Helio Castroneves celebrats with his Team Penske teammates after winning at Edmonton City Centre Airport Sunday afternoon. Photo courtesy IndyCar/LAT USA
Helio Castroneves earned a bit of redemption at Edmonton’s City Centre Airport.
The Team Penske driver held off Takuma Sato by .8367 of a second to win the caution-free Edmonton Indy on the 13-turn, 2.224-mile temporary airport circuit.
Castroneves had been the runner-up in three of the past four Edmonton races, and was leading late in the 2010 contest when he incurred a penalty for blocking. Scott Dixon went on to win the race and Castroneves was credited with 10th place.
“Great strategy,” said Castroneves. “I knew where I was very strong and I knew where I was weak. I think that gave me an opportunity to manage well the win. But Takuma (Sato) did a great job. But in the end of the day for us was a great result, a result we were looking for for a long time. Well-deserved for the team and great for the championship, as well.”
“Yeah, in the end, I really enjoyed it,” said second place Sato. “I wish that I would have enjoyed it a little more if I could overtake (Castroneves), but you know we were not quite there.”
Will Power, who started 17th because of a 10-grid spot penalty for an unapproved engine change, charged to third and Graham Rahal tied his road/street course best finish of the season in fourth. Alex Tagliani, who led a field-high 49 laps after starting fourth, finished fifth.
The last Indy car street/road course caution-free race was Portland in 2007 under Champ Car sanction. The last caution-free oval race was 2011 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Castroneves, who was celebrated with his usual exuberant fence climb, gained one position in the championship standings with his 27th Indy car victory (second of the season) — 23 points behind Ryan Hunter-Reay, who finished seventh. Power is third in the standings (26 points back) heading to the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 5.
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Edmonton City Centre Airport – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton Indy – July 21, 2012
1. Helio Castroneves
2. Takumo Sato
3. Will Power
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