Marcus Ericsson has won the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham.<\/p>\n
Ericsson passed Romain Grosjean with four laps to go for the fifth win of his IndyCar career.<\/p>\n
Grosjean was second, Will Power placed third and season-leader Alex Palou finished fourth.<\/p>\n
It's the first year Markham, Ont., has hosted the race after it moved from Toronto's Exhibition Place, where it had been held since 1986.<\/p>\n
Palou was 12th on the grid, his first time outside of the top 10 in qualifying in 30 races.<\/p>\n
He entered Sunday's race with a 110-point lead over Kyle Kirkwood in the driver rankings as he closes in on his fifth IndyCar title.<\/p>\n
Kirkwood went out in the 53rd lap when he pinged off the inside wall at Turn 3 and then colliding with the outside wall.<\/p>\n
First practice day at Ontario Honda Dealers Indy in Markham cancelled<\/p>\n
Louis Foster was the fastest car in practice and qualifying, earning his first pole of the season.<\/p>\n
Foster predicted pre-race that there would be "carnage" on the 12-turn, 3.52-kilometre road course around downtown Markham that runs between Kennedy Road, Enterprise Boulevard, Unionville GO tracks and Highway 407.<\/p>\n
That prediction was prescient as Foster went out early on Sunday. He crashed in the 43rd lap when he clipped the inside wall after passing Ericsson then went nose-first into the outside wall of Turn 3.<\/p>\n
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