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2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

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United States 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Race details
3rd round of the 2023 IndyCar season
DateApril 16, 2023
Official nameAcura Grand Prix of Long Beach
LocationStreets of Long Beach
CourseTemporary road course
1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance85 laps
167.28 mi / 269.211 km
Pole position
DriverUnited States Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport)
Time1:06.2878
Fastest lap
DriverSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:07.9469 (on lap 70 of 85)
Podium
FirstUnited States Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport)
SecondFrance Romain Grosjean (Andretti Autosport)
ThirdSweden Marcus Ericsson (Chip Ganassi Racing)

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

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The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach began as a Formula 5000 race sanctioned by the SCCA and USAC in 1975.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1]

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 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  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 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta  W  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 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[3]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6999
2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.9649
3 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.9808
Source:[4]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.9982
2 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0149
3 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0629
Source:[5]

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 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.5593 N/A 01:06.4568 01:06.2878 1
2 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.6600 N/A 01:06.4760 01:06.3253 2
3 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.6780 01:06.3246 01:06.5347 3
4 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.3995 01:06.5651 01:06.5549 4
5 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.5305 01:06.5787 01:06.5730 5
6 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:06.5906 01:06.3993 01:06.6039 6
7 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8246 N/A 01:06.6431 N/A 7
8 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2614 N/A 01:06.6452 N/A 8
9 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.6833 01:06.7251 N/A 9
10 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0130 N/A 01:06.7317 N/A 10
11 7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0328 N/A 01:07.1049 N/A 11
12 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.6488 01:09.7839 N/A 12
13 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2681 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.8010 N/A N/A 14
15 30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3150 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.9385 N/A N/A 16
17 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3957 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:06.9517 N/A N/A 18
19 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.8796 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:07.0294 N/A N/A 20
21 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:07.9105 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.0490 N/A N/A 22
23 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:08.2970 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:07.0909 N/A N/A 24
25 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 25
26 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.5956 N/A N/A 26
27 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.6986 N/A N/A 27
Source:[6]
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 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5611
2 7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.7540
3 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8118
Source:[7]

Race

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The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 16, 2023.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 27 United States Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 85 1:43:17.3748 2 1 53 54
2 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +0.9907 2 3 40
3 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +2.0588 2 2 35
4 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +7.6371 2 7 32
5 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +8.7770 2 4 2 31
6 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +30.3224 2 13 28
7 6 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +30.9744 2 10 26
8 11 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +31.9119 2 12 24
9 2 United States Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +33.7842 2 8 27 23
10 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +42.8320 2 9 20
11 14 United States Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +45.4351 2 18 19
12 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +46.2809 2 24 18
13 30 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +47.2828 2 15 17
14 45 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +47.7781 2 17 16
15 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 +49.4864 2 14 15
16 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 85 +59.9343 2 20 14
17 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 2 6 13
18 51 United States Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 2 21 12
19 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 4 22 11
20 18 United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 25 10
21 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 16 9
22 7 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 83 Off Course 2 11 8
23 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 83 +2 Laps 3 27 7
24 55 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 82 +3 Laps 3 23 6
25 78 Argentina Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 52 +33 Laps 4 26 3 6
26 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 48 Mechanical 1 19 5
27 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 37 Mechanical 1 5 5
Fastest lap: Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.9469 (lap 70)
Source:[8]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ a b Malsher-Lopez, David (12 April 2023). "IndyCar at Long Beach: Start time, how to watch, entry list, etc". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. ^ Fiddler, J. J. (12 April 2023). "PREVIEW: 2023 Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach". The562.org. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entry list" (PDF). April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  6. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. April 16, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.


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