2023 Honda Indy Toronto

The 2023 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 16, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Exhibition Place circuit. The race consisted of 85 laps and was won by Christian Lundgaard, his first ever IndyCar Series win.

2023 Honda Indy Toronto

Race details
10th round of the 2023 IndyCar season ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Exhibition Place circuit
Date	July 16, 2023
Official name	Honda Indy Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Course	Temporary road course 1.786 mi / 2.874 km
Distance	85 laps 151.81 mi / 244.314 km
Pole position
Driver	Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time	01:04.1567
Fastest lap
Driver	Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time	1:01.2182 (on lap 13 of 85)
Podium
First	Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Second	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport)
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	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	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	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	Tom Blomqvist  R	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	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:00.8075
2	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:00.8575
3	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:00.8607
Source:[2]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:00.5657
2	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:00.5972
3	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:00.6350
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	01:01.2205	N/A	01:11.6498	01:04.1567	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:01.4651	N/A	01:12.0354	01:04.4790	2
3	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	01:14.6156	01:11.3448	01:04.5500	3
4	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:14.0931	01:12.1818	01:04.9091	4
5	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	01:14.4562	01:11.7609	01:04.9423	5
6	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:01.3766	N/A	01:12.1995	01:05.0703	6
7	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:01.4546	N/A	01:12.3123	N/A	7
8	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:00.6453	N/A	01:12.3316	N/A	8
9	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	N/A	01:14.0454	01:12.5611	N/A	9
10	11	Marcus Armstrong  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:14.8143	01:13.5600	N/A	10
11	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	01:14.2781	01:13.6353	N/A	11
12	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:01.1978	N/A	01:15.0226	N/A	12
13	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	01:01.5325	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	N/A	01:14.8356	N/A	N/A	14
15	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:01.6340	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:14.8759	N/A	N/A	16
17	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	01:02.0296	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:15.4540	N/A	N/A	18
19	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:02.2035	N/A	N/A	N/A	19
20	60	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	01:16.0415	N/A	N/A	20
21	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:02.2554	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	N/A	01:16.0598	N/A	N/A	22
23	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	01:02.3978	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A	01:16.2870	N/A	N/A	24
25	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:02.6538	N/A	N/A	N/A	25
26	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	01:18.9856	N/A	N/A	26
27	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	01:29.3774	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	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:01.3208
2	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:01.3810
3	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:01.6161
Source:[5]

Race

The race started at 2:00 PM ET on July 16, 2023.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	01:41:55.8001	2	1	54	54
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+11.7893	2	15		40
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+15.0599	2	14		35
4	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+15.7600	2	7	2	33
5	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+19.2421	2	11		30
6	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+19.4798	2	2	28	29
7	11	Marcus Armstrong  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+22.8005	2	10		26
8	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	+23.9982	2	3		24
9	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+26.6884	4	27		22
10	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	+28.6024	3	5		20
11	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+33.5625	3	4	1	20
12	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	85	+35.2616	2	18		18
13	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	+35.6375	2	12		17
14	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+36.3467	3	6		16
15	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+37.1611	4	8		15
16	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	26		14
17	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	82	+3 Laps	6	24		13
18	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	81	Contact	4	16		12
19	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	81	+4 Laps	3	23		11
20	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	69	Contact	3	17		10
21	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	45	Contact	1	13		9
22	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	41	Contact	1	9		8
23	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	10	Mechanical		22		7
24	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	0	Contact		19		6
25	60	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	0	Contact		20		5
26	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	0	Contact		21		5
27	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	0	Contact		25		5
Fastest lap: Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) – 01:01.2182 (lap 13)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 417 2 Scott Dixon 300 3 Josef Newgarden 291 4 Marcus Ericsson 275 5 Pato O'Ward 274 Source:[6]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 855 2 Chevrolet 751 Source:[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.