| Race details | |||||
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| 3rd round of the2013 IndyCar Series season | |||||
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| Date | April 21, 2013 | ||||
| Official name | Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach | ||||
| Location | Streets Of Long Beach Long Beach, California | ||||
| Course | Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km | ||||
| Distance | 80 laps 157.44 mi / 253.375 km | ||||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 81 °F (27 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |  Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||
| Time | 1:07.2379 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  E. J. Viso (Andretti Autosport) | ||||
| Time | 1:09.0401 (on lap 45 of 80) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First |  Takuma Sato (A. J. Foyt Enterprises) | ||||
| Second |  Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) | ||||
| Third |  Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing) | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 39th annual running of theToyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,[2] and is also the third race of the2013 IndyCar Series season, taking place on April 21, 2013 inLong Beach, California on its temporary street circuit. The race was won byTakuma Sato ofA. J. Foyt Enterprises.
The first two rounds of the season were dominated byAndretti Autosport driversJames Hinchcliffe and defending series championRyan Hunter-Reay, with Hinchcliffe winning theHonda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and Hunter-Reay winning theIndy Grand Prix of Alabama. Thedefending race winner wasWill Power.
Dario Franchitti ofChip Ganassi Racing won his firstpole position of 2013 after posting a qualifying lap speed of 105.369 mph (169.575 km/h) and a time of 1:07.2379.Ryan Hunter-Reay started in second with a speed of 105.282 mph (169.435 km/h), whileWill Power andTakuma Sato started in third and fourth, respectively.[3] In the second group of the first session,Marco Andretti was penalized for interference, and did not advance, starting in 26th.[4]
Pole-sitterDario Franchitti dominated the first 28 laps before falling behindWill Power. Power led until lap 30, in which he pitted, giving the lead toTakuma Sato, who did not relinquish the lead for the rest of the race to win his first career race in 52 starts,[5] becoming the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar Series race.[6] The win wasA. J. Foyt Enterprises' first victory sinceAirton Daré won theAmeristar Casino Indy 200 atKansas in2002.[7][8]Graham Rahal finished second,Justin Wilson and Franchitti finished third and fourth, respectively.[9]J. R. Hildebrand,Oriol Servia,Marco Andretti,Simon Pagenaud,Simona de Silvestro andHélio Castroneves rounded out the top ten.[10]
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1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.
| Pos. | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 |  Hélio Castroneves | 99 |
 10 | 2 | Takuma Sato | 93 |
 1 | 3 |  Scott Dixon | 89 |
| 4 | Marco Andretti | 87 |
| 4 | 5 | Justin Wilson | 81 |
| 3 | 6 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 73 |
| 12 | 7 | Graham Rahal | 66 |
| 8 |  Will Power | 62 |
| 2 | 9 |  Simona de Silvestro | 62 |
| 5 | 10 |  James Hinchcliffe | 61 |
