Colton Herta scored his first IndyCar victory in two years in an incident-filled Toronto race which ended with a spate of crashes.
The motive force by no means put a wheel improper as Andretti workforce mate Kyle Kirkwood chased him all the best way house, the pair crossing the road lined by lower than four-tenths of a second.
Herta retained his lead after a sequence of restarts, one in every of which adopted a suspension of the race following a surprising crash involving 5 drivers.
Santino Ferrucci’s automotive was launched into the barrier after he struck the stationary machine of Pato O’Ward, who had spun and are available to a cease on the exit of flip one. Marcus Ericsson and Pietro Fittipaldi had already hit the McLaren and Nolan Siegel dealt it a closing blow.
The monitor was affected by particles, wrecked automobiles with Ferrucci’s resting on its roll hoop, and the pink flag was inevitable. All of the drivers had been in a position to climb from their automobiles however a shocked O’Ward questioned why yellow flags had not been displayed sooner after his spin on the exit of a blind nook.
When the race resumed with 10 laps to go it swiftly turned bitter for the Penske drivers. Will Energy made a hopelessly bold lunge up the within of Scott McLaughlin at flip 5, dumping his workforce mate into the barrier and incomes himself a penalty.
In the meantime Josef Newgarden, who misplaced time with a gradual pit cease earlier within the race, bought too bodily in his makes an attempt to maintain David Malukas behind and sustained a puncture. An additional error at a later restart left him eleventh on a day when solely 15 automobiles had been circulating on the chequered flag.
After the ultimate restart Ganassi trio Scott Dixon, Alex Palou and Marcus Armstrong chased the Andrettis house. Palou was happy to salvage fourth after a qualifying penalty meant he began from the ninth row.
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Malukas got here in sixth after elbowing Newgarden apart, salvaging factors for Meyer Shank after workforce mate Felix Rosenqvist retired following an incident with Ericsson at flip three. The previous Method 1 driver made a really late transfer to defend, sending each skidding into the escape street.
Romain Grosjean slipped again from fifth on the grid to complete ninth behind 2023 winner Christian Lundgaard and Rinus Veekay. Graham Rahal took tenth forward of Newgarden.
Race end result
| P. | No. | Driver | Group | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | Colton Herta | Andretti/Curb-Agajanian | Honda |
| 2 | 22 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti | Honda |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Ganassi | Honda |
| 4 | 10 | Alex Palou | Ganassi | Honda |
| 5 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong | Ganassi | Honda |
| 6 | 30 | David Malukas | Meyer Shank | Honda |
| 7 | 27 | Christian Lundgaard | RLL | Honda |
| 8 | 18 | Rinus VeeKay | Carpenter | Chevrolet |
| 9 | 32 | Romain Grosjean | Juncos Hollinger | Chevrolet |
| 10 | 14 | Graham Rahal | RLL | Honda |
| 11 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 12 | 12 | Will Energy | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 13 | 8 | Linus Lundqvist | Ganassi | Honda |
| 14 | 7 | Theo Pourchaire | McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 15 | 28 | Toby Sowery | Coyne/WR | Honda |
| 16 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Penske | Chevrolet |
| 17 | 24 | Pietro Fittipaldi | RLL | Honda |
| 18 | 6 | Nolan Siegel | McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 19 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 20 | 13 | Santino Ferrucci | Foyt | Chevrolet |
| 21 | 23 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti | Honda |
| 22 | 4 | Kyffin Simpson | Ganassi | Honda |
| 23 | 29 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank | Honda |
| 24 | 16 | Hunter McElrea | Coyne | Honda |
| 25 | 26 | Sting Ray Robb | Foyt | Chevrolet |
| 26 | 33 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger | Chevrolet |
| 27 | 25 | Christian Rasmussen | Carpenter | Chevrolet |
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