2013 São Paulo Indy 300

2013 Streets of São Paulo

Race details
4th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season
Date	May 5, 2013
Official name	Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé
Location	Santana – São Paulo city
Course	Temporary street circuit 2.536 mi / 4.081 km
Distance	75 laps 190.200 mi / 306.097 km
Weather	79 °F (26 °C), mostly cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:20.4312
Fastest lap
Driver	Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology)
Time	80.4364 (on lap 60 of 75)
Podium
First	James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Takuma Sato (A. J. Foyt Enterprises)
Third	Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport)

The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé was the fourth race of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on May 5, 2013, on the 2.536-mile (4.081 km) temporary street circuit in São Paulo, Brazil, and was telecasted by the NBC Sports Network in the United States.

Canadian James Hinchcliffe won the race, his second win of the season, by passing Takuma Sato, winner of the previous race in Long Beach, on the final corner of the final lap.

Classification

Starting grid

Row	Inside		Outside
1	1	Ryan Hunter-Reay	5	E. J. Viso
2	10	Dario Franchitti	11	Tony Kanaan
3	27	James Hinchcliffe	9	Scott Dixon
4	7	Sebastian Bourdais	78	Simona de Silvestro
5	19	Justin Wilson	25	Marco Andretti
6	4	J. R. Hildebrand	14	Takuma Sato
7	22	Oriol Servià	20	Ed Carpenter
8	98	Alex Tagliani	18	Ana Beatriz
9	83	Charlie Kimball	3	Helio Castroneves
10	15	Graham Rahal	6	Sebastian Saavedra
11	55	Tristan Vautier (R)	12	Will Power
12	77	Simon Pagenaud	16	James Jakes
13	67	Josef Newgarden

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Points^1
1	27	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	2:09:34.7383	3	5	1	51
2	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Honda	75	+ 0.3463	4	12	22	43
3	25	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 1.1376	4	10	7	36
4	22	Oriol Servià	Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 1.1745	2	13		32
5	67	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Honda	75	+ 1.6516	3	25		30
6	5	E. J. Viso	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 2.8119	2	2		28
7	10	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 3.5961	2	3		26
8	78	Simona de Silvestro	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	75	+ 4.2772	2	8		24
9	77	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports	Honda	75	+ 7.6331	6	23		22
10	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 9.0265	3	17		20
11	1	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Chevrolet	75	+ 9.5135	2	1	16	21
12	98	Alex Tagliani	Barracuda Racing	Honda	75	+ 10.4393	3	15		18
13	3	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	75	+ 11.1234	6	18		17
14	7	Sebastian Bourdais	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 13.6406	5	7	13	17
15	4	J. R. Hildebrand	Panther Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 13.7377	4	11	4	16
16	55	Tristan Vautier	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	75	+ 14.3517	2	21		14
17	16	James Jakes	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	75	+ 19.8585	6	24		13
18	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	75	+ 29.4261	3	6		12
19	6	Sebastian Saavedra	Dragon Racing	Chevrolet	75	+ 54.7223	4	20		11
20	19	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	73	+ 2 laps	5	9		10
21	11	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	72	+ 3 laps	2	4	12	10
22	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	71	+ 4 laps	4	19		8
23	20	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	71	+ 4 laps	6	14		7
24	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	17	Mechanical	1	22		6
25	18	Ana Beatriz	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	6	Mechanical	0	16		5

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.

Standings after the race

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Takuma Sato	136
2	2	Marco Andretti	123
2	3	Helio Castroneves	116
6	4	James Hinchcliffe	112
2	5	Scott Dixon	101
	6	Ryan Hunter-Reay	94
2	7	Justin Wilson	91
6	8	Oriol Servià	89
	9	Simona de Silvestro	86
1	10	Charlie Kimball	80

• Note: Only the top ten positions are included.

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