2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

The 2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 30, 2023, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race consisted of 90 laps and was won by Scott McLaughlin.

Entry list

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda55 Benjamin Pedersen A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:

Practice

Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.6610 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8193 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.8985 Source:

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.2781 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5133 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5386 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.6839 N/A 01:05.6829 01:05.8396 1 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:05.5871 01:05.8386 01:05.9130 2 3 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:05.7400 01:05.7512 01:05.9382 3 4 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:05.7478 01:05.8061 01:05.9515 4 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.7721 N/A 01:05.8986 01:06.0723 5 6 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:05.8342 01:05.8661 01:06.1601 6 7 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:05.5883 N/A 01:05.9603 N/A 7 8 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:05.8696 01:06.0930 N/A 8 9 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:05.7808 N/A 01:06.1222 N/A 9 10 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.6939 N/A 01:06.2091 N/A 10 11 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:05.9768 01:06.3790 N/A 11 12 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.7353 N/A 01:06.3963 N/A 12 13 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.9207 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:06.1850 N/A N/A 14 15 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:06.0642 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.2433 N/A N/A 16 17 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:06.1851 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.4415 N/A N/A 18 19 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.2504 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.4810 N/A N/A 20 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:06.2715 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.5158 N/A N/A 22 23 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:06.5925 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:06.7181 N/A N/A 24 25 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:06.9327 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:07.2378 N/A N/A 26 27 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 03:49.1462 N/A N/A 27 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6677 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.7922 3 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.8538 Source:

Race The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 30, 2023.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 1:47:58.9401 3 4 24 51 2 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +1.7854 2 1 57 44 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +3.2699 3 11 3 36 4 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +20.5745 2 3 32 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +20.9762 2 2 30 6 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +23.5319 2 6 28 7 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +24.2769 2 5 26 8 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +25.0582 3 10 24 9 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 90 +25.5107 3 8 22 10 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +26.0190 2 13 20 11 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +28.5527 2 26 19 12 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +36.3667 2 12 18 13 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +42.4441 3 15 17 14 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 +43.7781 2 14 16 15 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +45.7346 3 7 6 16 16 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +55.1118 2 9 14 17 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +56.4422 3 19 13 18 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +56.7500 2 16 12 19 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 90 +57.7650 3 17 11 20 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 +58.5106 3 27 10 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +1:00.0847 2 21 9 22 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 +1:01.3063 3 25 8 23 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 90 +1:03.1924 2 18 7 24 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +1:04.5393 2 24 6 25 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +1:05.6055 3 20 5 26 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 90 +1:06.1483 3 22 5 27 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 36 Mechanical 2 23 5Fastest lap: Will Power (Team Penske) – 01:07.8022 (lap 63) Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Marcus Ericsson 130 2 Pato O'Ward 127 3 Álex Palou 121 6 4 Scott McLaughlin 119 2 5 Romain Grosjean 115 Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 325 2 Chevrolet 312 Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References