The 2023 GMR Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 13, 2023, in Speedway, Indiana, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix Road Course. The race consisted of 85 laps and was won by Álex Palou.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 5th round of the 2023 IndyCar season | |
 Layout of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | |
| Date | May 13, 2023 |
| Official name | GMR Grand Prix |
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana |
| Course | Permanent road course 2.439 mi / 3.925 km |
| Distance | 85 laps 207.315 mi / 333.641 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) |
| Time | 01:09.3321 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 01:11.2912 (on lap 8 of 85) |
| Podium | |
| First | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second |  Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) |
| Third |  Alexander Rossi (Arrow McLaren) |
Entry list edit
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice edit
Practice 1 edit
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Pato O'Ward
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:09.4981 |
| 2 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:09.4988 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:09.5213 |
| Source:[2] | |||||
Practice 2 edit
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:09.9383 |
| 2 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:10.2580 |
| 3 | 5 | Pato O'Ward
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:10.2604 |
| Source:[3] | |||||
Qualifying edit
Qualifying classification edit
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:09.4639 | N/A | 01:09.2282 | 01:09.3321 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 |  Felix Rosenqvist
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:09.5838 | N/A | 01:09.3604 | 01:09.3348 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:09.5351 | 01:09.2082 | 01:09.3780 | 3 |
| 4 | 30 |  Jack Harvey
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:09.6238 | 01:09.3767 | 01:09.4220 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 | Pato O'Ward
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:09.2937 | 01:09.3405 | 01:09.5422 | 5 |
| 6 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood
|
Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:09.6277 | 01:09.4131 | 01:09.6292 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:09.8343 | N/A | 01:09.4419 | N/A | 7 |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:09.5627 | N/A | 01:09.4711 | N/A | 8 |
| 9 | 9 |  Scott Dixon W
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:09.6708 | 01:09.4757 | N/A | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | Alexander Rossi W
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:09.4747 | 01:09.5471 | N/A | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong R
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:09.6186 | N/A | 01:09.6148 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |  Will Power W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:09.7835 | N/A | 01:10.1872 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:09.8402 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 26 | Colton Herta W
|
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | N/A | 01:09.8375 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 29 |  Devlin DeFrancesco
|
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | 01:09.8676 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:09.9899 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 21 |  Rinus VeeKay W
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Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:09.9625 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 28 |  Romain Grosjean
|
Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:10.0747 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 60 | Simon Pagenaud W
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:10.2625 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 18 | David Malukas
|
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | N/A | 01:10.2562 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 21 | 20 | Conor Daly
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:10.2669 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21 |
| 22 | 51 | Sting Ray Robb R
|
Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.2747 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
| 23 | 55 | Benjamin Pedersen R
|
A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 01:10.5181 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23 |
| 24 | 77 | Callum Ilott
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Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:10.2920 | N/A | N/A | 24 |
| 25 | 78 |  Agustín Canapino R
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Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 01:10.5424 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25 |
| 26 | 06 |  Hélio Castroneves
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Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:10.3509 | N/A | N/A | 26 |
| 27 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci
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A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:10.5879 | N/A | N/A | 27 |
| Source:[4] | |||||||||
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup edit
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:10.3872 |
| 2 | 7 | Alexander Rossi W
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:10.4153 |
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta W
|
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:10.6657 |
| Source:[5] | |||||
Race edit
The race started at 3:45 PM ET on May 13, 2023.
Race classification edit
Championship standings after the race edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References edit
- ^ "GMR Grand Prix entry list" (PDF). May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.