2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
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The 2016 Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans was the only doubleheader event of the 2016 IndyCar Series, consisting of both the seventh and eighth rounds of the championship. The event took place at the Raceway at Belle Isle, a temporary street circuit in Detroit, Michigan. Both races were contested over 70 laps. The race marked the seventh time that the course had been used for IndyCar Series racing and the fourth time that the venue had featured a doubleheader weekend with two races.
Race details | |
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7th and 8th round of the 2016 IndyCar Series season | |
Date | June 4 and 5, 2016 |
Official name | Chevrolet Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans |
Location | The Raceway on Belle Isle |
Course | Temporary street circuit 2.350 mi / 3.782 km |
Distance | 70 laps 164.500 mi / 264.737 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) |
Time | 1:14.9166 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
Time | 1:14.6675 (on lap 30 of 70) |
Podium | |
First | Sébastien Bourdais (KVSH Racing) |
Second | Conor Daly (Dale Coyne Racing) |
Third | Juan Pablo Montoya (Team Penske) |
Pole position | |
Driver | Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) |
Time | 1:14.0379 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Josef Newgarden (Ed Carpenter Racing) |
Time | 1:14.5568 (on lap 69 of 70) |
Podium | |
First | Will Power (Team Penske) |
Second | Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) |
Third | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
Initial practice sessions and qualifying for the first race took place on June 3, 2016. Simon Pagenaud qualified on pole with a time of 1:14.9166, leading a Team Penske sweep of the top three positions. In the race, however, strategy miscues by Penske would give victory to KVSH Racing's Sébastien Bourdais. Second place went to Conor Daly for Dale Coyne Racing, while third went to Penske's lone representative on the podium, Juan Pablo Montoya.
Qualifying for race two was held the morning of the race on June 5. Simon Pagenaud once again qualified on pole, this time with a time of 1:14.0379. In the race, though, his Team Penske teammate Will Power would be faster, taking his first victory in more than a year. Pagenaud finished in second, while the final step of the podium went to Ryan Hunter-Reay for Andretti Autosport.