2023 IndyCar standings and calendar
Alex Palou is the 2023 IndyCar champion. He rounded off a hugely impressive season with an imperious drive to victory at Portland as he saw off the late surge of Scott Dixon to claim his second title.
Earlier in the season, Josef Newgarden finally broke his duck to win the 107th running of the Indy 500 and won twice more in Iowa, but even that was not enough for him to maintain pace at the top of the standings, as he fell out of the title fight at Bommarito.
There are 17 races scheduled for the 2023 IndyCar season, with the final round taking place at the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey in September.
2023 IndyCar drivers' championship standings
|
Position |
Driver |
Team |
Points |
|
1 |
Alex Palou |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
656 |
|
2 |
Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
578 |
|
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
Team Penske |
488 |
|
4 |
Pato O’Ward |
McLaren |
484 |
|
5 |
Josef Newgarden |
Team Penske |
479 |
|
6 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
438 |
|
7 |
Will Power |
Team Penske |
325 |
|
8 |
Christian Lundgaard |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
390 |
|
9 |
Alexander Rossi |
McLaren |
375 |
|
10 |
Colton Herta |
Andretti Autosport |
356 |
|
11 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Autosport |
352 |
|
12 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
Mclaren |
324 |
|
13 |
Romain Grosjean |
Andretti Autosport |
296 |
|
14 |
Rinus Veekay |
ED Carpenter Racing |
277 |
|
15 |
Graham Rahal |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
276 |
|
16 |
Callum Ilott |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
266 |
|
17 |
David Malukas |
Dale Coyne Racing |
265 |
|
18 |
Helio Castroneves |
Meyer Shank Racing |
217 |
|
19 |
Santino Ferrucci |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
214 |
|
20 |
Marcus Armstrong |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
214 |
|
21 |
Agustin Canapino |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
180 |
|
22 |
Devlin DeFrancesco |
Andretti Autosport |
177 |
|
23 |
Sting Ray Robb |
Dale Coyne Racing |
147 |
|
24 |
Jack Harvey |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
146 |
|
25 |
Conor Daly |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
134 |
|
26 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
131 |
|
27 |
Benjamin Pedersen |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
129 |
|
28 |
Simon Pagenaud |
Meyer Shank Racing |
88 |
|
29 |
Takuma Sato |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
70 |
|
30 |
Ed Carpenter |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
46 |
|
31 |
Linus Lundqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing |
35 |
|
32 |
Tony Kanaan |
McLaren |
18 |
|
33 |
Jüri Vips |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
18 |
|
34 |
Tom Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing |
16 |
|
35 |
Marco Andretti |
Andretti Herta |
13 |
|
36 |
Katherine Legge |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
5 |
|
37 |
RC Enerson |
Abel Motorsports |
5 |
2023 IndyCar Series calendar
|
Race |
Venue |
Date |
Winner |
|
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg |
St. Petersburg |
5th Mar. |
Marcus Ericsson |
|
PPG 365 |
Texas Motor Speedway |
2nd Apr. |
Josef Newgarden |
|
Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach |
Long Beach |
16th Apr. |
Kyle Kirkwood |
|
Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix |
Barber Motorsports Park |
30th Apr. |
Scott McLaughlin |
|
GMR Grand Prix |
Indianapolis Grand Prix Circuit |
13th May |
Alex Palou |
|
107th running of the Indianapolis 500 |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
28th May |
Josef Newgarden |
|
Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix |
Detroit |
4th Jun. |
Alex Palou |
|
Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America |
Road America |
18th Jun. |
Alex Palou |
|
Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio |
Mid-Ohio |
2nd Jul. |
Alex Palou |
|
Honda Indy Toronto |
Toronto |
16th Jul. |
Christian Lundgaard |
|
Hy-Vee Homefront 250 |
Iowa Speedway |
22nd Jul. |
Josef Newgarden |
|
Hy-Vee One Step 250 |
Iowa Speedway |
23rd Jul. |
Josef Newgarden |
|
Big Machine Music City Grand Prix |
Nashville |
6th Aug. |
Kyle Kirkwood |
|
Gallagher Grand Prix |
Indianapolis Grand Prix Circuit |
13th Aug. |
Scott Dixon |
|
Bommarito Automotive Group 500 |
World Wide Technology Raceway |
27th Aug. |
Scott Dixon |
|
Grand Prix of Portland |
Portland International Raceway |
3rd Sep. |
Alex Palou |
|
Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey |
Laguna Seca |
10th Sep. |
Scott Dixon |
IndyCar releases full 2023 calendar
Updated: 27th September 2022 at 17:45. IndyCar has announced its delayed 2023 calendar, featuring 17 races on 15 circuits across North America.
The schedule is very similar to the 2022 one, with the only major shift seeing the second race on the Indianapolis GP circuit moving from a slot in July to August. The other notable change from 2022 is that there are clashes with neither the Sebring 12 hours or the Le Mans 24 Hours – allowing IndyCar drivers to potentially run at those events.
There are five oval races (Texas, Indianapolis, Gateway and two at Iowa) and thirteen road courses including a return to downtown Detroit. The Motor City round of the championship had been held on a course on Belle Isle for several seasons, but moves back into the centre of the city for 2023.
The season will open, as usual, at St. Petersburg on 5th March before moving to Texas for a single oval race on 2nd April. Races then continue steadily through Long Beach (16th April), Barber motorsports park (30th April), the Indianapolis GP circuit (14th May) and then the Indy 500 on 28th May.
Detroint comes just a week after the 500, on 4th June, before Road America on 18th June, Mid-Ohio on 2nd July, Toronto (16th July) and two races at Iowa on the 22nd and 23rd July. It remains a pretty intense calendar for the rest of the season, with Nashville, a return to Indianapolis, Gateway, Portland and Laguna Seca all fitting between 6th August and 10th September.
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