The Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto was once again a spectacular race, with the many battles toward the end resulting in significantly more overtakes than last year. Pato O’Ward claimed his ninth IndyCar victory, while Rinus VeeKay brought Dale Coyne Racing to the podium for the first time in 32 races. For Kyffin Simpson, it was even his very first podium! What else stood out? We break down the race weekend by the numbers.

201 - A total of 201 on-track overtakes for position were recorded during this race. That’s noticeably more than last year, when there were 117.

99 - With his victory in Toronto, Pato O'Ward closed the gap to Alex Palou to 99 points, with four races remaining!

61.654 - Colton Herta had to settle for a disappointing fourth place. Still, the Andretti Global driver showed great speed, clocking the fastest lap of the race at 1:01.6540, or 61.6540 seconds.

60 - Rinus VeeKay's last podium finish was at the Barber Motorsports Park in 2022 – 60 races ago!

32 - It had also been a while since Dale Coyne Racing's last podium finish. The most recent was David Malukas at WWT Raceway (Gateway) in 2023 – 32 races ago.

25.8624 - During Kyle Kirkwood's second pit stop, the American was spun around by Marcus Armstrong. Still, his pit crew quickly turned the car around, but the stop took 25.8624 seconds longer than the average time of his first and third pit stops. He dropped to 23rd place but fought his way back to finish sixth.

12 - Alex Palou finished twelfth. This was the first time since last year in Milwaukee that the Spaniard crossed the finish line but failed to place in the top ten!

11 - It was another dramatic weekend for Team Penske: Scott McLaughlin crashed due to a loose wheel after a pit stop, and Josef Newgarden collided with the crashed Jacob Abel and retired. Will Power was the only Penske driver to see the checkered flag, though he had fallen back earlier after contact with Pato O’Ward and ended up finishing eleventh.

10 - In addition to the third-place trophy, Kyffin Simpson also received the award for most positions gained. He started thirteenth and finished third – a gain of ten spots!

9 - Pato O'Ward's victory in Toronto marked the ninth win of his IndyCar career. That places him tied for 42nd all-time, alongside drivers such as Kenny Bräck, Colton Herta, and Scott Sharp.

8 - With an eighth-place finish by Callum Ilott, Prema earned its best result in the IndyCar Series to date. Their previous best was a ninth-place finish by Robert Shwartzman in Iowa.

7 - Although a Chevrolet-powered car won the race, Honda dominated the top ten. Of the first ten finishers, seven were powered by Honda engines – including positions two through seven.

5 - A total of five different drivers led at least one lap: Alex Palou (37 laps), Pato O'Ward (30 laps), Rinus VeeKay (16 laps), Colton Herta (6 laps), and Marcus Ericsson (1 lap).

5 - There were plenty of happy faces among the drivers who finished in the top ten – five of them are currently not in the top ten in the championship standings!

5 - Josef Newgarden retired in Toronto after crashing into the already-wrecked Jacob Abel. Out of the past eight races, this marks the fifth time Newgarden did not see the checkered flag – four of those due to crashes.

5 - Race control had a relatively busy day handing out penalties – five penalties in total:

Kyle Kirkwood was ordered to drop three positions after failing to follow the correct lane order on the first restart.

Christian Rasmussen and Nolan Siegel were sent to the back of the field for pitting when the pits were closed.

Marcus Armstrong received a drive-through penalty for the pit lane incident with Kyle Kirkwood, which caused Kirkwood to spin.

Christian Rasmussen also received a drive-through penalty for failing to properly follow race control instructions.

3.697 - How did Pato O’Ward manage to pass Rinus VeeKay after the final round of pit stops to take the win in Toronto? VeeKay pitted one lap earlier than O’Ward. O’Ward had much fresher tires, gaining 0.8 seconds on VeeKay just on his in-lap. He also spent 1.1 seconds less in the pits due to needing less fuel. On cold tires, VeeKay lost another 1.8 seconds – allowing O’Ward to gain a total of 3.697 seconds over two laps! VeeKay clawed back 1.9 seconds on O’Ward’s out-lap, but by then, O’Ward was already ahead and went on to claim his second win of the season.

3 - Kyffin Simpson’s third-place finish is the best result of his still-young IndyCar career. His previous best was a fifth-place finish earlier this year in Detroit.

1 - Pato O'Ward's win was the first time in his IndyCar career that he stood atop the podium on a street circuit. On paper, he also won last year’s race in St. Petersburg, but that was only after Josef Newgarden was disqualified.