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2023 Honda Indy Toronto

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Canada 2023 Honda Indy Toronto
Race details
10th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Layout of the Exhibition Place circuit
DateJuly 16, 2023
Official nameHonda Indy Toronto
LocationExhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CourseTemporary road course
1.786 mi / 2.874 km
Distance85 laps
151.81 mi / 244.314 km
Pole position
DriverDenmark Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time01:04.1567
Fastest lap
DriverDenmark Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
Time1:01.2182 (on lap 13 of 85)
Podium
FirstDenmark Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
SecondSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdUnited States Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport)

The 2023 Honda Indy Toronto was the tenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 16, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Exhibition Place circuit. The race consisted of 85 laps and was won by Christian Lundgaard, his first ever IndyCar Series win.

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[1]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.8075
2 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.8575
3 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:00.8607
Source:[2]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:00.5657
2 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.5972
3 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:00.6350
Source:[3]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:01.2205 N/A 01:11.6498 01:04.1567 1
2 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.4651 N/A 01:12.0354 01:04.4790 2
3 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:14.6156 01:11.3448 01:04.5500 3
4 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:14.0931 01:12.1818 01:04.9091 4
5 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:14.4562 01:11.7609 01:04.9423 5
6 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.3766 N/A 01:12.1995 01:05.0703 6
7 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:01.4546 N/A 01:12.3123 N/A 7
8 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:00.6453 N/A 01:12.3316 N/A 8
9 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:14.0454 01:12.5611 N/A 9
10 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:14.8143 01:13.5600 N/A 10
11 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:14.2781 01:13.6353 N/A 11
12 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:01.1978 N/A 01:15.0226 N/A 12
13 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:01.5325 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:14.8356 N/A N/A 14
15 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:01.6340 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:14.8759 N/A N/A 16
17 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:02.0296 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:15.4540 N/A N/A 18
19 30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:02.2035 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:16.0415 N/A N/A 20
21 20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:02.2554 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:16.0598 N/A N/A 22
23 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:02.3978 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:16.2870 N/A N/A 24
25 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:02.6538 N/A N/A N/A 25
26 7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:18.9856 N/A N/A 26
27 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:29.3774 N/A N/A 27
Source:[4]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:01.3208
2 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:01.3810
3 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:01.6161
Source:[5]

Race

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The race started at 2:00 PM ET on July 16, 2023.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 01:41:55.8001 2 1 54 54
2 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +11.7893 2 15 40
3 26 United States Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +15.0599 2 14 35
4 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +15.7600 2 7 2 33
5 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +19.2421 2 11 30
6 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +19.4798 2 2 28 29
7 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +22.8005 2 10 26
8 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +23.9982 2 3 24
9 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +26.6884 4 27 22
10 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +28.6024 3 5 20
11 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +33.5625 3 4 1 20
12 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 85 +35.2616 2 18 18
13 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +35.6375 2 12 17
14 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +36.3467 3 6 16
15 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +37.1611 4 8 15
16 7 United States Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 26 14
17 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 82 +3 Laps 6 24 13
18 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 81 Contact 4 16 12
19 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 81 +4 Laps 3 23 11
20 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 69 Contact 3 17 10
21 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 45 Contact 1 13 9
22 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 41 Contact 1 9 8
23 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 10 Mechanical 22 7
24 30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 0 Contact 19 6
25 60 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 0 Contact 20 5
26 20 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 0 Contact 21 5
27 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 0 Contact 25 5
Fastest lap: Denmark Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) – 01:01.2182 (lap 13)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "Honda Indy Toronto entry list" (PDF). June 30, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.


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