ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The 50th anniversary celebration season for Team Penske is off to a rousing start.
Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya controlled the closing laps of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg to win the Verizon IndyCar Series season opener for the second straight year. Driving the No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Montoya led teammate Simon Pagenaud across the finish line by 2.3306 seconds, with Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay placing third and Team Penske’s Helio Castroneves fourth on the 1.8-mile temporary street course.
“It was good, said Montoya, who lost the 2015 series championship on a race wins tiebreaker to Scott Dixon. “The Chevy was good all day. It was exciting to have a new paint scheme and come out and win with it. It’s just awesome. We started the year last year like this. I felt this morning we had a really good car and it paid off.
El 50 aniversario del equipo Penske tuvo un gran comienzo y es que el piloto Juan Pablo Montoya controló las ultimas vueltas del Grand Prix de St. Petersburg, Florida para ganar la carrera de apertura la de temporada en la Serie Indycar por segunda año consecutivo….Conduciendo el auto numero 2, del equipo Verizon Penske Chevrolet, Montoya se adelanto a su compañero de equipo Simon Pagenaud y finalizo con 2.3306 segundos de ventaja conRyan Hunter del Andretti Autosports en tercer ougar y otro conductor del Penske Helio Castroneves en cuarto lugar en la pista de 1.8 millas de recorrido..