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Hinchcliffe takes second IndyCar win
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 05 - 2013

SAO PAULO — On the final turn of the final lap, James Hinchcliffe finally saw an opening — and made sure he squeezed into it.
Hinchcliffe made a last-ditch move on Takuma Sato, going past the Japanese driver on the inside of the last bend to win IndyCar's Sao Paulo 300 Sunday.
He was barely even sure that Sato was finally behind him by the time the checkered flag went down in front of him.
“I don't think I was sure until after we crossed the line,” said Hinchcliffe, who earned his second career victory. “I didn't think we had it. It wasn't really until I crossed the line that I realized, ‘We got it!'“
The Canadian moved from third to second with three laps to go and then dueled with Sato before finally making the gutsy move as right before the finish at the Anhembi street track.
Sato, coming off his first career victory two weeks ago in Long Beach, drove in too hard for the hairpin at the end of the long back straight and gave just enough space for Hinchcliffe to get past.
“To win a race on the last corner of the last lap is one of the coolest feelings,” Hinchcliffe said. “To make a last-corner pass, that's something I'll remember for a long time. Takuma was making that race car really wide and he was defending the inside pretty well. He just outbroke himself just a little bit and I was able to do a high-low (pass) and got the win.”
Sato had successfully defended the lead from Hinchcliffe on two other occasions during the final laps but couldn't hang on at the end with older tires.
“I think I tried everything I could to defend,” Sato said. “I was really struggling on the grip the last laps. I really had to deal with a lot of things. The last few laps were great fun from a driver's point of view. It's a real pity that I lost it on the final lap of the race on the final corner.”
The last Canadian to win in Brazil was Greg Moore in 1998.
“Obviously, Greg Moore was my hero growing up,” Hinchcliffe said. “When I got to IndyCar, the biggest pressure I put on myself was to maintain the reputation that Canada has with their IndyCar drivers. To be able to do that now, not only make it to this level, be successful at that level. I'm proud.”
Despite losing the race, Sato leaves Brazil with the lead in the drivers' standings. American Marco Andretti, who finished third on Sunday, moved to second for the championship.
Helio Castroneves, who led coming into his home race, had an incident-filled race and finished 13th to drop to third in the championship.
Castroneves' Penske teammate Will Power, who won the previous three races in Brazil but started only 22nd after a mishap in qualifying, retired on lap 19 because of an apparent gear shift problem.
Spaniard Oriol Servia was fourth in the second-to-last race for Panther DRR racing, which will not compete after the Indy 500 because of financial difficulties.
American Josef Newgarden, who started last after changing an engine before the race, managed a fifth-place finish, the best of his career. Pole-sitter and current IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay ran up the front for a while but finished only 11th after a flat tire. Andretti teammate and front-row starter EJ Viso of Venezuela was sixth. — AP


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