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
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 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:
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds 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:
Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 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 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:09.6708 01:09.4757 N/A 9 10 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:09.4747 01:09.5471 N/A 10 11 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.6186 N/A 01:09.6148 N/A 11 12 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.7835 N/A 01:10.1872 N/A 12 13 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.8402 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 26 Colton Herta 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 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 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 Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:10.2747 N/A N/A 22 23 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:10.5181 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:10.2920 N/A N/A 24 25 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:10.5424 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:10.3509 N/A N/A 26 27 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:10.5879 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 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.3872 2 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:10.4153 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:10.6657 Source:
Race The race started at 3:45 PM ET on May 13, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 1:47:56.7003 3 3 52 53 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +16.8006 3 5 2 41 3 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +18.1448 3 10 3 36 4 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +23.4801 3 1 13 34 5 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +23.9258 3 2 3 31 6 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +25.5206 3 9 3 29 7 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +26.3159 3 13 26 8 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +31.8308 3 7 2 25 9 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +38.4189 3 14 22 10 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +48.8712 4 8 7 21 11 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +52.5732 4 18 19 12 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +59.7698 3 12 18 13 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +1:07.0708 3 17 17 14 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +1:08.1940 3 6 16 15 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +1:15.8499 3 11 15 16 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +1:23.6382 5 16 14 17 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 15 13 18 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 4 24 12 19 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 21 11 20 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 4 10 21 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 25 9 22 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 26 8 23 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 80 +5 Laps 3 27 7 24 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79 +6 Laps 3 23 6 25 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 58 Mechanical 3 19 5 26 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 2 Collision damage 20 5 27 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 1 Collision 22 5Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:11.2912 (lap 8) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 2 1 Álex Palou 174 2 Pato O'Ward 168 2 3 Marcus Ericsson 155 1 4 Romain Grosjean 134 1 5 Scott McLaughlin 133 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 413 2 Chevrolet 387 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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