2014 Grand Prix of Houston

The 2014 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston was the second doubleheader of the 2014 season, hosting Rounds 9 and 10 of the 2014 IndyCar Series season. Carlos Huertas won Race 1,^[1] ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya, and Carlos Muñoz. As of 2024, this was the only time in IndyCar and the whole of motorsport, three drivers from the same country got a podium. and Simon Pagenaud won the second race, ahead of Mikhail Aleshin and Jack Hawksworth^[2]

Track map of Reliant Park

Classification

Qualifying 1

Pos.	Driver	Team	Vehicle	Group 1	Group 2	Top 12	FF6	Grid Start
01	Simon Pagenaud	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara-Honda	0:59,8408	—	0:59,4010	0:59,3716	01
02	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara-Chevrolet	0:59,8644	—	0:59,2970	0:59,4463	02
03	Scott Dixon	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara-Chevrolet	1:00,0849	—	0:59,3276	0:59,5034	03
04	Luca Filippi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara-Honda	—	0:59,6560	0:59,3399	0:59,5523	04
05	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara-Honda	0:59,9397	—	0:59,2951	0:59,6528	05
06	Takuma Satō	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara-Honda	—	0:59,6408	0:59,2248	1:00,4037	06
0	Justin Wilson	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara-Honda	—	1:00,1406	0:59,4245	—	07
08	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara-Honda	1:00,0066	—	0:59,5107	—	08
09	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara-Chevrolet	1:00,0572	—	0:59,6126	—	09
10	Mikhail Aleshin	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara-Honda	—	1:00,1713	0:59,7003	—	10
11	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Motorsports	Dallara-Chevrolet	—	1:00,1241	0:59,9649	—	11
12	Josef Newgarden	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing	Dallara-Honda	—	0:59,7711	1:00,0312	—	12
13	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Dallara-Honda	1:00,1291	—	—	—	13
14	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara-Honda	—	1:00,2491	—	—	14
15	Ryan Briscoe	NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara-Chevrolet	1:00,2124	—	—	—	15
16	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara-Honda	—	1:00,3295	—	—	16
17	Mike Conway	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara-Chevrolet	1:00,2358	—	—	—	17
18	Will Power	Team Penske	Dallara-Chevrolet	—	1:00,3670	—	—	18
19	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara-Honda	1:00,3106	—	—	—	19
20	Sebastian Saavedra	KV AFS Racing	Dallara-Chevrolet	—	1:00,4224	—	—	20
21	Jack Hawksworth	BHA/BBM with Curb Agajanian	Dallara-Honda	1:00,4203	—	—	—	21
22	Tony Kanaan	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara-Chevrolet	—	1:00,6919	—	—	22
23	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti – HVM	Dallara-Honda	1:00,4734	—	—	—	23

Source: ^[3][4]

Race 1

Pos.	Driver	Team	Chasis	Laps	Time	Grid Pos.	Leading Laps
01	Carlos Huertas	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara-Honda	80	1:51:25,5649	19	07
02	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Dallara-Chevrolet	80	+ 0,0975	11	00
03	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti – HVM	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 2,3433	23	00
04	France	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	80	+ 3,0878	09	00
05	Canada	United States	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 4,7101	05	32
06	United Kingdom	United States	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 5,5127	21	00
07	United States	United States	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 6,2853	08	00
08	United States	United States	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 7,1638	16	00
09	Brazil	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	80	+ 8,2181	02	00
10	United Kingdom	United States	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 9,4366	07	15
11	United States	United States	Dallara-Honda	80	+ 30,8792	14	00
12	Australia	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	80	+ 33,2884	15	00
13	Brazil	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	80	+ 35,0789	22	00
14	Australia	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	79	+ 1 Lap	18	00
15	Colombia	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	79	+ 1 Lap	20	00
16	France	United States	Dallara-Honda	74	+ 6 Laps	01	04
17	United Kingdom	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	55	DNF	17	00
18	United States	United States	Dallara-Honda	54	DNF	13	00
19	New Zealand	United States	Dallara-Chevrolet	46	DNF	03	00
20	United States	United States	Dallara-Honda	41	DNF	12	00
21	Italy	United States	Dallara-Honda	36	DNF	04	00
22	Japan	United States	Dallara-Honda	32	DNF	06	22
23	Russia	United States	Dallara-Honda	31	DNF	10	00

Quellen: ^[5][6]

Leaders of Race 1

Section	Laps	Driver
1	1–4	Simon Pagenaud
2	5–26	Takuma Satō
3	27	James Hinchcliffe
4	28	Justin Wilson
5	29–59	James Hinchcliffe
6	60–73	Justin Wilson
7	74–80	Carlos Huertas

Reference: ^[5]

Yellow Flags

N.	Laps	Sector	Reason
1	29–31	3	Contact: Mike Conway (#20) in Turn 3
2	33–36	4	Contact: Mikhail Aleshin (#7) and Takuma Satō (#14) in Turn 6
3	37–41	5	Contact: Luca Filippi (#16) on the Start-Finish straight
4	48–52	5	Contact: Scott Dixon (#9), Charlie Kimball (#83) and Simon Pagenaud (#77) in Turn 9
5	58–60	3	Contact: Will Power (#12) in Turn 9
6	77–80	4	Contact: Sebastian Saavedra (#17) in Turn 5

Quellen: ^[5]

References

1. "Colombia Day in Houston; Huertas wins first race".
2. "Schmidt Peterson teammates post 1-2 finish".
3. ""Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston at MD Anderson Cancer Center Speedway at NRG Park – QUALIFYING RESULTS"" (PDF). indycar.com. June 28, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
4. ""Shell and Pennzoil GP of Houston – Official Starting Line Up"" (PDF). indycar.com. June 28, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
5. ""OFFICIAL BOX SCORE – Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Presented by the Greater Houston Honda Dealers"" (PDF). indycar.com. June 28, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
6. ""Shell and Pennzoil GP of Houston – Unofficial Lap Report"" (PDF). indycar.com. June 28, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2014.

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