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blocking Power with two laps to go. That blocking manoeuvre

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blocking Power with two laps to go. That blocking manoeuvre
#1   2013/08/06 02:08AM
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The car wasnt quite handling the way we needed it to," said Hinchcliffe, with Andretti Autosport. "I didnt drive great at the start and made a few mistakes. I set us back at the beginning and we were playing catch-up after that." Castroneves, a three-time winner of the Indy 500, is enjoying a strong season. He has been in the top six in seven of the 11 races, won in St. Petersburg, and was on pole in Alabama. Edmonton had been no end of frustration for him, boiling over in 2010, when he took the checkered flag but was penalized for blocking Power with two laps to go. That blocking manoeuvre allowed Scott Dixon to move past Power into second place. When Castroneves win was disqualified, Dixon was declared the race winner despite not running in the lead all day. An irate Castroneves then had to be restrained from getting to race officials in their tower on the infield. Photos of the angry Brazilian were flashed around the world. 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