Colton Herta takes his first win of the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series | IndyCar
This weekend, IndyCar heads across the border into Canada to compete in the Toronto Grand Prix. This was the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto. Colton Herta started this Grand Prix from pole as he looked to get his championship chances back under control.
On the first lap of the race, Christian Rasmussen crashed after a collision with Santino Ferrucci and Linus Lundqvist and retired. It was not until the ninth lap of the race that the caution flags were removed and the green flag shown again. However, Rasmussen and Agustin Canapino no longer played a role in the race.
Colton Herta led from the start of the race and held the lead until the restart. From lap 26, the field began rolling through the pit lane. However, it was not until lap 35 that the leaders made it into the pit lane. Herta returned to the track in second place, behind Scott Dixon, who did not pit until lap 38.
After Dixon pitted, Herta retook the lead and Dixon moved up to sixth place, a significant improvement from his starting position of 15th. The Andretti Global Racing Team continued to lead the race, with Herta in first place and Kyle Kirkwood in second.
During the second series of pit stops, Herta and Kirkwood continued to dominate the streets of Toronto. However, it was still Dixon who made big moves. Dixon pitted from sixth place and fought his way up to third place on the podium.
With just 15 laps to go, another yellow flag was shown in Toronto. These yellow flags were bad news for Herta and Kirkwood, who were running away from a guaranteed one-two finish. At the restart after the yellow flags, a serious accident occurred and the red flag was shown. The drivers involved were Santino Ferrucci, Pato O’Ward, Marcus Ericsson, Pietro Fittipaldi, Theo Pourchaire and Nolan Siegel.
After a long delay due to the clean-up work after the accident, the race was restarted, albeit under safety car conditions. With ten laps to go, the race was stopped again with the green flag and Herta was once again one step ahead of the field. Just a few corners later, the yellow flags were waved again after Scott McLaughlin drove his car into the barrier and was unable to restart it after contact with his teammate Will Power.
With five laps to go, the race resumed with Herta still in the lead. The American led the race until he crossed the finish line, taking his first win of the season. Kirkwood finished second, Dixon third, Alex Palou fourth and Marcus Armstrong completed the top five in fifth.
The top ten were completed by David Malukas in sixth place, Christian Lundgaard in seventh place, Rinus Veekay in eighth place, Romain Grosjean in ninth place and Graham Rahal in tenth place.
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