Santiago Urrutia’s dominance in qualifying could have been put down to the track getting quicker with every lap, but his speed in the race proved he and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports were hooked up like no one else. The first half of the opening lap was the last any of his rivals got a clear view of Urrutia, and his third win of the season seemed a formality thereafter. He crossed the line some 6.5 seconds clear of teammate Andre Negrao, but it could have been double that. On Lap 27 of the 30, Urrutia set the fastest lap of the race at 1m11.997sec; the best his rivals could produce was a 1min12.553, from third-placed Dean Stoneman of Andretti Autosport. Carlin Racing’s hopes were shot...
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