{"id":116843,"date":"2022-05-16T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-honda-scores-1-2-finish-in-wet-wild-indy-road-race\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T23:30:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T03:30:07","slug":"honda-logra-una-final-de-1-2-en-una-alocada-carrera-en-el-gp-de-indy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/honda-logra-una-final-de-1-2-en-una-alocada-carrera-en-el-gp-de-indy\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Scores 1-2 Finish in Wet &amp; Wild Indy Road Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b><i><span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> prevails in treacherous, constantly changing conditions to win the GMR Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> <\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Simon Pagenaud completes 1-2 result for Honda<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i><span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson<\/span> claims fourth following late-race charge in heavy rain<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SPEEDWAY, Ind.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 16, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Constantly changing weather conditions \u2013 from wet to dry, back to wet again, and finally extremely wet \u2013 made for an extremely challenging GMR Grand Prix today on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But at the end of two hours of intense competition, <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> scored his first race win of 2022 and led fellow Honda driver Simon Pagenaud home for a 1-2 finish for the manufacturer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb50cleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgb50cleft\" title=\"Colton Herta prevailed in constantly changing conditions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, winning the GMR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES race. (PRNewsfoto\/Honda Racing\/HPD)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1818678\/levitt_RC1_0522_21041.jpg\" alt=\"Colton Herta prevailed in constantly changing conditions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, winning the GMR Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES race. (PRNewsfoto\/Honda Racing\/HPD)\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Herta and his Andretti Autosport team were among the first to change from wet weather &#8220;rain&#8221; tires to &#8220;slick&#8221; dry weather tires as the track dried early in the race, and were equally quick to change back to wet weather tires as conditions warranted.\u00a0 A mistake-free day from both driver and team netted Herta his seventh career INDYCAR victory, and first of the 2022 season.<\/p>\n<p>Behind Herta, Meyer Shank Racing&#8217;s Simon Pagenaud completed a 1-2 result for Honda with a charging drive from 20<sup>th<\/sup> on the starting grid to second at the checkers.\u00a0 Equally impressive, <span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson<\/span> recovered from early-race contact \u2013 and a resulting long pit stop for repairs \u2013 to put on a late-race charge when conditions were at their worst, to finish fourth.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis Honda Race Results<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup><span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andretti Autosport Honda<\/li>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Simon Pageaud\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Meyer Shank Racing Honda<\/li>\n<li>4<sup>th<\/sup> Marcus Ericsson\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/li>\n<li>8<sup>th<\/sup> Takuma Sato\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda<\/li>\n<li>9<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"xn-person\">Christian Lundegaard<\/span><b>-R<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/li>\n<li>10<sup>th<\/sup> Scott Dixon\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/li>\n<li>11<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andretti Autosport Honda<\/li>\n<li>12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">David Malukas<\/span><b>-R<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Honda<\/li>\n<li>13<sup>th<\/sup> Jack Harvey\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>14<sup>th<\/sup> Helio Castroneves\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Meyer Shank Racing Honda<\/li>\n<li>16<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"xn-person\">Graham Rahal<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/li>\n<li>19<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"xn-person\">Romain Grosjean<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andretti Autosport Honda<\/li>\n<li>20<sup>th<\/sup> Alex Palou\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/li>\n<li>21<sup>st<\/sup><span class=\"xn-person\">Devlin DeFrancesco<\/span><b>-R<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andretti Autosport Honda<\/li>\n<li>22<sup>nd<\/sup> Jimmie Johnson\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>R \u2013<\/b> Rookie<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<br \/><\/u><\/b><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> <\/b>(#26 Andretti Autosport\u00a0Honda) <b>Finished 1<sup>st<\/sup>: <\/b>&#8220;This is awesome! That was the hardest race I think I&#8217;ve ever done.\u00a0 [The early change to dry weather &#8216;slick&#8217; tires] sure helped us a lot, we gained a lot of positions there.\u00a0 And the other [strategy] calls came at just the right time, too.\u00a0 Wet-to-dry; back to wet, incredible.\u00a0 And thank you to all the fans for sticking around in this kind of weather.\u00a0 Love you guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Simon Pagenaud <\/b>(#60 Meyer Shanki Racing Honda) <b>Finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup>: <\/b>&#8220;Visibility was a real problem at the end, it was really difficult to drive at the end. It was really unfortunate, as the car was really good to drive, but it was so hard to see. I was looking at the [signaling] lights on the side [of the track] to find my braking points at the end.\u00a0 It was really tough to even finish the race. Congrats to [winner] <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton [Herta]<\/span>, and it was an amazing job from everyone at Meyer Shank Racing.\u00a0 We made the right calls on the tires, even though it was tricky, really tricky to decide.\u00a0 But overall, a great day for us, a really good job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(#8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) <b>Finished 4<sup>th<\/sup>: <\/b>&#8220;It was one of those days, you know? Just a crazy race.\u00a0 My car was really good in the wet, though.\u00a0 We made good progress at the beginning, then got spun around and had to replace the rear wing, and still had damage on the rear of the car for the rest of the race. The guys on the team made really good calls on strategy and then when the rain came again at the end, my car was great in the wet.\u00a0 It gave us another opportunity and I made some good moves. So P4 is a very good result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Wayne Gross<\/span> <\/b>(Manager, Trackside Support, Honda Performance Development) <b>on today&#8217;s GMR Grand Prix: <\/b>&#8220;This was a great result for us.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve had our chances to win some of these early-season races, but things didn&#8217;t go our way.\u00a0 Today, when conditions were at their most challenging, <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> and Andretti Autosport made all the right moves and scored a most impressive victory.\u00a0 Simon Pagenaud and the Meyer Shank team again showed their prowess at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to complete an outstanding 1-2 result for Honda; and <span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson&#8217;s<\/span> charge at the end \u2013 when conditions were at their worst \u2013 was inspiring.\u00a0 Thanks to everyone at HPD for keeping their heads down and focusing on the job at hand this weekend, and let&#8217;s go on to the &#8216;500&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Fast Facts<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The &#8220;Month of May&#8221; began this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the GMR Grand Prix.\u00a0 Held on the IMS infield road course, Saturday&#8217;s 85-lap race kicked off three weeks of on-track activities leading up to the 106<sup>th<\/sup> running of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500 on <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 29<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to today&#8217;s win by <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span>, Honda&#8217;s most recent victory at the GMR Grand Prix came in 2020, when <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Dixon<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Graham Rahal<\/span> scored a 1-2 finish for Honda. Honda drivers went on to win the <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500 in both 2020 (<span class=\"xn-person\">Takuma Sato<\/span>, his second &#8216;500&#8217; victory) and 2021 (Helio Castroneves, for his record-tying fourth win at the Brickyard).<\/li>\n<li>The 14 Indianapolis 500 wins by Honda at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway lead all other major automobile manufacturers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Next<br \/><\/u><\/b>Activities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway continue this week, but move to the historic 2.5-mile oval with four days of practice, starting Tuesday, followed by qualifying next weekend for the 106<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0running of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500 on <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 29<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Honda Racing social media content and video links from the GMR Grand Prix can be found on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3537972-1&amp;h=502396155&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd&amp;a=www.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.instagram.com\/hondaracing_hpd<\/a>), Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3537972-1&amp;h=1084039437&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD&amp;a=twitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD<\/a>) and Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3537972-1&amp;h=4188955692&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)&amp;a=www.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD)<\/a>.\u00a0 Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing\/HPD YouTube channel (<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3537972-1&amp;h=1033728731&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf4cbleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; 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