2017 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma

2017 Sonoma
Race details
17th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season
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Date	September 17, 2017
Official name	GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
Location	Sonoma Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.2 mi / 3.5 km
Distance	85 laps; 195.755 mi / 315.037 km
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:15.5205
Fastest lap
Driver	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Time	1:18.3576 (on lap 13 of 85)
Podium
First	Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske)
Second	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)

The 2017 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma was the 17th and final round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season.^[1] The race was contested on September 17, 2017, on the IndyCar layout of Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, and served as the season finale for the series. Josef Newgarden of Team Penske won the pole for the race; he would finish second, which allowed him to win the championship.^[2] Newgarden's teammate, Simon Pagenaud, won the race for his second consecutive Sonoma victory.^[3]

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	2	Josef Newgarden	1	1:15.7917	1:15.7325	1:15.5205
2	12	Will Power W	2	1:16.1236	1:15.9919	1:15.5556
3	1	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:16.2220	1:15.7120	1:15.6356
4	3	Hélio Castroneves W	2	1:16.5534	1:15.9602	1:15.8032
5	26	Takuma Sato	1	1:16.5644	1:16.0497	1:16.2208
6	9	Scott Dixon W	1	1:16.9169	1:16.0957	1:16.3978
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1	1:16.5554	1:16.1815
8	98	Alexander Rossi	1	1:16.2045	1:16.1934
9	15	Graham Rahal	2	1:16.4658	1:16.1968
10	18	Sébastien Bourdais	2	1:16.5847	1:16.5811
11	27	Marco Andretti W	2	1:16.3298	1:16.8221
12	10	Tony Kanaan W	1	1:17.0359	1:16.9718
13	4	Conor Daly	1	1:17.1016
14	8	Max Chilton	2	1:16.7581
15	83	Charlie Kimball	1	1:17.1417
16	5	James Hinchcliffe	2	1:16.9539
17	20	Spencer Pigot	1	1:17.2662
18	19	Ed Jones R	2	1:17.0231
19	7	Jack Harvey R	1	1:17.2722
20	21	J. R. Hildebrand	2	1:17.1602
21	13	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	1	1:17.2814
22	14	Carlos Muñoz	2	1:17.2507
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	1	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	1:55:52.6840	4	3	41	103
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+1.0986	3	1	41	82
3	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+1.6139	3	2	-	70
4	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+12.0870	3	6	-	64
5	3	Hélio Castroneves W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+22.5022	3	4	-	60
6	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+23.5289	3	9	-	56
7	27	Marco Andretti W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+23.9788	3	11	-	52
8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+24.5140	3	7	-	48
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+49.9911	3	10	-	44
10	4	Conor Daly	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+55.6650	3	13	3	41
11	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+1:21.0203	4	15	-	38
12	8	Max Chilton	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+1:24.5038	3	14	-	36
13	20	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	4	17	-	34
14	21	J. R. Hildebrand	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	4	20	-	32
15	14	Carlos Muñoz	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	22	-	30
16	10	Tony Kanaan W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	5	12	-	28
17	13	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	4	21	-	26
18	7	Jack Harvey R	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	84	+1 Lap	4	19	-	24
19	19	Ed Jones R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	69	Off Course	4	18	-	22
20	26	Takuma Sato	Andretti Autosport	Honda	62	Off Course	3	5	-	20
21	98	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Herta Autosport	Honda	60	+25 Laps	4	8	-	18
22	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	52	Electical	3	16	-	16
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes

¹ 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.