2023 GMR Grand Prix

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.

2023 GMR Grand Prix

Race details
5th round of the 2023 IndyCar season ← Previous race Next race →
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)
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	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	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  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta  W	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	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

Top Practice Speeds

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

Qualifying classification

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	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	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	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:10.2920	N/A	N/A	24
25	78	Agustín Canapino  R	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:[4]

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds

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

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

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
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  W	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  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+25.5206	3	9	3	29
7	2	Josef Newgarden  W	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  W	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  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+59.7698	3	12		18
13	21	Rinus VeeKay  W	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  R	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  R	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  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	79	+6 Laps	3	23		6
25	60	Simon Pagenaud  W	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  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	1	Collision		22		5
Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:11.2912 (lap 8)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. 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:[6]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 413 2 Chevrolet 387 Source:[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.