# 2019 Honda Indy Toronto

The 2019 Honda Indy Toronto was an IndyCar Series motor race held on 14 July 2019 at the Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the 11th race of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, and the 38th race at the event. It was won by Team Penske driver Simon Pagenaud who started from pole and led eighty of the eighty-five laps. Scott Dixon finished in second for Chip Ganassi Racing while Alexander Rossi came third for Andretti Autosport.

## Background

The Honda Indy Toronto was confirmed as part of the IndyCar's 2019 series schedule in September 2018. It was the third of a four-year deal that Honda Canada had contracted with the contract ending in 2020. Heading into the Toronto round, Team Penske driver Josef Newgarden lead the driver's championship with 402 points. His nearest rival and the last's round winner, Alexander Rossi from Andretti Autosport was seven points behind. Third was Simon Pagenaud from Team Penske a further 54 points behind with Scott Dixon and Will Power rounding out the top five.
Before the race started, Canadian driver Robert Wickens, who was still recovering from a heavy accident in Pocono the previous year, drove several parade laps around the circuit in a modified Arrow Acura NSX pace car with hand controls. Wickens also gave the starting command.

## Results

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

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Firestone Fast 6 |

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | 1:30:16.4388 (100.9 mph) | 1 | 80 | 54 |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | +0.1373 | 2 | | 40 |
| 3 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 85 | +4.3720 | 4 | | 35 |
| 4 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | +18.6722 | 5 | | 32 |
| 5 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | +20.7432 | 3 | | 30 |
| 6 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 85 | +27.6710 | 14 | | 28 |
| 7 | 88 | Colton Herta R | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 85 | +32.0640 | 16 | | 26 |
| 8 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais W | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 85 | +33.5415 | 8 | | 24 |
| 9 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | +35.3604 | 12 | | 22 |
| 10 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 85 | +45.4178 | 7 | | 20 |
| 11 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | +53.4942 | 17 | | 19 |
| 12 | 20 | Ed Jones | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Lap | 12 | | 18 |
| 13 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 84 | +1 Lap | 18 | 4 | 18 |
| 14 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Lap | 13 | | 16 |
| 15 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Lap | 9 | | 15 |
| 16 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 84 | +1 Lap | 11 | | 14 |
| 17 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 84 | +1 Lap | 22 | | 13 |
| 18 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 83 | Crash T8 | 12 | | 12 |
| 19 | 4 | Matheus Leist | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 83 | +2 Laps | 19 | | 11 |
| 20 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson R | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 81 | +4 Laps | 20 | | 10 |
| 21 | 31 | Sage Karam | Carlin | Chevrolet | 79 | +6 Laps | 21 | | 9 |
| 22 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 67 | Engine Fire | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 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.

## Championship standings after the race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Josef Newgarden | 434 |
| 2 | Alexander Rossi | 430 |
| 3 | Simon Pagenaud | 395 |
| 4 | Scott Dixon | 348 |
| 5 | Will Power | 306 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 901 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 842 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.