2018 IndyCar Grand Prix

United States 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix
Race details
5th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
DateMay 12, 2018
Official nameIndyCar Grand Prix
LocationIndianapolis Motor Speedway
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance85 laps
207.315 mi / 333.64 km
Pole position
DriverWill Power (Team Penske)
Time1:09.8182
Fastest lap
DriverScott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:10.5687 (on lap 15 of 85)
Podium
FirstWill Power (Team Penske)
SecondScott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
ThirdRobert Wickens (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)

The 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix, officially known as the 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix presented by Sea-Doo for sponsorship reasons, was the fifth round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race took place over 85 laps on the infield road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Will Power, driving for Team Penske, won the race.

This was the first IndyCar Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Corse race to not feature a DNF.

Results

Icon Meaning
R Rookie
W Past winner

Qualifying

Pos No. Name Grp. Round 1 Round 2 Firestone Fast 6
1 12 Australia Will Power W 2 1:09.8557 1:09.9156 1:09.8182
2 6 Canada Robert Wickens R 1 1:09.5215 1:09.8481 1:09.9052
3 18 France Sébastien Bourdais 2 1:09.5510 1:09.9973 1:09.9449
4 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe 1 1:09.8244 1:09.9570 1:10.0858
5 20 United Kingdom Jordan King R 1 1:09.8735 1:09.8879 1:10.1326
6 1 United States Josef Newgarden 1 1:10.0768 1:10.0067 1:10.7276
7 22 France Simon Pagenaud W 2 1:09.8982 1:10.0382
8 27 United States Alexander Rossi 2 1:10.0596 1:10.1062
9 21 United States Spencer Pigot 1 1:09.8657 1:10.1601
10 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 1 1:10.0825 1:10.1847
11 30 Japan Takuma Sato 2 1:10.0492 1:10.1979
12 14 Brazil Tony Kanaan 2 1:10.0379 1:10.3592
13 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1 1:10.0985
14 98 United States Marco Andretti 2 1:10.1044
15 10 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones 1 1:10.2859
16 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton 2 1:10.2113
17 15 United States Graham Rahal 1 1:10.3605
18 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon 2 1:10.3221
19 19 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo R 1 1:10.5064
20 26 United States Zach Veach R 2 1:10.3371
21 4 Brazil Matheus Leist R 1 1:10.6425
22 88 Colombia Gabby Chaves 2 1:10.5066
23 23 United States Charlie Kimball 1 1:10.7784
24 32 United States Kyle Kaiser R 2 1:10.7394
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

Source for individual rounds:

Race

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Pts.1
1 12 Australia Will Power W Team Penske Chevrolet 85 1:49:46.1935 3 1 56 54
2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +2.2443 3 18 40
3 6 Canada Robert Wickens R Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 85 +8.1621 3 2 20 36
4 18 France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda 85 +8.7293 3 3 1 33
5 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +11.7462 3 8 2 31
6 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +14.3860 3 10 28
7 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 85 +15.3368 3 4 26
8 22 France Simon Pagenaud W Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +17.2354 4 7 24
9 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +18.0987 3 17 3 23
10 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +23.1137 4 11 20
11 1 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +24.2632 3 6 1 19
12 19 Canada Zachary Claman DeMelo R Dale Coyne Racing Honda 85 +30.0421 3 19 18
13 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +37.4374 3 14 17
14 14 Brazil Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +41.3456 4 12 16
15 21 United States Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +41.6927 6 9 15
16 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 85 +42.8434 3 16 14
17 88 Colombia Gabby Chaves Harding Racing Chevrolet 85 +45.0983 5 22 13
18 26 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +53.1086 3 13 12
19 32 United States Kyle Kaiser R Juncos Racing Chevrolet 85 +58.1755 4 24 2 12
20 23 United States Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet 85 +1:11.7538 4 23 10
21 4 Brazil Matheus Leist R A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +1:17.9918 4 21 9
22 10 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 4 15 8
23 26 United States Zach Veach R Andretti Autosport Honda 84 +1 Lap 5 20 7
24 20 United Kingdom Jordan King R Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 83 +2 Laps 4 5 6
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

Notes: 1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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