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2023 GMR Grand Prix

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United States 2023 GMR Grand Prix
Race details
5th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
DateMay 13, 2023
Official nameGMR Grand Prix
LocationIndianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
CoursePermanent road course
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance85 laps
207.315 mi / 333.641 km
Pole position
DriverDenmark Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time01:09.3321
Fastest lap
DriverSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:11.2912 (on lap 8 of 85)
Podium
FirstSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondMexico Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
ThirdUnited States Alexander Rossi (Arrow McLaren)

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.

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[1]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:09.4981
2 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.4988
3 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.5213
Source:[2]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.9383
2 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:10.2580
3 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.2604
Source:[3]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.4639 N/A 01:09.2282 01:09.3321 1
2 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:09.5838 N/A 01:09.3604 01:09.3348 2
3 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:09.5351 01:09.2082 01:09.3780 3
4 30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:09.6238 01:09.3767 01:09.4220 4
5 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:09.2937 01:09.3405 01:09.5422 5
6 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:09.6277 01:09.4131 01:09.6292 6
7 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.8343 N/A 01:09.4419 N/A 7
8 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:09.5627 N/A 01:09.4711 N/A 8
9 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:09.6708 01:09.4757 N/A 9
10 7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:09.4747 01:09.5471 N/A 10
11 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.6186 N/A 01:09.6148 N/A 11
12 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.7835 N/A 01:10.1872 N/A 12
13 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.8402 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:09.8375 N/A N/A 14
15 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 01:09.8676 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:09.9899 N/A N/A 16
17 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:09.9625 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:10.0747 N/A N/A 18
19 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:10.2625 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda N/A 01:10.2562 N/A N/A 20
21 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:10.2669 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:10.2747 N/A N/A 22
23 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:10.5181 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:10.2920 N/A N/A 24
25 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:10.5424 N/A N/A N/A 25
26 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:10.3509 N/A N/A 26
27 14 United States Santino Ferrucci 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

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.3872
2 7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.4153
3 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:10.6657
Source:[5]

Race

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The race started at 3:45 PM ET on May 13, 2023.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 1:47:56.7003 3 3 52 53
2 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +16.8006 3 5 2 41
3 7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +18.1448 3 10 3 36
4 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +23.4801 3 1 13 34
5 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +23.9258 3 2 3 31
6 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +25.5206 3 9 3 29
7 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +26.3159 3 13 26
8 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +31.8308 3 7 2 25
9 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +38.4189 3 14 22
10 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +48.8712 4 8 7 21
11 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +52.5732 4 18 19
12 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +59.7698 3 12 18
13 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +1:07.0708 3 17 17
14 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +1:08.1940 3 6 16
15 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +1:15.8499 3 11 15
16 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +1:23.6382 5 16 14
17 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 15 13
18 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 4 24 12
19 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 21 11
20 30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 4 10
21 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 25 9
22 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 26 8
23 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 80 +5 Laps 3 27 7
24 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79 +6 Laps 3 23 6
25 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 58 Mechanical 3 19 5
26 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 2 Collision damage 20 5
27 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 1 Collision 22 5
Fastest lap: Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:11.2912 (lap 8)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "GMR Grand Prix entry list" (PDF). May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. May 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.


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