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2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix
The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Corporation was the lone doubleheader event of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, consisting of the 7th and 8th rounds of the championship. The event was held at The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. Josef Newgarden won a shortened Race 1, and Scott Dixon won the Sunday race. Race 1 – Saturday, June 1 Results Qualifying Race Race shortened to 43 laps due to time limit. Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps. For Detroit only, 1 bonus point was awarded to the fastest qualifier from both groups. Championship standings after Race 1 ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturer standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included. Race 2 – Sunday, June 2 Results Qualifying Race Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Pagenaud
Simon Pierre Michel Pagenaud (; born 18 May 1984) is a French professional racing driver, who last drove the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. After a successful career in sports car racing that saw him taking the top class championship title in the 2010 American Le Mans Series, he moved to the Indycar Series where he became the 2016 IndyCar champion and the 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner, becoming the first driver born in France to win the Indianapolis 500 since Gaston Chevrolet in 1920 and the first polesitter to have won the race since Helio Castroneves in 2009. Simon Pagenaud won both the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona and 2023 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank Racing. Early years Born in Montmorillon, Pagenaud first worked at age 14 in the family's supermarket, eventually managing the video game department. After he attended business school, he returned to the supermarket. His family established a driving school that provided the funds for Pag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Rosenqvist
Karl Felix Helmer Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991) is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019. Racing career Formula Renault Rosenqvist started his single-seater career in Asia, he won the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Asia and 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden/NEZ titles. German Formula 3 Championship In 2010 he was fifth in the German Formula Three Championship with two victories, eight podiums, and one pole position. He also attended the 2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three where he finished ninth after having qualified seventh in his debut with the same Swedish/British racing team Performance Racing. European Formula 3 Championship For 2011, he graduated to the Formula 3 Euro Series with the Mücke Motorsport team, where he finished fifth with one win, 10 podiums, and five fastest laps, and won the Masters of Formula 3 in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Kanaan
Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed "TK", is a Brazilian racing driver who is the team principal of Arrow McLaren. He is best known for racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) from 1998 to 2002, and the IndyCar Series from 2002 to 2023. He is the 2004 IndyCar Series champion. Career Formula car racing Formula Europa Boxer Kanaan began competing in Formula Europa Boxer for the 1994 season. Kanaan drove for Cram Competition in a Tatuus-Alfa Romeo in motorsport, Alfa Romeo. Kanaan won the series championship on the strength of 5 race wins. Italian Formula Three Kanaan competed in Italian Formula Three Championship, Italian Formula Three in 1995 Italian Formula Three season, 1995 for Tatuus in a Dallara, Dallara 395-Opel. Kanaan won a race and secured 9 podiums to win 111 points, ranking 5th. Indy Lights series Kanaan began to compete in Indy Lights in 1996 Indy Lights season, 1996 for Tasman Motorsports, returning for the 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matheus Leist
Matheus Tobias Leist (born September 8, 1998) is a Brazilian racing driver who last raced for JDC-Miller MotorSports in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Career Karting Leist began karting in 2009 at the age of eleven. In 2013, he finished as runner-up in the Petrobras Karting Championship. Lower formulas In 2014, Leist graduated to single-seaters, racing in the B class of the Brazilian F3 Championship, finishing runner-up to Vitor Baptista. The following year, Leist switched to MSA Formula in Britain with Double R Racing. He scored two victories and finished fifth in the standings. British F3 In 2016, Leist reunited with Double R Racing and graduated to BRDC British F3. Scoring four wins, two poles and six fastest laps, Leist took the title at the final round after a close fight with Ricky Collard throughout the season. GP3 Series In November 2016, it was announced Leist would partake in the GP3 post-season test at Yas Marina with ART Grand Prix, Arden Interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Chilton
Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Redhill, Surrey, Chilton is the younger brother of racing driver Tom Chilton. He competed in the GP2 Series from 2010 GP2 Series, 2010 to 2012 GP2 Series, 2012, finishing fourth in the latter with Carlin Motorsport, Carlin. Chilton competed in Formula One for Marussia F1, Marussia from to . After Formula One, Chilton competed in the IndyCar Series from 2016 IndyCar Series, 2016 to 2021 IndyCar Series, 2021 for Chip Ganassi Racing, Chip Ganassi and Carlin. He is the current holder of the hillclimbing, hillclimb record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Early life Chilton was born in Redhill, Surrey, Redhill and grew up in Reigate. His father, Grahame Chilton, is a businessman who co-owned the insurance company Benfield Group until 2008, when it was taken over by Aon plc for £738m. Chilton became vice-chairman of Aon after the deal and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Andretti
Marco Michael Andretti (born March 13, 1987) is an American professional auto racing driver. He last competed part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 98 Dallara- Chevrolet for Andretti Global. He formerly drove in the IndyCar Series for 15 years with his family's team Andretti Herta Autosport. During his time in IndyCar, Andretti won two races and finished a career-high fifth in points in 2013 and was the 2006 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year. In addition to IndyCar, he also has raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Formula E, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and raced in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. He does not drive full time, but drives in the Indianapolis 500. From 2021 to 2023, Andretti raced in the Superstar Racing Experience, in which he was named the 2022 SRX Series champion. Andretti is the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti and the son of CART champion Michael Andretti. Early life and education Marco was born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania on March 13, 1987, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Pigot
