2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore

United States 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore
Race details
11th round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season
DateSeptember 2, 2012
Official nameGrand Prix of Baltimore
LocationStreets of Baltimore
CourseTemporary street circuit
2.040 mi / 3.283 km
Distance75 laps
153.000 mi / 246.225 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 84.9 °F (29.4 °C); dropping down to 81.4 °F (27.4 °C) by the end of the event[1]
Pole position
DriverWill Power (Team Penske)
Time1:17.9750
Fastest lap
DriverWill Power (Team Penske)
Time1:19.0055 (on lap 64 of 75)
Podium
FirstRyan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
SecondRyan Briscoe (Team Penske)
ThirdSimon Pagenaud (Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports)

The Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT was an open-wheel IndyCar motor race and held as the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2012 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Sunday, September 2, 2012. The race was contested over 75 laps at the 2.040-mile (3.283 km) temporary street circuit at Baltimore, Maryland, United States and was co-located with the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge motor race.

The race was won by American racer Ryan Hunter-Reay racing for Andretti Autosport. Hunter-Reay finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Australian driver Ryan Briscoe driving for Team Penske with Frenchman Simon Pagenaud finishing third for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports. It was Hunter-Reay's fourth win for the year. With just one race left in the season, Hunter-Reay's victory, coupled with Will Power finishing in sixth position closed the gap between the two championship rivals to just 17 points.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the 2012 Grand Prix of Baltimore". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved January 25, 2015.