Simon Pagenaud imperial in Toronto

July 14 will have seen the Marseillaise resonate on Canadian soil. simon pagenaud (Team Penske – Chevrolet) won the event IndyCar played in Toronto, thus completing a weekend full of mastery on the part of Roger Penske's team and the winner of the Indianapolis 500 miles.

 I might be in Canada but we brought the #Bastille Day  celebration anyway!!! So proud of the @DXCTechnology team for giving me this wonderful car!  #indyto #indycar pic.twitter.com/d8rMaGyB6s

— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) July 14, 2019

Leader from start to finish, Simon Pagenaud was not worried and dominated the entire race, despite pressure at the end of the race from Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing – Honda), second at the checkered flag and alone to have tried to challenge Pagenaud's control of the race.

Alexander Red (Andretti Autosport – Honda) finished 3rd and saved a difficult day for Michael Andretti's team, two of its cars having been involved in the first lap incident.

Marco Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay, as well as Marcus Ericsson (SPM – Honda) were the collateral victims of the contact between Will Power (Team Penske – Chevrolet) and Graham Rahal (Team RLL – Honda), causing the race to be neutralized from the start. the first minutes.

 And, we're off in Toronto…#indyTO // @hondaindy pic.twitter.com/8nVNQlnwtr

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) July 14, 2019

Power will also be involved in the final yellow flag of the event, deployed on the last lap following the Australian's straight run into the tire wall.

Answer: NOPE. #indyTO // #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/CN0GFsvpKg

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) July 14, 2019

Sébastien Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan – Honda) finished 8th at the finish after an error during the race at turn 3.

Discover the full report of the Toronto IndyCar event, in issue 2225 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version and this Wednesday on newsstands.