The 2011 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on April 17, on the Long Beach Street Circuit in Long Beach, California, and was telecast by Versus in the United States.

Classification

Qualifying All cars were split into two groups of twelve, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six cars progressed to the "Firestone Fast Six." The fastest driver in the final session claimed pole, with the rest of the cars lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times (fast six from 1–6, top 12 from 7–12 and round 1 from 13–24, with group 1 drivers occupying the odd–numbered grid positions, and group 2 drivers occupying the even–numbered grid positions).

Pos No. Driver Team Group 1 Group 2 Top 12 Fast 6 1 12 Will Power Team Penske 1:09.2846 1:09.3572 1:09.0649 2 28 Ryan Hunter–Reay Andretti Autosport 1:09.3599 1:09.2348 1:09.1409 3 27 Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 1:09.7079 1:09.5181 1:09.6414 4 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:09.9073 1:09.5768 1:09.6828 5 22 Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:09.8550 1:09.4871 1:09.8097 6 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 1:09.8534 1:09.5484 1:09.8423 7 10 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 1:09.6014 1:09.6037 8 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:09.7859 1:09.6385 9 77 Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 1:09.5686 1:09.6497 10 82 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:09.7595 1:09.7352 11 06 James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 1:09.8358 1:09.8122 12 6 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 1:09.5104 1:09.8243 13 14 Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:10.1010 14 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:09.9400 15 34 Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 1:10.1146 16 38 Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 1:10.5883 17 59 E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:10.1465 18 78 Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 1:10.6407 19 17 Raphael Matos AFS Racing 1:10.3477 20 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 1:10.7836 21 19 Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 1:10.8050 22 5 Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 1:10.8197 23 18 James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:10.8592 24 83 Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 1:10.8672 25 8 Paul Tracy Dragon Racing 1:11.0249 26 24 Ana Beatriz (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:11.0341 274 J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 1:11.4916

Race Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Laps Led Points 1 27 Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 85 1:53:11.1000 3 14 50 2 6 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 85 + 6.3203 12 35 42 3 10 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing 85 + 6.7163 7 0 35 4 06 James Hinchcliffe (R) Newman/Haas Racing 85 + 9.1705 11 0 32 5 77 Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 85 + 16.0177 9 4 30 6 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 85 + 16.8966 4 0 28 7 7 Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 85 + 17.5016 20 0 26 8 82 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology – Lotus 85 + 18.9655 10 0 24 9 14 Vítor Meira A. J. Foyt Enterprises 85 + 19.4723 13 0 22 10 12 Will Power Team Penske 85 + 19.8909 1 29 21 11 17 Raphael Matos AFS Racing 85 + 20.4660 19 0 19 12 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 85 + 20.7784 6 0 18 13 38 Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Racing 85 + 21.3464 16 0 17 14 34 Sebastián Saavedra (R) Conquest Racing 85 + 23.1137 15 0 16 15 18 James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Racing 85 + 24.5926 23 0 15 16 8 Paul Tracy Dragon Racing 85 + 1:03.7578 25 0 14 174 J. R. Hildebrand (R) Panther Racing 85 + 1:10.9001 27 0 13 18 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 84 + 1 Lap 8 1 12 19 24 Ana Beatriz (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 83 + 2 Laps 26 0 12 20 78 Simona de Silvestro HVM Racing 82 + 3 Laps 18 0 12 21 5 Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology – Lotus 81 + 4 Laps 22 0 12 22 22 Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 78 + 7 Laps 5 0 12 23 28 Ryan Hunter–Reay Andretti Autosport 72 Mechanical 2 2 12 24 83 Charlie Kimball (R) Chip Ganassi Racing 66 Mechanical 24 0 12 25 59 E. J. Viso KV Racing Technology – Lotus 59 Contact 17 0 10 26 26 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 37 Suspension 14 0 10 27 19 Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 27 Contact 21 0 10 OFFICIAL RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dario Franchitti 122 2 Will Power 115 3 Tony Kanaan 87 4 Oriol Servià 80 5 Mike Conway 74

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links IndyCar Results Page