2023_Firestone_Grand_Prix_of_Monterey

2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Race details
17th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
	Layout of the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Date	September 10, 2023
Official name	Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Location	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance	95 laps; 212.61 mi / 342.163 km
Pole position
Driver	Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren)
Time	01:06.6416
Fastest lap
Driver	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:08.4168 (on lap 52 of 95)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Third	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)

2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey

Indycar race held in Monterey, California

The 2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth and final round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 10, 2023, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The race consisted of 95 laps and was won by Scott Dixon.

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Álex Palou entered the race having clinched the 2023 championship.^[1]

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[Grid_Penalties-6] Scott Dixon, Santino Ferrucci and rookies Jüri Vips and Agustín Canapino each received a six-place grid penalty due to unapproved engine change throughout the weekend.^[5]

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"Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 8, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.

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Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
5	Pato O'Ward	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	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	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	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	Jüri Vips R	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:^[2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:07.5382
2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:07.5911
3	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:07.6336
Source:^[3]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:07.6154
2	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:07.6546
3	10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.7993
Source:^[4]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2	Round 2	Round 3
1	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:07.2403	N/A	01:06.7574	01:06.6416	1
2	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	01:06.8761	01:06.5662	01:06.6513	2
3	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	01:06.8777	01:06.4610	01:06.7478	3
4	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	01:07.1254	01:06.7824	01:06.7937	4
5	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.0002	N/A	01:06.7786	01:07.0171	11^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:07.1605	01:06.6158	01:07.2846	5
7	30	Jüri Vips R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:07.1305	N/A	01:06.8300	N/A	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:07.2675	N/A	01:06.9172	N/A	6
9	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	01:07.1686	01:06.9282	N/A	7
10	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:07.0668	N/A	01:07.1292	N/A	8
11	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:07.1470	N/A	01:07.4479	N/A	17^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	01:06.8459	01:07.9392	N/A	9
13	78	Agustín Canapino R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:07.4009	N/A	N/A	N/A	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	01:07.2323	N/A	N/A	10
15	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:07.4666	N/A	N/A	N/A	12
16	11	Marcus Armstrong R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:07.3726	N/A	N/A	14
17	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:07.5425	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
18	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	N/A	01:07.4029	N/A	N/A	16
19	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.6149	N/A	N/A	N/A	18
20	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:07.5183	N/A	N/A	20
21	60	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	01:07.7419	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	N/A	01:07.7816	N/A	N/A	22
23	55	Benjamin Pedersen R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:07.7583	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	51	Sting Ray Robb R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	N/A	01:07.8639	N/A	N/A	24
25	20	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:11.0620	N/A	N/A	N/A	25
26	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	N/A	01:07.9083	N/A	N/A	26
27	06	Hélio Castroneves W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	No Time	N/A	N/A	27
Source:^[6]

2023_Firestone_Grand_Prix_of_Monterey

2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey

Entry list

Practice

Practice 1

Practice 2

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Warmup

Race

Race classification

Championship standings after the race

Footnotes

References

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