Indy Toronto opener postponed

Dangerous conditions mean two 65-lap races will be held in the first same-day doubleheader since June 1981.

Derrick Walker, IndyCar president of competition and operations, said it would have been wrong to race in Saturday's conditions.

"I think it would have been crazy to start the race," he said.

"It didn't look like a lot of water but when you get out there and look it was more than enough.

"The other factor that happens here is you get a lot of oils coming out, when it comes out on the blacktop. It's quite slippery and there's a lot of water. We wanted to try to get the race in."

Sebastien Bourdais (Hydroxycut KVSH Racing) will start from pole for the first time since September 2007.