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IndyCar - Sonoma:
So the top five were:
Dixon
Hunter-Reay
Kimball
Kanaan
Briscoe
So the top five were:
Dixon
Hunter-Reay
Kimball
Kanaan
Briscoe
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Sonoma: ... and Briscoe holds off a late charge from Montoya.
Scott Dixon wins the 2015 IndyCar championship on a tie-break!
Scott Dixon wins the 2015 IndyCar championship on a tie-break!
IndyCar - Sonoma: Dixon crosses the line to take the win ...
IndyCar - Sonoma: White flag, one to go. Montoya is 1.6s behind Briscoe; Dixon is miles out in front.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Three laps to go, and as much as Montoya is surging, it looks like he will run out of laps. Dixon looks very comfortable.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Montoya is flying - Briscoe can now see him in his mirrors. The Australian is on the red tyres, so he can't have much grip left.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Four to go, Montoya trails Briscoe by 2.9s; Dixon looks comfortable in front.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Six laps to go. If Montoya can close down a 2.8s gap and pass Briscoe, he wins the title. If he doesn't, Dixon wins. Simple.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Drive-through penalty for Bourdais for contact.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Bourdais has a little damage to his wing, but the real question is whether he will get a penalty. Even if he does, Montoya needs to close down a three second gap to Briscoe.
IndyCar - Sonoma: That has moved Montoya up to seventh. He needs two more places to win the title, with eight laps to go.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Bourdais has tipped Rahal into a spin!
IndyCar - Sonoma: Ten laps to go. Montoya doesn't look like he can do anything about the cars ahead.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Kanaan, Briscoe, Rahal, Bourdais and Montoya are nose to tail.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Clean restart. Drive-through for Hawksworth for avoidable contact.
Green flag
IndyCar - Sonoma: Green flag; 12 laps to go
IndyCar - Sonoma: So here's where we're at: Dixon leads from Hunter-Reay and Kimball; Montoya is up to eighth. The cars ahead of him are Bourdais, Rahal and Briscoe.
Remember if Dixon wins, Montoya needs to finish fifth. Rahal is back to third in the points now.
Remember if Dixon wins, Montoya needs to finish fifth. Rahal is back to third in the points now.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Sonoma: That's obviously a caution.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Hawksworth and Sato spin; Munoz is stranded on top of the kerbs.
IndyCar - Sonoma: The restart is under review, but everyone is through the first couple of corners cleanly. Kanaan pulled a nice move on Hunter-Reay; Power let Montoya past.
Green flag
IndyCar - Sonoma: Restart
IndyCar - Sonoma: Still under yellow, and Saavedra, Pagenaud, Chaves, Servia and Castroneves pit.
That means that Dixon leads from Hunter-Reay and Kimball, then Briscoe and Coletti.
That means that Dixon leads from Hunter-Reay and Kimball, then Briscoe and Coletti.
IndyCar - Sonoma: There are 20 laps to go and Montoya is currently 17th, although a few cars ahead of him need to stop once more.
If Dixon wins, Montoya needs to finish fifth or better. If he finishes sixth, he'll match Dixon on points but lose on a countback.
If Dixon wins, Montoya needs to finish fifth or better. If he finishes sixth, he'll match Dixon on points but lose on a countback.
IndyCar - Sonoma: The Jakes crash was a strange one - he was braking and the car just snapped left - at a right-hand corner. Early indications are that it was a brake failure.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Pagenaud on the radio: 'Is this good or bad?' Team: 'Not good for us Might help your team-mates some'.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Jakes is fine - he's out of the car and standing there with his hands on his hips looking annoyed.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Sonoma: It's James Jakes at Turn 9
IndyCar - Sonoma: There has been a crash, just as Kanaan was pitting.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Now Montoya pits from ninth.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Hunter-Reay briefly led after Dixon's stop, but the Andretti car swings onto pit road and Dixon reclaims P1.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Horrible luck for Newgarden, but it's part of the story of CFH Racing this year - lots of promise, occasionally wobbly execution. Rahal has also pitted and thrown on some new reds for what will probably be his final stop.
Newgarden is STILL in the pits.
Newgarden is STILL in the pits.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Newgarden pits from P2 - it's a slow stop; they have a problem with the starter - and now there's a small fuel fire. That gets put out quickly, but the car is still stationary.
Dixon pits from the lead.
Dixon pits from the lead.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Rahal is in a world of hurt with his tyres: 'I can't brake anywhere or I am just going to spin'.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Someone has gone off at Turn 6, but it looks like they kept going. Not sure who it was.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Ganassi's Saavedra is making life hell for Power. Montoya has made better progress and is 11th, but still has ground to make up to keep his title hopes alive - and he could have done without conceding a place to Kanaan just a moment ago.
IndyCar - Sonoma: It's also worth noting that Rahal is ahead of Montoya again, by two points. The current running order is Dixon, Newgarden, Rahal, Kimball, Briscoe.
IndyCar - Sonoma: And it has just changed again, because Kanaan has pitted and Dixon now leads, blowing his points lead out to 20 points. Montoya is 13th and has a lot of work to do.
IndyCar - Sonoma: The championship is changing by the lap: right now the score is Dixon 533, Montoya 532, Rahal 530.
IndyCar - Sonoma: Kanaan leads, but Dixon has cycled up to second, and has has moved into the championship lead. Rahal is fourth, and now heads Montoya by two points.
IndyCar - Sonoma: The off-sequence guys at the front are starting to make their stops, which is moving everyone else up the order.
By: AUTOSPORT staff, Mitchell Adam, Edd Straw, Gary Watkins, Mark Glendenning
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