2023 Gallagher Grand Prix

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Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix
Race details
14th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Indianapolis IndycarGP.svg
DateAugust 12, 2023
Official name Gallagher Grand Prix
Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
CoursePermanent road course
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance85 laps
207.315 mi / 333.641 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time01:10.1132
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time01:12.5917 (on lap 22 of 85)
Podium
First Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Third Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren)

The 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 12, 2023, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as part of the IndyCar-NASCAR double-header weekend, which the Xfinity Series race taking place Saturday after the IndyCar race, and the Cup Series race being run on Sunday. The race consisted of 85 laps & was won by Scott Dixon.

Contents

The race marked Dixon's record-breaking 319th consecutive IndyCar race start and extended his record streak to 19 consecutive IndyCar seasons with at least one victory. [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 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  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 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  W  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 Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  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

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
115 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.8421
26 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:09.9267
345 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:10.1246
Source: [3]

Qualifying

Qualifying was started at 12:30 PM ET on August 11, 2023.

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
115 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:10.209301:09.983701:10.11321
245 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:10.003101:10.007701:10.22862
37 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.4055N/A01:10.012401:10.29323
45 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.3423N/A01:10.150301:10.34534
529 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 01:10.2805N/A01:10.209801:10.39385
628 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:10.312101:10.148601:10.40216
711 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:10.369701:10.2106N/A7
830 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:10.3420N/A01:10.2228N/A14 [lower-alpha 1]
910 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:10.365801:10.2974N/A8
106 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.4119N/A01:10.4389N/A9
113 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.3855N/A01:10.4782N/A10
1206 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:10.319601:10.5207N/A18 [lower-alpha 1]
1326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:10.4398N/AN/AN/A11
1460 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:10.4570N/AN/A12
1527 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.4869N/AN/AN/A13
169 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:10.5006N/AN/A15
1712 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.5237N/AN/AN/A16
188 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:10.6348N/AN/A17
192 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.6150N/AN/AN/A25 [lower-alpha 2]
2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A01:10.7249N/AN/A19
2114 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:10.6461N/AN/AN/A20
2220 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A01:11.0083N/AN/A21
2318 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:10.8687N/AN/AN/A27 [lower-alpha 1]
2478 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:11.0611N/AN/A22
2551 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:11.5658N/AN/AN/A23
2677 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:11.1027N/AN/A24
2755 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A01:11.2971N/AN/A26
Source: [6]
Notes

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.9851
210 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:11.1365
33 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:11.3073
Source: [7]

Race

The race started on August 12, 2023 and was scheduled to start at 2:00 PM ET before being rescheduled to start at 2:20 PM ET.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8501:51:24.75793153451
215 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+0.4779313644
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85+8.09253435
445 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+9.321132733
57 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85+9.79353330
612 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85+14.692931628
710 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+17.65053826
83 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85+22.197731024
927 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85+23.423831322
108 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+30.395731720
1121 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85+32.672831919
1260 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85+35.119031218
1326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85+42.435551117
1430 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+47.029731416
1506 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85+48.172431815
1618 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 85+61.941342714
1777 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85+69.596532413
1828 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 84+1 Laps4612
1929 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 84+1 Laps35812
2020 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84+1 Laps32110
2178 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84+1 Laps3229
2251 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 84+1 Laps3238
2314 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84+1 Laps4207
2411 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 83+2 Laps576
252 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 83+2 Laps5255
2655 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79+5 Laps4265
276 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 68Mechanical395
Fastest lap: Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) - 01:12.5917 (Lap 22)
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Hélio Castroneves, Jack Harvey & David Malukas each received a six-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine changes after the Nashville GP. [4]
  2. Josef Newgarden received a six-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine change after qualifying. [5]

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