NEWTON, Iowa - Less than two months after failing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, James Hinchcliffe roared from behind to seize one of the more satisfying wins of his IndyCar career.
Hinchcliffe passed Josef Newgarden with just more than 40 laps left to win Sunday at Iowa Speedway for his first victory of the season.
The 31-year-old Canadian, who followed his disaster at Indy with three finishes of 10th or worse in four starts since then, won for the first time since the Grand Prix of Long Beach in April 2017. Sunday's win was his second on the 0.894-mile oval at Iowa.
"This is such a good feeling after what happened in May," Hinchcliffe said. "We knew we had it in us, and to come here and do it like that I'm just so stoked. To miss (the Indy 500) is a huge blow for every single member of the team but if anything, it fueled us. It made us want to perform better, push harder."
Spencer Pigot was a career-best second, followed by Takuma Sato in his first podium finish since a stunning win at the Indy 500 last year.
Newgarden dominated much of the race Sunday, leading 229 of the 300 laps before Hinchcliffe seized control as the Tennessee driver battled lap traffic and finished fourth.
Ed Carpenter threw a curveball at the field when he spun out and was clipped by Sato six laps from the finish, drawing a caution. Newgarden went in for new tires while Hinchcliffe stayed out, with Newgarden hoping to catch Hinchcliffe if the race went green again.
It didn't, and Hinchcliffe cruised past Iowa's corn-inspired start-finish line in first for Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports.
"The car just came alive, and I was able to put it where I needed to to get through traffic - and that's only reason I was able to catch Josef," Hinchcliffe said of his final pit stop.
It wasn't all bad news for Newgarden, the 2017 series champion. He moved from fourth to second in the overall standings behind Scott Dixon and cut his deficit to 33 points. Dixon was never a factor, finishing a season-worst 12th.
"I can't complain much," Newgarden said. "It's a tough pill to swallow to see (Hinchcliffe) go by me. We just didn't have it at the end, and sometimes you can't forecast that completely. It just went away from us."
Will Power, Newgarden's Penske teammate, started in pole position, but Iowa is the only active track in the series where a pole-sitter has never won a race - and it was apparent early on that trend would continue.
Newgarden snagged the lead from Power after just 25 laps and quickly built it up to as much as nine seconds - roughly half a lap. Newgarden even lapped Dixon after just 54 of them, and the majority of the field was already a lap down a third of the way through.
"He ran such a dominant race," Hinchcliffe said of Newgarden. "I know it's tough to fall behind at the end like that."
F1: Vettel wins
SILVERSTONE, England - Sebastian Vettel took advantage of Lewis Hamilton's bad start on a disastrous first lap to win the British Grand Prix and extend his lead in the Formula One season standings.
Hamilton started in pole position Sunday, but Vettel streaked ahead, and his Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, compounded Hamilton's misfortune when he bumped into him, sending Hamilton off the track and leaving the British driver last.
Hamilton fought his way back to finish second after a Ferrari-Mercedes duel developed with Valtteri Bottas leading until Vettel hit the front again with five laps to go. Vettel finished 2.264 seconds ahead of Hamilton for his fourth win of the season, denying Hamilton what would have been a fifth straight win in his home race.
Raikkonen finished third, followed by Bottas, Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg.
Vettel, who led Hamilton by one point going into the 10th of 21 races this season, now leads by eight.
A 31-year-old German, Vettel's 51st career victory tied Alain Prost on the all-time list in F1 racing, behind only Michael Schumacher (91) and Hamilton (65).