The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé was the fourth race of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on May 5, 2013, on the temporary street circuit in São Paulo, Brazil, and was telecasted by the NBC Sports Network in the United States.
Canadian James Hinchcliffe won the race, his second win of the season, by passing Takuma Sato, winner of the previous race in Long Beach, on the final corner of the final lap.
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Background
Report
Classification
Starting grid RowInsideOutside 11 Ryan Hunter-Reay5 E. J. Viso 210 Dario Franchitti11 Tony Kanaan 327 James Hinchcliffe9 Scott Dixon 47 Sebastian Bourdais78 Simona de Silvestro 519 Justin Wilson25 Marco Andretti 64 J. R. Hildebrand14 Takuma Sato 722 Oriol Servià20 Ed Carpenter 898 Alex Tagliani18 Ana Beatriz 983 Charlie Kimball3 Hélio Castroneves 1015 Graham Rahal6 Sebastián Saavedra 1155 Tristan Vautier (R)12 Will Power 1277 Simon Pagenaud16 James Jakes 1367 Josef Newgarden
Race results
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points127 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet752:09:34.738335151214 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda75+ 0.34634122243325 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet75+ 1.1376410736422 Oriol Servià Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet75+ 1.174521332567 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda75+ 1.65163253065 E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet75+ 2.81192228710 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda75+ 3.59612326878 Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet75+ 4.27722824977 Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda75+ 7.6331623221083 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda75+ 9.026531720111 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet75+ 9.51352116211298 Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda75+ 10.439331518133 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet75+ 11.123461817147 Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet75+ 13.6406571317154 J. R. Hildebrand Panther Racing Chevrolet75+ 13.73774114161655 Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda75+ 14.3517221141716 James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda75+ 19.858562413189 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda75+ 29.42613612196 Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet75+ 54.7223420112019 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda73+ 2 laps59102111 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet72+ 3 laps2412102215 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda71+ 4 laps41982320 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet71+ 4 laps61472412 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet17Mechanical12262518 Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda6Mechanical0165
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
Driver Points 1 1 Takuma Sato136 2 2 Marco Andretti123 2 3 Hélio Castroneves116 6 4 James Hinchcliffe112 2 5 Scott Dixon101 6 Ryan Hunter-Reay94 2 7 Justin Wilson91 6 8 Oriol Servià89 9 Simona de Silvestro86 1 10 Charlie Kimball80
Note: Only the top ten positions are included.
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