2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

2018 Long Beach

Race details
3rd round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 15, 2018
Official name	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps 167.28 mi / 269.21 km
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Rossi  (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:06.5528
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Time	1:07.5511 (on lap 30 of 85)
Podium
First	Alexander Rossi  (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Will Power  (Team Penske)
Third	Ed Jones  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2018 IndyCar Series and the 44th annual running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The race was contested over 85 laps on a temporary street circuit in Long Beach, California on April 15, 2018. Alexander Rossi won both the pole and the race. ^{[1] [2]}

Report

Race

Rossi maintained the lead position on the start. Will Power, who had qualified alongside Rossi on the front row, also held his position in second. Behind the leaders, Graham Rahal made contact with Simon Pagenaud, forcing the latter into the wall and out of the race. Rossi's lead remained at about 3.5 seconds from lap seven to lap 25, when he made his first pit stop. He would regain the lead after the other drivers made their own stops, holding it for most of the rest of the race. Rossi's victory moved him to the lead in the Drivers' Championship points standings, 23 points ahead of Josef Newgarden, who finished seventh in the race. ^[2]

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	27	Alexander Rossi	2	1:07.1718	1:06.8326	1:06.5528
2	12	Will Power W	2	1:07.5874	1:06.5709	1:06.9054
3	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:07.5481	1:06.9057	1:06.9107
4	9	Scott Dixon W	1	1:07.7897	1:06.8341	1:07.0483
5	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:08.0364	1:07.0903	1:07.1275
6	1	Josef Newgarden	1	1:07.8123	1:06.8833	1:07.1922
7	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	1	1:07.7058	1:07.1415
8	5	James Hinchcliffe W	2	1:07.6893	1:07.1899
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	2	1:07.5662	1:07.1943
10	6	Robert Wickens R	1	1:07.9894	1:07.2289
11	14	Tony Kanaan	2	1:07.8917	1:07.3478
12	20	Jordan King R	1	1:08.2933	1:07.6427
13	10	Ed Jones	1	1:08.3844
14	4	Matheus Leist R	2	1:08.1622
15	59	Max Chilton	1	1:08.7167
16	26	Zach Veach R	2	1:08.1763
17	60	Jack Harvey R	1	1:08.8207
18	21	Spencer Pigot	2	1:08.2739
19	88	Gabby Chaves	1	1:08.8623
20	98	Marco Andretti	2	1:08.5294
21	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	1	1:09.1429
22	30	Takuma Sato W	2	1:08.6340
23	23	Charlie Kimball	1	1:09.7481
24	32	Kyle Kaiser R	2	No time
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts. 1
1	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	1:53:15.2434	2	1	71	54
2	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+1.2413	2	2	6	41
3	10	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+9.2906	3	13		35
4	26	Zach Veach R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+10.1050	2	16		32
5	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+10.7466	5	5		30
6	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+11.5513	2	20		28
7	1	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+12.2175	3	6	3	27
8	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+16.1048	3	11		24
9	5	James Hinchcliffe W	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	85	+16.4757	3	8		22
10	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	85	+17.0119	4	23		20
11	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+17.3301	3	4		19
12	60	Jack Harvey R	Meyer Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson	Honda	85	+18.3469	3	17		18
13	18	Sébastien Bourdais W	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	85	+18.9443	4	9	4	18
14	4	Matheus Leist R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+18.9466	3	14		16
15	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	18		15
16	32	Kyle Kaiser R	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	6	24		14
17	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	5	15		13
18	20	Jordan King R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	5	12		12
19	88	Gabby Chaves	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	6	19		11
20	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	81	+4 Laps	5	7	1	11
21	30	Takuma Sato W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	74	+11 Laps	5	22		9
22	6	Robert Wickens R	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	73	+12 Laps	7	10		8
23	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	27	Contact	3	21		7
24	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	0	Contact	0	3		6
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Notes: ¹ Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Alexander Rossi 126 1 2 Josef Newgarden 104 1 3 Graham Rahal 93 1 4 Sébastien Bourdais 88 5 James Hinchcliffe 83

Manufacturer standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 263 2 Chevrolet 193

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. Malsher, David (April 14, 2018). "Long Beach IndyCar: Brilliant Rossi beats the Penskes to pole". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
2. Malsher, David (April 15, 2018). "Long Beach IndyCar: Rossi dominates race to grab championship lead". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

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