Numbers to note following the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 presented Nestle, the fourth of 17 events in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
1 - First top-10 finish for JR Hildebrand, who moved up 12 positions to 10th at the checkered flag.
2 - Two-man championship points chase heading into the Indianapolis 500, with Will Power leading reigning title-holder Dario Franchitti by 14. Third-place Oriol Servia is 44 points arrears of Franchitti.
2.8 - Average finish of Franchitti through the first four races.
3 - Power, Franchitti and Servia are the only drivers to record top-10 finishes in all races this young season.
3.5 - Average finish of Power.
4 - Different teams represented in the top 5 at Brazil, and four different teams represented in the top 5 of the championship standings.
13 - Positions advanced by E.J. Viso, who started 26th (didn’t make a qualifying attempt because of damage to car sustained in practice). … Drivers who have recorded at least one top-five finish.
17 - Finishing position for Vitor Meira, who for the second consecutive year was the top-finishing Brazilian.
19 - Indy car pole starts for Power, tying Danny Sullivan for 14th on the all-time list (he passed Rex Mays with the PEAK Performance Pole Award at Brazil).
21 - Drivers who have recorded at least one top-10 finish.
23 - Laps led by Takuma Sato - his first in the IZOD IndyCar Series. … Cars running at the finish, a season high.
36 - Consecutive races running at the finish for Danica Patrick, extending her series record.
98 - Top-five Indy car finishes for Franchitti, breaking a tie for 12th with Helio Castroneves. Johnny Rutherford (99) is up next on the list.
99.8231 - Quickest lap in seconds recorded by Simona de Silvestro (on Lap 36).
135 - Consecutive races started by Tony Kanaan, who could tie Scott Sharp’s series record at Milwaukee.
157 - Laps led in 2011 by Will Power. Power has led 57 percent of the laps, so far.
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