# 2014 Grand Prix of Houston

The 2014 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston was the second doubleheader of the 2014 season, hosting Rounds 9 and 10 of the 2014 IndyCar Series season. Carlos Huertas won Race 1, ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya, and Carlos Muñoz. As of 2025, this was the only time in IndyCar where of top-three drivers from Colombia held a sweep of the podium; a first for any top-line motorsport series. Simon Pagenaud won the second race, ahead of Mikhail Aleshin and Jack Hawksworth

## Classification
### Qualifying 1

| Pos. | Driver | Team | Vehicle | Group 1 | Group 2 | Top 12 | FF6 | Grid Start |
| 01 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara-Honda | 0:59,8408 | — | 0:59,4010 | 0:59,3716 | 01 |
| 02 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Dallara-Chevrolet | 0:59,8644 | — | 0:59,2970 | 0:59,4463 | 02 |
| 03 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara-Chevrolet | 1:00,0849 | — | 0:59,3276 | 0:59,5034 | 03 |
| 04 | Luca Filippi | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara-Honda | — | 0:59,6560 | 0:59,3399 | 0:59,5523 | 04 |
| 05 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Dallara-Honda | 0:59,9397 | — | 0:59,2951 | 0:59,6528 | 05 |
| 06 | Takuma Satō | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Dallara-Honda | — | 0:59,6408 | 0:59,2248 | 1:00,4037 | 06 |
| 07 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara-Honda | — | 1:00,1406 | 0:59,4245 | — | 07 |
| 08 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Dallara-Honda | 1:00,0066 | — | 0:59,5107 | — | 08 |
| 09 | Sébastien Bourdais | KVSH Racing | Dallara-Chevrolet | 1:00,0572 | — | 0:59,6126 | — | 09 |
| 10 | Mikhail Aleshin | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara-Honda | — | 1:00,1713 | 0:59,7003 | — | 10 |
| 11 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Penske Motorsports | Dallara-Chevrolet | — | 1:00,1241 | 0:59,9649 | — | 11 |
| 12 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Dallara-Honda | — | 0:59,7711 | 1:00,0312 | — | 12 |
| 13 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams | Dallara-Honda | 1:00,1291 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 14 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Dallara-Honda | — | 1:00,2491 | — | — | 14 |
| 15 | Ryan Briscoe | NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara-Chevrolet | 1:00,2124 | — | — | — | 15 |
| 16 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Dallara-Honda | — | 1:00,3295 | — | — | 16 |
| 17 | Mike Conway | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara-Chevrolet | 1:00,2358 | — | — | — | 17 |
| 18 | Will Power | Team Penske | Dallara-Chevrolet | — | 1:00,3670 | — | — | 18 |
| 19 | Carlos Huertas | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara-Honda | 1:00,3106 | — | — | — | 19 |
| 20 | Sebastian Saavedra | KV AFS Racing | Dallara-Chevrolet | — | 1:00,4224 | — | — | 20 |
| 21 | Jack Hawksworth | BHA/BBM with Curb Agajanian | Dallara-Honda | 1:00,4203 | — | — | — | 21 |
| 22 | Tony Kanaan | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara-Chevrolet | — | 1:00,6919 | — | — | 22 |
| 23 | Carlos Muñoz | Andretti – HVM | Dallara-Honda | 1:00,4734 | — | — | — | 23 |
Source:

### Race 1

| Pos. | Driver | Team | Chasis | Laps | Time | Grid Pos. | Leading Laps |
| 01 | Carlos Huertas | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara-Honda | 80 | 1:51:25,5649 | 19 | 07 |
| 02 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Team Penske | Dallara-Chevrolet | 80 | + 0,0975 | 11 | 00 |
| 03 | Carlos Muñoz | Andretti – HVM | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 2,3433 | 23 | 00 |
| 04 | France | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 80 | + 3,0878 | 09 | 00 |
| 05 | Canada | United States | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 4,7101 | 05 | 32 |
| 06 | United Kingdom | United States | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 5,5127 | 21 | 00 |
| 07 | United States | United States | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 6,2853 | 08 | 00 |
| 08 | United States | United States | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 7,1638 | 16 | 00 |
| 09 | Brazil | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 80 | + 8,2181 | 02 | 00 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | United States | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 9,4366 | 07 | 15 |
| 11 | United States | United States | Dallara-Honda | 80 | + 30,8792 | 14 | 00 |
| 12 | Australia | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 80 | + 33,2884 | 15 | 00 |
| 13 | Brazil | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 80 | + 35,0789 | 22 | 00 |
| 14 | Australia | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 79 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 00 |
| 15 | Colombia | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 79 | + 1 Lap | 20 | 00 |
| 16 | France | United States | Dallara-Honda | 74 | + 6 Laps | 01 | 04 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 55 | DNF | 17 | 00 |
| 18 | United States | United States | Dallara-Honda | 54 | DNF | 13 | 00 |
| 19 | New Zealand | United States | Dallara-Chevrolet | 46 | DNF | 03 | 00 |
| 20 | United States | United States | Dallara-Honda | 41 | DNF | 12 | 00 |
| 21 | Italy | United States | Dallara-Honda | 36 | DNF | 04 | 00 |
| 22 | Japan | United States | Dallara-Honda | 32 | DNF | 06 | 22 |
| 23 | Russia | United States | Dallara-Honda | 31 | DNF | 10 | 00 |
Quellen:

#### Leaders of Race 1

| Section | Laps | Driver |
| 1 | 1–4 | Simon Pagenaud |
| 2 | 5–26 | Takuma Satō |
| 3 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe |
| 4 | 28 | Justin Wilson |
| 5 | 29–59 | James Hinchcliffe |
| 6 | 60–73 | Justin Wilson |
| 7 | 74–80 | Carlos Huertas |
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#### Yellow Flags

| N. | Laps | Sector | Reason |
| 1 | 29–31 | 3 | Contact: Mike Conway (#20) in Turn 3 |
| 2 | 33–36 | 4 | Contact: Mikhail Aleshin (#7) and Takuma Satō (#14) in Turn 6 |
| 3 | 37–41 | 5 | Contact: Luca Filippi (#16) on the Start-Finish straight |
| 4 | 48–52 | 5 | Contact: Scott Dixon (#9), Charlie Kimball (#83) and Simon Pagenaud (#77) in Turn 9 |
| 5 | 58–60 | 3 | Contact: Will Power (#12) in Turn 9 |
| 6 | 77–80 | 4 | Contact: Sebastian Saavedra (#17) in Turn 5 |
Quellen: