An eventful race around the Indianapolis road course resulted in Alex Palou winning his first race of the 2023 season. The 2021 champion finished a massive 16.8 seconds ahead of second place.
READ MORE: IndyCar IMS Road Course – Race Report
The race wasn’t that straightforward, however, and it was only in the final stint that Palou was able to pull away from the polesitter Christian Lundgaard and others in the mix.
Arrow McLaren had a banner day, securing three of the top five positions. Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi were on the podium, and Felix Rosenqvist came home in fifth.
There were a couple small incidents in the opening laps that took some of the series’ younger drivers out of contention, but the rest of the race saw clean racing with no interruptions in the action.
| # | Driver | Time / Gap | Laps Led | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Palou | 01:47:56.7003 | 52 | 53 |
| 2 | Pato O’Ward | 16.8006 | 2 | 41 |
| 3 | Alexander Rossi | 18.1448 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | Christian Lundgaard | 23.4801 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Felix Rosenqvist | 23.9258 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Scott Dixon | 25.5206 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Josef Newgarden | 26.3159 | – | 26 |
| 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 31.8308 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Colton Herta | 38.4189 | – | 22 |
| 10 | Graham Rahal | 48.8712 | 7 | 21 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | 52.5732 | – | 19 |
| 12 | Will Power | 59.7698 | – | 18 |
| 13 | Rinus VeeKay | 1:07.0708 | – | 17 |
| 14 | Kyle Kirkwood | 1:08.1940 | – | 16 |
| 15 | Marcus Armstrong | 1:15.8499 | – | 15 |
| 16 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:23.6382 | – | 14 |
| 17 | Devlin DeFrancesco | -1 lap | – | 13 |
| 18 | Callum Ilott | -1 lap | – | 12 |
| 19 | Conor Daly | -1 lap | – | 11 |
| 20 | Jack Harvey | -1 lap | – | 10 |
| 21 | Agustin Canapino | -1 lap | – | 9 |
| 22 | Helio Castroneves | -1 lap | – | 8 |
| 23 | Santino Ferrucci | -5 laps | – | 7 |
| 24 | Benjamin Pedersen | -6 laps | – | 6 |
| 25 | Simon Pagenaud | -27 laps | – | 5 |
| 26 | David Malukas | -83 laps | – | 5 |
| 27 | Sting Ray Robb | -84 laps | – | 5 |
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