2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

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Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Race details
3rd round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Long Beach Street Circuit IndyCar.svg
DateApril 16, 2023
Official name Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location Streets of Long Beach
CourseTemporary road course
1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance85 laps
167.28 mi / 269.211 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  (Andretti Autosport)
Time1:06.2878
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:07.9469 (on lap 70 of 85)
Podium
First Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  (Andretti Autosport)
Second Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean  (Andretti Autosport)
Third Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 16, 2023, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race consisted of 85 laps. Kyle Kirkwood, driving for Andretti Autosport, would win his first ever IndyCar Series race.

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Background

The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach began as a Formula 5000 race sanctioned by the SCCA and USAC in 1975. [1] In 1976, it became a Formula One event, and held that status until 1984 when it turned into a CART race, which eventually became IndyCar. [2] Last year's champion was Josef Newgarden and other previous winners competing are Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Colton Herta, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, and Alexander Rossi. The push-to-pass time allotment is a total of 200 seconds, with a maximum length of any given use of 20 seconds. [1]

Entry list

KeyMeaning
 R Rookie
 W Past winner
No.DriverTeamEngine
2 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
28 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
55 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
60 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source: [3]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
15 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6999
29 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.9649
326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.9808
Source: [4]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
15 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.9982
227 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0149
328 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0629
Source: [5]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
127 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.5593N/A01:06.456801:06.28781
28 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.6600N/A01:06.476001:06.32532
328 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:06.678001:06.324601:06.53473
410 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:06.399501:06.565101:06.55494
59 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:06.530501:06.578701:06.57305
65 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:06.590601:06.399301:06.60396
726 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8246N/A01:06.6431N/A7
82 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2614N/A01:06.6452N/A8
93 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:06.683301:06.7251N/A9
106 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0130N/A01:06.7317N/A10
117 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0328N/A01:07.1049N/A11
1211 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:06.648801:09.7839N/A12
1312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2681N/AN/AN/A13
1460 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:06.8010N/AN/A14
1530 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3150N/AN/AN/A15
1606 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:06.9385N/AN/A16
1745 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3957N/AN/AN/A17
1814 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A01:06.9517N/AN/A18
1921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.8796N/AN/AN/A19
2029 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A01:07.0294N/AN/A20
2151 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:07.9105N/AN/AN/A21
2277 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:07.0490N/AN/A22
2355 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:08.2970N/AN/AN/A23
2415 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:07.0909N/AN/A24
2518 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda No TimeN/AN/AN/A25
2678 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:07.5956N/AN/A26
2720 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A01:07.6986N/AN/A27
Source: [6]
Notes

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
12 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5611
27 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.7540
326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8118
Source: [7]

Race

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 16, 2023.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
127 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 851:43:17.3748215354
228 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85+0.99072340
38 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+2.05882235
426 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85+7.63712732
510 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+8.777024231
612 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85+30.322421328
76 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85+30.974421026
811 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+31.911921224
92 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85+33.7842282723
103 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85+42.83202920
1114 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85+45.435121819
1215 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+46.280922418
1330 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+47.282821517
1445 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+47.778121716
1560 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85+49.486421415
1629 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 85+59.934322014
175 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 84+1 Lap2613
1851 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 84+1 Lap22112
1977 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84+1 Lap42211
2018 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 84+1 Lap32510
2106 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84+1 Lap3169
227 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 83Off Course2118
2320 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 83+2 Laps3277
2455 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 82+3 Laps3236
2578 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 52+33 Laps42636
2621 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 48Mechanical1195
279 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 37Mechanical155
Fastest lap: Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.9469 (lap 70)
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race

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