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Originally Posted by mstets
Herta dominated the race and Palou had a pretty safe cruise to 4th for the championship win. Tough day for a lot of drivers. Rahal passed more cars than anyone else (16 I think) and ended up in 16th place. RHR had the pace to run up front but had an early drive through penalty that put him a lap behind. Helio must be pretty frustrated to finish 20th after starting 3rd.
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Rahal and Helio were in effect screwed by a VERY VERY hopeful strategy call, staying out twice with everyone else pitting under yellow was brave or crazy. They both pitted within 5 laps of the yellow for fuel and fell to the rear of the pack. MSR has been trying to play weird fuel strategy games the last couple IMSA and Indy races but they seemed to keep Harvey on the same strategy as the rest of the field and he was rewarded for it.
Appreciated McLaren fixing and getting Pato back out but he couldn't get back up through the field to gain any points. But he did hold on to 3rd by 6 points, if Dixon could have challenged Newgarden he may have lost 3rd too. Not sure how a tied 3rd countback would go