 the race

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Hélio Castroneves | 99 |
| 10 | 2 | Takuma Sato | 93 |
| 1 | 3 | Scott Dixon | 89 |
| | 4 | Marco Andretti | 87 |
| 4 | 5 | Justin Wilson | 81 |
| 3 | 6 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 73 |
| 12 | 7 | Graham Rahal | 66 |
| | 8 | Will Power | 62 |
| 2 | 9 | Simona de Silvestro | 62 |
| 5 | 10 | James Hinchcliffe | 61 |
* Note: Only the top ten positions are included.