“We gave that one away. The DHL car was the car to beat today – we had the right fuel but we had some miscommunication on pit lane. I was saving fuel as Takuma came out of the pit lane and so I didn’t attack. That miscommunication probably cost us the race. I’m pretty bummed right now. I know we had a car to win and all day long I tried really hard to save that fuel and made the fuel mileage the stand was requesting, but couldn’t pay off for it in the end.”
Andretti Autosport collected it’s 14th-podium finish of the season today as DHL driver Ryan Hunter-Reay grabbed a second-place finish at the Grand Prix of Portland.
- STARTED: 5th // FINISHED: 2nd
- CHAMPIONSHIP: 5th (462 pts.)
- OF NOTE: Led a total of 19 laps on his way to a 44th career podium in second place // Committed early and executed a two-stop pit strategy, leaving Hunter-Reay in fuel-save mode for a majority of the race and battling untimely yellow flags // Missed the opportunity to attack from P2 during a delay in the race’s last yellow-flag period being called
With all eyes on the championship fight, the Verizon IndyCar Series heads to Sonoma Raceway for the 2018 finale event. Live broadcast of the INDYCAR Gand Prix of Sonoma kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 16.
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