2023 Honda Indy Toronto

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Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2023 Honda Indy Toronto
Race details
10th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map 2023.svg
Layout of the Exhibition Place circuit
DateJuly 16, 2023
Official name Honda Indy Toronto
Location Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CourseTemporary road course
1.786 mi / 2.874 km
Distance85 laps
151.81 mi / 244.314 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time01:04.1567
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time1:01.2182 (on lap 13 of 85)
Podium
First Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard  (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Second Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  (Andretti Autosport)

The 2023 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 16, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Exhibition Place circuit. The race consisted of 85 laps and was won by Christian Lundgaard, his first ever IndyCar Series win.

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 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 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 Ryan Hunter-Reay  W  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 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: [1]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
127 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.8075
228 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.8575
36 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:00.8607
Source: [2]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:00.5657
227 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.5972
38 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:00.6350
Source: [3]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
145 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:01.2205N/A01:11.649801:04.15671
23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.4651N/A01:12.035401:04.47902
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:14.615601:11.344801:04.55003
48 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:14.093101:12.181801:04.90914
56 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:14.456201:11.760901:04.94235
612 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.3766N/A01:12.199501:05.07036
79 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:01.4546N/A01:12.3123N/A7
827 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.6453N/A01:12.3316N/A8
928 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:14.045401:12.5611N/A9
1011 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:14.814301:13.5600N/A10
112 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:14.278101:13.6353N/A11
1221 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:01.1978N/A01:15.0226N/A12
1306 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:01.5325N/AN/AN/A13
1426 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A01:14.8356N/AN/A14
1510 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:01.6340N/AN/AN/A15
1677 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:14.8759N/AN/A16
1718 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:02.0296N/AN/AN/A17
1878 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:15.4540N/AN/A18
1930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:02.2035N/AN/AN/A19
2060 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:16.0415N/AN/A20
2120 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:02.2554N/AN/AN/A21
2229 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A01:16.0598N/AN/A22
2351 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:02.3978N/AN/AN/A23
2414 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A01:16.2870N/AN/A24
2555 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:02.6538N/AN/AN/A25
267 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:18.9856N/AN/A26
2715 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:29.3774N/AN/A27
Source: [4]
Notes

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
19 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:01.3208
227 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:01.3810
32 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.6161
Source: [5]

Race

The race started at 2:00 PM ET on July 16, 2023.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
145 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 8501:41:55.8001215454
210 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+11.789321540
326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85+15.059921435
49 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+15.760027233
52 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85+19.242121130
63 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85+19.4798222829
711 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+22.800521026
85 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85+23.99822324
915 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+26.688442722
106 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85+28.60243520
118 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+33.562534120
1278 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85+35.261621818
1321 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85+35.637521217
1412 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85+36.34673616
1527 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85+37.16114815
167 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 84+1 Lap32614
1714 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 82+3 Laps62413
1877 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 81Contact41612
1951 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 81+4 Laps32311
2018 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 69Contact31710
2106 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 45Contact1139
2228 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 41Contact198
2329 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 10Mechanical227
2430 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 0Contact196
2560 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 0Contact205
2620 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 0Contact215
2755 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 0Contact255
Fastest lap: Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) – 01:01.2182 (lap 13)
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race

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