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That was another inspired strategy call from Penske, jumping Newgarden to the front, who had spent the first half of the race mostly in the lower part of the top 10. This put him on a four stop strategy. However, he still had Rossi to contend with.
Pole sitter Sato, ruined his chances with a terrible pitstop, while pitting from the lead, hitting but fortunately not injuring tyre changer Chris Welch and the pitwall, before finally stopping in the Andretti Autosport area. He subsequently lost three laps.
Championship contender Dixon's race ended when Colton Herta attempted to go down the inside of Dixon, making contact that put both into the wall and out of the race. That's Dixon's second DNF this season.
Pagenaud, also in contention for the championship was 6th.
Top 6 for the Driver's Championship are:
Josef Newgarden 367
Alexander Rossi 342
Simon Pagenaud 319
Scott Dixon 279
Takuma Sato 272
Will Power 254
1 Josef Newgarden, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 248. 1h55m08.8666s
2 Alexander Rossi,Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 248. 0.8164s
3 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 248. 1.4928s
4 Santino Ferrucci, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 248. 1.7266s
5 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 248. 2.2019s
6 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 248. 2.8789s
7 Marcus Ericsson, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 248. 3.9271s
8 Sebastien Bourdais, Dale Coyne Racing. Dallara/Honda. 248. 4.3306s
9 Will Power, Team Penske. Dallara/Chevrolet. 247. 1 Lap
10 Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta. Dallara/Honda. 247. 1 Lap
11 Conor Daly, Carlin. Dallara/Chevrolet. 247. 1 Lap
12 Felix Rosenqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Honda. 246. 2 Laps
13 Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 246. 2 Laps
14 Spencer Pigot, Ed Carpenter Racing. Dallara/Chevrolet. 246. 2 Laps
15 Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan. Dallara/Honda. 245. 3 Laps
16 Tony Kanaan, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Chevrolet. 245. 3 Laps
17 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing. Dallara/Honda. 228. Contact
18 Colton Herta, Harding Racing. Dallara/Honda. 228. Contact
19 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Dallara/Honda. 218. Contact
20 Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport. Dallara/Honda. 172. Handling
21 Charlie Kimball, Carlin. Dallara/Chevrolet. 86. Mechanical
22 Matheus Leist, AJ Foyt Enterprises. Dallara/Chevrolet. 73. Handling
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