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.

2023 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix

Race details
4th round of the 2023 IndyCar season ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Barber Motorsports Park
Date	April 30, 2023
Official name	Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
Location	Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
Course	Permanent road course 2.380 mi / 3.830 km
Distance	90 laps 214.200 mi / 344.700 km
Pole position
Driver	Romain Grosjean (Andretti Autosport)
Time	01:05.8396
Fastest lap
Driver	Will Power (Team Penske)
Time	01:07.8022 (on lap 63 of 90)
Podium
First	Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Second	Romain Grosjean (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Will Power (Team Penske)
Chronology
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Entry list

Further information: 2023 IndyCar Series § Confirmed entries

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

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

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	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  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.8985
Source:[2]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	10	Álex Palou  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:06.2781
2	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.5133
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.5386
Source:[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					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  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:05.5871	01:05.8386	01:05.9130	2
3	5	Pato O'Ward  W	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  W	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  W	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  W	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  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	01:06.2715	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:06.5158	N/A	N/A	22
23	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	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  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:06.9327	N/A	N/A	N/A	25
26	11	Marcus Armstrong  R	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:[4]

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	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:[5]

Race

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

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
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  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+3.2699	3	11	3	36
4	5	Pato O'Ward  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	90	+20.5745	2	3		32
5	10	Álex Palou  W	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  R	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  W	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  W	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  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	90	+1:00.0847	2	21		9
22	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	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  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	90	+1:06.1483	3	22		5
27	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	36	Mechanical	2	23		5
Fastest lap: Will Power (Team Penske) – 01:07.8022 (lap 63)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. 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:[6]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 325 2 Chevrolet 312 Source:[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.