Spencer James Pigot (born September 29, 1993) is an American racing driver. Personal life Pigot was born in Los Angeles and raised Pasadena, California, and Orlando where he graduated from Windermere Preparatory School. He currently resides in Indianapolis. Racing career Early career After a successful career in youth karting, Pigot joined the Skip Barber National Championship in 2010 and won the title and a Mazdaspeed scholarship. He was also awarded the Team USA Scholarship to compete in the Formula Ford Festival in England. In 2011 he joined the U.S. F2000 National Championship, part of the Mazda Road to Indy, driving for Andretti Autosport. He finished second in points with three wins. In 2012, he continued in the series, switching teams to Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. He won the 2012 U.S. F2000 Winterfest in the preseason, but again finished second in the main championship, but this time only missed out on the title by 7 points to Matthew Brabham. Pigot cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Bourdais
Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (; born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver who currently races in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota in the Hypercar category. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, having won 37 races. He won four successive championships in the open-wheel racing series-sanctioned Champ Car World Series from 2004 to 2007. Later he competed at the IndyCar Series from 2011 to 2021. He also entered 27 races in Formula One for the Toro Rosso team during and the start of . Bourdais has raced sports cars throughout his career, with spells at the Rolex Sports Car Series, American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, FIA World Endurance Championship. He was a Peugeot Sport factory driver from 2007 to 2011, finishing runner-up three times at his home race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Frenchman was a Ford Performance factory driver from 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Jones (racing Driver)
Edward Jones (born 12 February 1995) is a British racing driver who competes part-time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 20 Oreca 07 for High Class Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 24/26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Primarily an open wheel racing driver, Jones previously competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup, Formula Three, Indy Lights, IndyCar Series and FIA World Endurance Championship. Jones won the 2016 Indy Lights championship driving for Carlin Motorsport in just his second season in the series. He joined the IndyCar Series full-time in 2017 driving for Dale Coyne Racing and finished third in the 2017 Indianapolis 500. In 2018, he drove full-time for Chip Ganassi Racing and in 2019, he drove the majority of the IndyCar season in an entry fielded by Ed Carpenter Racing in a collaboration with sports car racing team Scuderia Corsa. In 2020, Jones was scheduled to leave IndyCar and compete in the Deutsche Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Rahal
Graham Robert Rahal ( ; born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver and small business owner. He currently races in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, a team partially owned by his father Bobby Rahal, the winner of the 1986 Indianapolis 500. Racing career Early racing In 2005, he won the Formula Atlantic class at the SCCA Runoffs and finished fourth in Pro Mazda Championship, Star Mazda Series standings. After the season concluded, Rahal raced with A1 Team Lebanon for the final three rounds of 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season. He moved to a full-time ride in the Atlantic Championship, Champ Car Atlantic Series in 2006, where he won five races and finished second in the season standings. He also drove in the Indy Lights, Indy Pro Series event on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in conjunction with the 2006 United States Grand Prix and finished second. Rahal would once again jump in A1GP's Team Lebanon car for one race in the second round of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hinchcliffe
James Douglas Meredith Hinchcliffe (born December 5, 1986) is a Canadian race car driver currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving the No. 9 Lamborghini for Pfaff Motorsports. He is also a commentator for Fox Sports, FOX Sports and is best known for competing in the IndyCar Series. Hinchcliffe won six races for Andretti Autosport and Arrow McLaren SP, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. In 2015, his first year driving for Schmidt Peterson, he suffered life-threatening bleeding, blood loss when he was impaled in a crash when his suspension failed while practicing for the Indianapolis 500. He would recover and win the pole position for the following year's race where he finished in sixth position. Also, in 2016, he appeared on season 23 of the American Broadcasting Company, ABC series ''Dancing with the Stars (American TV series), Dancing with the Stars'', finishing in second place. He is often called by his nicknames "Hinch" and "the Mayor of Hinchtown". Raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Veach
Zachary E. Veach (born December 9, 1994) is an American auto racing driver. Veach was named to CNN's list of "Intriguing People" in May 2010, is the national spokesperson for FocusDriven, and released his first book, ''99 Things Teens Wish They Knew Before Turning 16'' on NBC's '' The Today Show'' on March 2, 2011. Racing career Early career Veach began racing at age 12 when he was "discovered" by former IndyCar Series team owner Sarah Fisher's dad, Dave Fisher. In 19 months Veach had gone from go-karts to the cockpit of an open-wheel Formula BMW machine. Near the end of 2009, while testing a Formula BMW, Atlantic Championship team owner Eric Jensen signed Veach to his team for the 2010 Atlantic Championship season. In early March 2010, the Series halted operations. U.S. F2000 National Championship In his first year as a driver in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for Andretti Autosport, Veach had 10 top-five finishes and four podium results. Despite entering the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
