The 2023 Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America presented by AMR was the eighth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on June 18, 2023, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin at Road America. The race consisted of 55 laps and was won by Álex Palou.
Unbeknownst to all, this would be the final race of the season for Simon Pagenaud as during practice for the next round, Pagenaud would have a horrific crash that would end his season and tenure with Meyer/Shank Racing due to lingering injuries.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet5 Patricio 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 Ryan Hunter-Reay 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 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:41.7790 2 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:41.8652 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:41.9486 Source:
Practice 2 + Top practice speeds Driver Team Engine Lap time 1 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:40.9112 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:41.0584 3 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:41.2572 Source:
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:40.5881 N/A 01:40.5476 01:40.1945 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:40.9158 01:40.9393 01:40.3643 2 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:41.2868 01:40.5572 01:40.4930 3 4 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:41.3132 N/A 01:40.9716 01:40.9530 4 5 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:41.1788 01:40.9948 01:41.1854 5 6 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:41.4400 N/A 01:40.9322 No Time 6 7 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:41.0125 01:41.0480 N/A 7 8 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:41.0682 01:41.1737 N/A 8 9 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:41.2830 01:41.2202 N/A 9 10 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:41.2255 N/A 01:41.4989 N/A 10 11 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:41.4723 N/A 01:41.6314 N/A 11 12 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 01:41.2443 N/A 01:41.8277 N/A 12 13 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:41.5204 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:41.5121 N/A N/A 14 15 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:41.7420 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:41.5823 N/A N/A 16 17 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:41.8005 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:41.7005 N/A N/A 18 19 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:41.8529 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:41.7257 N/A N/A 20 21 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:41.9247 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:41.9275 N/A N/A 22 23 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:42.2745 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:41.9329 N/A N/A 24 25 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:42.6862 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:42.0399 N/A N/A 26 27 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:44.1738 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 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:41.7917 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:41.8080 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:42.0323 Source:
Race The race started at 1:30 PM ET on June 18, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/retired Pitstops Grid Lapsled 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 1:50:04.6640 3 3 10 51 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +4.5610 3 4 40 3 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 +6.7549 3 2 35 4 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +6.9718 4 23 32 5 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 55 +10.9328 3 1 33 34 6 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 55 +11.5208 3 9 28 7 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +15.8835 3 7 26 8 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +16.2822 3 18 24 9 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 55 +17.5480 4 6 22 10 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 +19.6371 3 5 20 11 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 55 +21.4730 3 14 19 12 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 55 +22.1054 4 15 18 13 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 55 +25.6694 7 22 7 18 14 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55 +31.4292 3 20 16 15 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55 +33.6232 4 26 15 16 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 55 +34.3000 3 11 14 17 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 55 +42.4660 4 27 13 18 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55 +42.9535 3 17 12 19 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55 +44.8009 4 21 11 20 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 55 +49.0897 4 16 10 21 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 55 +51.9763 4 10 9 22 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 55 +1:09.6654 4 25 8 23 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 55 +1:23.6408 4 12 7 24 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 54 +1 Lap 4 8 5 7 25 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 54 +1 Lap 5 19 5 26 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 54 +1 Lap 7 24 5 27 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 24 Off Course 2 13 5Fastest lap: Will Power (Team Penske) – 01:42.8921 (lap 45) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 324 2 Marcus Ericsson 250 3 Josef Newgarden 243 1 4 Pato O'Ward 226 1 5 Scott Dixon 226 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 663 2 Chevrolet 628 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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