2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

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Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
Race details
4th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Barber Motorsports Park.svg
DateApril 30, 2023
Official name Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
Location Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
CoursePermanent road course
2.380 mi / 3.830 km
Distance90 laps
214.200 mi / 344.700 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean  (Andretti Autosport)
Time01:05.8396
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  (Team Penske)
Time01:07.8022 (on lap 63 of 90)
Podium
First Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Second Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean  (Andretti Autosport)
Third Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  (Team Penske)

The 2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 30, 2023, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race consisted of 90 laps and was won by Scott McLaughlin.

Contents

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 Patricio O'Ward  W  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 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  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 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: [1]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.6610
226 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8193
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.8985
Source: [2]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
110 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.2781
22 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5133
33 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5386
Source: [3]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
128 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.6839N/A01:05.682901:05.83961
210 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:05.587101:05.838601:05.91302
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:05.740001:05.751201:05.93823
43 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:05.747801:05.806101:05.95154
59 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.7721N/A01:05.898601:06.07235
645 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:05.834201:05.866101:06.16016
72 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:05.5883N/A01:05.9603N/A7
86 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:05.869601:06.0930N/A8
921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:05.7808N/A01:06.1222N/A9
107 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.6939N/A01:06.2091N/A10
1112 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:05.976801:06.3790N/A11
1227 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.7353N/A01:06.3963N/A12
138 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.9207N/AN/AN/A13
1426 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A01:06.1850N/AN/A14
1577 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:06.0642N/AN/AN/A15
1660 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:06.2433N/AN/A16
1718 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:06.1851N/AN/AN/A17
1829 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A01:06.4415N/AN/A18
1915 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.2504N/AN/AN/A19
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A01:06.4810N/AN/A20
2106 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:06.2715N/AN/AN/A21
2278 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:06.5158N/AN/A22
2351 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:06.5925N/AN/AN/A23
2430 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:06.7181N/AN/A24
2555 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:06.9327N/AN/AN/A25
2611 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:07.2378N/AN/A26
2714 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A03:49.1462N/AN/A27
Source: [4]
Notes

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
17 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6677
226 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.7922
39 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.8538
Source: [5]

Race

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

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 901:47:58.9401342451
228 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 90+1.7854215744
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 90+3.2699311336
45 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90+20.57452332
510 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90+20.97622230
645 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90+23.53192628
79 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90+24.27692526
87 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90+25.058231024
96 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90+25.51073822
108 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90+26.019021320
1111 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90+28.552722619
1227 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 90+36.366721218
1377 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90+42.444131517
1426 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90+43.778121416
152 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 90+45.734637616
1621 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90+55.11182914
1715 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90+56.442231913
1860 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90+56.750021612
1918 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 90+57.765031711
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90+58.510632710
2106 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90+1:00.08472219
2255 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90+1:01.30633258
2329 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 90+1:03.19242187
2430 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90+1:04.53932246
2520 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90+1:05.60553205
2678 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90+1:06.14833225
2751 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 36Mechanical2235
Fastest lap: Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power (Team Penske) – 01:07.8022 (lap 63)
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race

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