The 2023 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by the 2023 Accord Hybrid was the ninth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 2, 2023, in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The race consisted of 80 laps. Álex Palou won the race for Chip Ganassi Racing, his third consecutive win of the season.
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 Honda Conor Daly77 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 01:06.4935 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.8558 3 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.9779 Source:
Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.4905 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.7411 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.7791 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 N/A 01:05.8599 01:05.8576 01:06.3096 1 2 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:06.0306 01:05.9336 01:06.3528 2 3 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:05.7240 01:05.9493 01:06.3693 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.0357 N/A 01:05.9845 01:06.4166 4 5 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:05.8933 01:05.8883 01:06.6277 5 6 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:05.7760 01:05.9787 01:06.9281 6 7 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:05.9838 01:06.1121 N/A 7 8 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.2026 N/A 01:06.1926 N/A 8 9 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:05.9252 N/A 01:06.2289 N/A 9 10 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.1887 N/A 01:06.2455 N/A 10 11 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.2900 N/A 01:06.7309 N/A 11 12 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:06.5621 N/A 01:06.7596 N/A 12 13 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6010 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.1870 N/A N/A 14 15 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.6307 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.2891 N/A N/A 16 17 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.0095 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.2915 N/A N/A 18 19 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:07.0503 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.3487 N/A N/A 20 21 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:07.0816 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:06.5157 N/A N/A 22 23 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:07.3960 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.5834 N/A N/A 24 25 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:11.3655 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:07.2807 N/A N/A 26 27 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A No Time 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 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:08.4255 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:08.5916 3 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:08.6385 Source:
Race The race started at 1:53 PM ET on July 2, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 01:37:31.9887 2 4 48 53 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +5.0242 2 6 2 41 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +18.3585 2 7 1 36 4 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +19.0828 2 5 32 5 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +20.5280 2 8 30 6 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 80 +27.1534 2 12 28 7 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +27.8852 2 2 3 27 8 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 80 +28.5119 3 25 24 9 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +42.4021 2 18 22 10 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 80 +49.1483 3 13 20 11 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 80 +55.5968 3 1 26 21 12 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +56.1804 2 15 18 13 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +1:00.3705 2 14 17 14 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 80 +1:02.8906 2 24 16 15 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80 +1:03.4295 2 16 15 16 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 80 +1:03.8682 2 20 14 17 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +1:04.4020 2 3 13 18 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +1:08.0817 2 11 12 19 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80 +1:09.3717 2 17 11 20 60 Conor Daly Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80 +1:10.1361 3 27 10 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 79 +1 Lap 2 19 9 22 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 79 +1 Lap 2 22 8 23 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 2 21 7 24 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 3 26 6 25 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 3 10 5 26 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 3 23 5 27 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 5 Contact 2 9 5Fastest lap: Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren) – 01:07.9419 (lap 63) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 377 3 2 Scott Dixon 267 3 Josef Newgarden 261 2 4 Marcus Ericsson 255 1 5 Pato O'Ward 250 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 759 2 Chevrolet 693 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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