2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey

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Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Race details
17th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Laguna Seca.svg
DateSeptember 10, 2023
Official name Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Location WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance95 laps
212.61 mi / 342.163 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist  (Arrow McLaren)
Time01:06.6416
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:08.4168 (on lap 52 of 95)
Podium
First Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Third Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth and final round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 10, 2023, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The race consisted of 95 laps and was won by Scott Dixon.

Contents

Álex Palou entered the race having clinched the 2023 championship. [1]

Entry list

KeyMeaning
 R Rookie
 W Past winner
No.DriverTeamEngine
2 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden 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 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 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 Ryan Hunter-Reay 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 Estonia.svg Jüri Vips  R  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 the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  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: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:07.5382
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.5911
37 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.6336
Source: [3]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
145 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.6154
221 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.6546
310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:07.7993
Source: [4]

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 2:00 PM PT on September 9, 2023.

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.2403N/A01:06.757401:06.64161
23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:06.876101:06.566201:06.65132
345 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:06.877701:06.461001:06.74783
42 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:07.125401:06.782401:06.79374
59 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:07.0002N/A01:06.778601:07.017111 [lower-alpha 1]
610 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:07.160501:06.615801:07.28465
730 Flag of Estonia.svg Jüri Vips  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.1305N/A01:06.8300N/A13 [lower-alpha 1]
821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.2675N/A01:06.9172N/A6
912 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:07.168601:06.9282N/A7
1028 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:07.0668N/A01:07.1292N/A8
1114 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:07.1470N/A01:07.4479N/A17 [lower-alpha 1]
125 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:06.845901:07.9392N/A9
1378 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:07.4009N/AN/AN/A19 [lower-alpha 1]
1415 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:07.2323N/AN/A10
1526 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:07.4666N/AN/AN/A12
1611 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:07.3726N/AN/A14
177 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.5425N/AN/AN/A15
1827 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:07.4029N/AN/A16
198 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:07.6149N/AN/AN/A18
2077 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:07.5183N/AN/A20
2160 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:07.7419N/AN/AN/A21
2218 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda N/A01:07.7816N/AN/A22
2355 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:07.7583N/AN/AN/A23
2451 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A01:07.8639N/AN/A24
2520 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:11.0620N/AN/AN/A25
2629 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A01:07.9083N/AN/A26
2706 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/ANo TimeN/AN/A27
Source: [6]
Notes

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
127 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:07.8939
28 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:08.0855
378 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:08.0856
Source: [7]

Race

The race is scheduled to start at 11:30 PM PT on September 10, 2023.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9502:17:41.64003112051
23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 95+7.31804240
310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95+10.6111255138
412 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 95+14.66694732
577 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 95+21.128962030
645 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 95+21.37505328
77 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 95+22.215341526
811 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95+27.131041424
95 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 95+28.3907391523
1020 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 95+32.340732520
1128 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 95+39.020738220
1251 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 95+43.987532418
1306 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 95+58.317542717
1478 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 95+61.184321916
158 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 94+1 Lap51815
1655 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 94+1 Lap62314
1714 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 94+1 Lap51713
1821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 93+2 Laps5612
196 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 93+2 Laps51613
2018 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 93+2 Laps52210
212 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 91+4 Laps949
2229 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 91+4 Laps4268
2326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 80Contact51218
2430 Flag of Estonia.svg Jüri Vips  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 71+24 Laps3136
2527 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 65+30 Laps3165
2660 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 61Contact2215
2715 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 0Contact0105
Fastest lap: Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:08.4168 (lap 52)
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scott Dixon, Santino Ferrucci and rookies Jüri Vips and Agustín Canapino each received a six-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine change throughout the weekend. [5]

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