2023 Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America explained

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 Mryer/Shank Racing due to lingering injuries.

Entry list

Key	Meaning
	Rookie
	Past winner

align=center	!	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden		Chevrolet
3			Chevrolet
5			Chevrolet
06			Honda
6	Felix Rosenqvist		Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi		Chevrolet
8			Honda
9	Scott Dixon		Honda
10	Álex Palou		Honda
11	Marcus Armstrong		Honda
12	Will Power		Chevrolet
14			Chevrolet
15			Honda
18			Honda
20			Chevrolet
21		Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26			Honda
27			Honda
28			Honda
29			Honda
30			Honda
45			Honda
51	Sting Ray Robb		Honda
55	Benjamin Pedersen		Chevrolet
60			Honda
77			Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino		Chevrolet
Source:^[1]

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:^[2]

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:^[3]

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:^[4]

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:^[5]

Race

The race started at 1:30 PM ET on June 18, 2023.

Race classification

		Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led
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		5
Fastest lap Will Power (Team Penske) – 01:42.8921 (lap 45)
Source:^[6]

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:^[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Notes and References

1. Web site: June 12, 2023. Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America entry list. June 17, 2023.
2. Web site: June 16, 2023. Practice - Results. June 17, 2023. indycar.com.
3. Web site: June 17, 2023. Practice - Results. June 17, 2023. indycar.com.
4. Web site: June 17, 2023. Qualifications - Postings. June 17, 2023. indycar.com.
5. Web site: June 18, 2023. Practice - Results. June 18, 2023. indycar.com.
6. Web site: June 18, 2023. Race - Results (11inch) - Final. June 18, 2023. indycar.com.
7. Web site: June 18, 2023. Points - Indycar Engine. June 22, 2023. motorsports.nbcsports.com.