Starting from pole Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, won the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline for his 19th NTT IndyCar Series win. This is his 1st win of 2021 & the 1st win for Team Penske this year on Roger’s birthday. 2nd Place Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, started from 3rd place. 3rd Place Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, started from 7th place.
4th Place Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, started from 5th place followed by 5th place Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, started from 6th place. 6th Place Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, started from 8th place followed by 7th place Car 51 Romain Grosjean, Honda, started from 18th place. 8th Place Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, started from 20th place followed by 9th Place Car 45 Santino Ferrucci, Honda, started from 22nd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, started from 19th place. Canadian Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda finished in 17th place. Canadian Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet finished in 21st place.
The race had 2 Cautions for 6 laps: 1st Caution on lap 1 for Contact: Cars 7, 28 and 29 in Turn 5. 2nd Caution on lap 4 for Contact: Car 12 and 18 in Turn 5.
The race had 5 Lead changes among 3 drivers: Lap Leaders: Newgarden 1-29, Herta 30-31, Newgarden 32-52, Ericsson 53-54, Herta 55-57, Newgarden 58-80.
NTT INDYCAR SERIES point standings: Palou 384, O’Ward 345, Dixon 328, Newgarden 315, Ericsson 280, Pagenaud 271, Herta 260, VeeKay 257, Rahal 256, Sato 226.
The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline Results
LEXINGTON, Ohio – Results Sunday of The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the HPD Ridgeline NTT INDYCAR SERIES event on the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with order of finish, starting position in parentheses, car #, driver, chassis-engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):
| 1. (1) Car 2 Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 2. (3) Car 8 Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 80, Running |
| 3. (7) Car 10 Alex Palou, Honda, 80, Running |
| 4. (5) Car 9 Scott Dixon, Honda, 80, Running |
| 5. (6) Car 27 Alexander Rossi, Honda, 80, Running |
| 6. (8) Car 15 Graham Rahal, Honda, 80, Running |
| 7. (18) Car 51 Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Running |
| 8. (20) Car 5 Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 9. (22) Car 45 Santino Ferrucci, Honda, 80, Running |
| 10. (19) Car 30 Takuma Sato, Honda, 80, Running |
| 11. (12) Car 14 Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 12. (14) Car 3 Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 13. (2) Car 26 Colton Herta, Honda, 80, Running |
| 14. (15) Car 22 Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 15. (24) Car 20 Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 16. (11) Car 21 Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 17. (9) Car 29 James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 80, Running – Canadian |
| 18. (17) Car 59 Max Chilton, Chevrolet, 80, Running |
| 19. (23) Car 60 Jack Harvey, Honda, 80, Running |
| 20. (26) Car 52 Ryan Norman, Honda, 79, Running |
| 21. (21) Car 4 Dalton Kellett, Chevrolet, 79, Running – Canadian |
| 22. (25) Car 48 Jimmie Johnson, Honda, 79, Running |
| 23. (13) Car 7 Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 78, Running |
| 24. (10) Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 78, Running |
| 25. (4) Car 12 Will Power, Chevrolet, 3, Contact |
| 26. (16) Car 18 Ed Jones, Honda, 3, Contact |
Race Statistics:
Winner’s average speed: 108.405 mph
Time of Race: 1:39:58.8551
Margin of victory: 0.8790 of a second
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Lap Leaders:
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