The 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 16, 2023, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race consisted of 85 laps. Kyle Kirkwood, driving for Andretti Autosport, would win his first ever IndyCar Series race.
Background The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach began as a Formula 5000 race sanctioned by the SCCA and USAC in 1975. In 1976, it became a Formula One event, and held that status until 1984 when it turned into a CART race, which eventually became IndyCar. Last year's champion was Josef Newgarden and other previous winners competing are Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Colton Herta, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, and Alexander Rossi. The push-to-pass time allotment is a total of 200 seconds, with a maximum length of any given use of 20 seconds.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:
Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6999 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.9649 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.9808 Source:
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.9982 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0149 3 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0629 Source:
Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.5593 N/A 01:06.4568 01:06.2878 1 2 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.6600 N/A 01:06.4760 01:06.3253 2 3 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.6780 01:06.3246 01:06.5347 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.3995 01:06.5651 01:06.5549 4 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.5305 01:06.5787 01:06.5730 5 6 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:06.5906 01:06.3993 01:06.6039 6 7 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8246 N/A 01:06.6431 N/A 7 8 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2614 N/A 01:06.6452 N/A 8 9 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.6833 01:06.7251 N/A 9 10 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0130 N/A 01:06.7317 N/A 10 11 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0328 N/A 01:07.1049 N/A 11 12 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.6488 01:09.7839 N/A 12 13 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2681 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.8010 N/A N/A 14 15 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3150 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.9385 N/A N/A 16 17 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3957 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:06.9517 N/A N/A 18 19 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.8796 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:07.0294 N/A N/A 20 21 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:07.9105 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.0490 N/A N/A 22 23 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:08.2970 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:07.0909 N/A N/A 24 25 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 25 26 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.5956 N/A N/A 26 27 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.6986 N/A N/A 27 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5611 2 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.7540 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8118 Source:
Race The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 16, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85 1:43:17.3748 2 1 53 54 2 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +0.9907 2 3 40 3 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +2.0588 2 2 35 4 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +7.6371 2 7 32 5 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +8.7770 2 4 2 31 6 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +30.3224 2 13 28 7 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +30.9744 2 10 26 8 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +31.9119 2 12 24 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +33.7842 2 8 27 23 10 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +42.8320 2 9 20 11 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +45.4351 2 18 19 12 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +46.2809 2 24 18 13 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +47.2828 2 15 17 14 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +47.7781 2 17 16 15 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 +49.4864 2 14 15 16 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 85 +59.9343 2 20 14 17 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 2 6 13 18 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 2 21 12 19 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 4 22 11 20 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 25 10 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 16 9 22 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 83 Off Course 2 11 8 23 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 83 +2 Laps 3 27 7 24 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 82 +3 Laps 3 23 6 25 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 52 +33 Laps 4 26 3 6 26 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 48 Mechanical 1 19 5 27 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 37 Mechanical 1 5 5Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.9469 (lap 70) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Marcus Ericsson 110 1 2 Pato O'Ward 95 2 3 Álex Palou 91 4 Josef Newgarden 89 15 5 Kyle Kirkwood 74 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 1 Honda 254 1 2 Chevrolet 222 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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