“I think it’s still going to be a tough battle,” he said of winning the overall championship. But considering he has won the race four times, the outlook appears favourable. He now has to wait three weeks to try and keep his streak going at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. While he got off to a slow start to the season with just one podium finish in his first 10 races, the 32-year-old appears to be heating up at the right time. It was an impressive - if not anti-climatic - race for the New Zealand native, who Bourdais said “was in a league of his own.”įor Dixon, it certainly appears that way. Article content I still like the look of the tracks coming up. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The only time he was not leading was when he was in the pits for fuel or a quick tire change.
In a race that resembled the tedium of Formula One, complete with a standing start for the first time in 2007, Dixon led 81 of 85 laps. But as the pole sitter on Sunday, he simply was too fast for the competition. We had to replace the pedal so we were down three laps right off the bat.”ĭixon managed to keep his nose clean and avoid danger in Saturday’s caution-filled race. “We tried WD-40 but that wasn’t the magic fix. “I was just going through the routine of the standing start and as soon as I put my foot on the throttle it stuck 100% and that was about a minute before they were giving the command to start,” said Hinchcliffe. Montreal’s Alex Tagliani was Canada’s top finisher in 10th, while Oakville, Ont., native James Hinchcliffe was last amongst running cars in 21st after starting three laps down because of a faulty throttle before the race even began. Article contentĬastroneves, who now has 425 points this season, finished second Sebastien Bourdais, who was second in Saturday’s race, ended up in third.