2011 São Paulo Indy 300
The Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 presented by Nestlé was the fourth race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The race took place on May 1 and 2, on the temporary street circuit in São Paulo, Brazil, and was telecasted by Versus in the United States and TV Bandeirantes in Brazil. After a rain delay that lasted almost two and a half hours, attempts to run the event in full on the Sunday were scrapped with the race completed on Monday May 2.
Report
Classification
Qualifying
- All cars were split into two groups of twelve, with the fastest six from each group going through to the "top 12" session. In this session, the fastest six cars progressed to the "Firestone Fast Six." The fastest driver in the final session claimed pole, with the rest of the cars lining up in session order, regardless of qualifying times.
Newman/Haas Racing 1:23.4911 1:22.8450 12 19 
Sébastien BourdaisDale Coyne Racing 1:23.4266 1:22.9084 13 78 
Simona de SilvestroHVM Racing 1:23.6807 14 14 
Vítor MeiraA. J. Foyt Enterprises 1:23.3196 15 26 
Marco AndrettiAndretti Autosport 1:23.7682 16 2 
Oriol ServiàNewman/Haas Racing 1:23.4015 17 7 Danica PatrickAndretti Autosport 1:24.0967 18 83 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing 1:23.7126 19 17 Raphael MatosAFS Racing 1:24.1890 20 77 
Alex TaglianiSam Schmidt Motorsports 1:23.7801 21 82 Tony KanaanKV Racing Technology - Lotus 1:24.2205 22 4 J.R. Hildebrand Panther Racing 1:23.8443 23 34 
Sebastián Saavedra Conquest Racing 1:24.2963 24 18 
James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing 1:23.8492 25 24 Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1:24.8246 26 59 
E.J. VisoKV Racing Technology - Lotus No Time Race
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 |  Will Power | 168 |
| 2 | Dario Franchitti | 154 |
| 3 | Oriol Servià | 110 |
| 4 | Mike Conway | 102 |
| 5 | Ryan Briscoe | 101 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.