| Country: | USA |
| Race: | Grand Prix of Baltimore |
| Date: | September 1 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Series: | IndyCar Series |
| Official Name: | Grand Prix of Baltimore |
| Season No: | 2013 |
| Round No: | 16th |
| Location: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Course: | Temporary street circuit |
| Course Mi: | 2.040 |
| Course Km: | 3.283 |
| Distance Laps: | 75 |
| Distance Mi: | 153.000 |
| Distance Km: | 246.225 |
| Weather: | Temperatures up to 91.9F with calm winds reported throughout the day[1] |
| Pole Driver: | Scott Dixon |
| Pole Team: | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| Pole Time: | 1:18.0838 |
| Pole Country: | NZ |
| First Driver: | Simon Pagenaud |
| First Team: | Sam Schmidt Motorsports |
| First Country: | FRA |
| Second Driver: | Josef Newgarden |
| Second Team: | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing |
| Second Country: | USA |
| Third Driver: | Sebastian Bourdais |
| Third Team: | Dragon Racing |
| Third Country: | FRA |
The 2013 Grand Prix of Baltimore, the third running of the event, was an IndyCar Series race held on September 1, 2013 on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. The race was the sixteenth of the 2013 IndyCar Series season, and was the final running of the Grand Prix of Baltimore.[2] Scott Dixon started on the pole position, while Simon Pagenaud of Sam Schmidt Motorsports won the race.
The previous race in the season, the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, was won by Will Power.[3] The winner of the previous race was Ryan Hunter-Reay.[4]
In the season, James Hinchcliffe[5] [6] and Scott Dixon[7] [8] were tied for the most wins with three. In the points race, Hélio Castroneves held the points lead with 479 points, followed by Dixon (440), Ryan Hunter-Reay (417), Marco Andretti (409), and Simon Pagenaud (380) rounded out the top five.[9]
Scott Dixon won the pole position with a lap time of 1:18.0838 and lap speed of 94.053mph for his second pole of the year,[10] becoming 14th all-time among IndyCar Series drivers for career poles, passing Danny Sullivan and drawing with Gordon Johncock.[11] Will Power (94.013mph), Simon Pagenaud (93.637mph), Justin Wilson (93.115mph) and Josef Newgarden (93.077mph) filled out the top five starting spots. Tristan Vautier (92.917mph), Hélio Castroneves (92.928mph), Ryan Hunter-Reay (92.919mph), Charlie Kimball (92.901mph), and Takuma Sato (92.702mph) filled out the bottom half of the top ten.
The race was marred by six cautions, five of which took place between laps 41 and 65, the lone exception occurring on lap 13 with Ed Carpenter's car stopping in turn 5 and Luca Filippi leaving the track in turn 3 due to a fire in the engine compartment. On lap 41, Stefan Wilson hit the turn 7 wall, while seven laps later, Scott Dixon was spun by Graham Rahal in turn 1. Five laps later, Will Power collided with Dixon and was sent spinning into the wall, and four laps later, Oriol Servia and Sebastian Bourdais also touched, and the latter was turned. On lap 63, six cars were involved in an accident.[12] Also during the race, Hélio Castroneves was black-flagged for a safety violation.[13] Meanwhile, Simon Pagenaud was able to take the lead and hold off Josef Newgarden to win with a four-second advantage, his second victory of the year.[14] Bourdais finished third, Justin Wilson and Simona de Silvestro closed out the top five; Charlie Kimball, James Hinchcliffe, Sebastián Saavedra, Castroneves and Marco Andretti rounded out the top ten.[15]
After the race, Castroneves continued to lead the points standings with 501 points. Dixon was 49 points behind with 452, while Pagenaud took third with 431. Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay were in fourth and fifth with 430 and 427 points, respectively. Wilson (393), Dario Franchitti (388), Hinchcliffe (376), Will Power (371), and Kimball (363) finished the top ten in points.