Carlos Munoz earns dominant first Indy Lights win in Andretti Autosport one-two at Edmonton
Carlos Munoz cruised to an emphatic maiden Indy Lights win in a wet/dry race at Edmonton
The Colombian started from pole, and aside from a brief scrap with Esteban Guerrieri at the start, never looked threatened. He built up enough of a gap during the second half of the race that he was able to back off in the final laps and still cross the line 8.3 seconds ahead of Andretti team-mate Sebastian Saavedra.
Saavedra had a more eventful race, working himself into a podium position after starting from sixth. A pursuing Guerrieri attempted to close the Colombian down in the late stages of the race, but Saavedra responded to turn a 3.3s gap into a 4.8s one and cement his claim to second.
Oliver Webb passed Gustavo Yacaman for fourth just before mid-distance and never saw another car for the rest of the race, but there was rather more action behind him, where Peter Dempsey, Tristan Vautier and Yacaman were disputing fifth.
Yacaman held the spot with six laps remaining, only to lose it to Dempsey after a lengthy battle. Vautier tried to sneak through as well, but ran out of space and was forced to take to the escape road. Fortunately for the Frenchman, his closest challenger was too distant to capitalise, and he was able to rejoin without penalty. He made the most of his good fortune by passing Yacaman on the final lap.
Wet but drying conditions raised the prospect of someone rolling the dice on when to switch from wets to slicks, but the only driver to try anything different was Jorge Goncalvez, whose decision to stay out 20 laps longer than the rest of the field left him finishing two laps down on the leaders.
Results - 40 laps: Pos Driver Team Time/Gap 1. Carlos Munoz Andretti 1h01m05.9813s 2. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti + 8.3453s 3. Esteban Guerrieri Schmidt + 13.1932s 4. Oliver Webb Schmidt + 35.9905s 5. Peter Dempsey Belardi + 45.2677s 6. Tristan Vautier Schmidt + 49.7176s 7. Gustavo Yacaman Moore + 50.4511s 8. Victor Carbone Schmidt + 56.0144s 9. Juan Pablo Garcia Belardi + 1m18.0587s 10. David Ostella Moore + 1m39.4215s 11. Jorge Goncalvez Jeffrey Mark + 2 laps
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