Colton Herta dominated the entire weekend at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto from the Streets of Toronto.
Herta accomplished something unprecedented For the first time in IndyCar history, a driver finished first in every single session in a single weekend. Herta snapped a 41-race winless streak, his first since the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and earned his eighth-career win.
Herta was able to stay in front of Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood as the two ran 1-2 throughout the duration of the race. Kirkwood finished seconds behind the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda.
Scott Dixon was among the biggest movers in the race, capitalizing on pit strategy and making up many positions because of that. Dixon finished on the final step of the podium and his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Alex Palou avoided all trouble after starting in 18th to finish fourth. A third CGR driver Marcus Armstrong completed the top five.
David Malukas, Christian Lundgaard, Reenus Veekay, Romain Grosjean and Graham Rahal rounded out the top 10.
Turn one would once again prove to be difficult for the field on the start as both Christian Rasmussen and Santino Ferrucci both were involved in a lap one crash that brought out the first caution of the day. Caution has flown at Toronto in the last five of six races at the street course. Rasmussen had to get towed away while Ferrucci had to just change a front wing.
Second restart would bring the second quick caution as Augustin Canapino battled with Scott Dixon, knocking him into the wall and out of the race before finishing the lap.
Meanwhile, Herta stayed ahead of his Andretti teammate Kirkwood for the lead on the start and the two restarts.
Once the field started to run during the green flag, the noticeable difference was that the alternate green tire mightily inferior to the black primary tires. Scott McLaughlin was a driver who opted to start the race on the green tires and fell to fifth. He was first to commit to pit road on lap 19.
Dixon was the final driver to pit in the first cycle of pit stops and was the biggest mover as he improved from 15th to sixth in the opening cycle.
Most of the leaders opted to take their required alternate tires in the second run of the day.
The final pit cycle of the day saw many drivers fall into trouble during the cycle. Alexander Rossi‘s last-second substitute Theo Pourchaire and Linus Lundqvist went wide in turn 3 as well as Felix Rosenqvist and…
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