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IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca) 2023 Season Finale - Results
Not sure how many people follow IndyCar, but figured I'd do the same as I've been doing for F1.
Honestly, one of the worst races I've ever seen in any series. Which is too bad, because I love Indy at Laguna Seca. But it was like watching Formula 2 or Formula 3. At Monza. Constant crashing and spins, especially on restarts. I don't know how many times the race got yellow flagged, especially after restarts.
We know from last week's race at Portland that Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing wrapped up the Drivers Championship in his Honda. So I'll put the season results below.
Race Results - SPOILER
| Rank | Driver | Car No. | Starts | Laps | Total time | Laps Led | Status | Points | Avg.Speed | Pit stop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Dixon | 9 | 11 | 95 | 02:17:41.6400 | 20 | Running | 51 | 92.645 | 4 |
| 2 | Scott McLaughlin | 3 | 2 | 95 | 02:17:48.9580 | - | Running | 40 | 92.563 | 5 |
| 3 | Alex Palou | 10 | 5 | 95 | 02:17:52.2511 | 51 | Running | 38 | 92.526 | 2 |
| 4 | Will Power | 12 | 7 | 95 | 02:17:56.3069 | - | Running | 32 | 92.480 | 5 |
| 5 | Callum Ilott | 77 | 20 | 95 | 02:18:02.7689 | - | Running | 30 | 92.408 | 6 |
| 6 | Christian Lundgaard | 45 | 3 | 95 | 02:18:03.0150 | - | Running | 28 | 92.405 | 6 |
| 7 | Alexander Rossi | 7 | 15 | 95 | 02:18:03.8553 | - | Running | 26 | 92.396 | 4 |
| 8 | Marcus Armstrong | 11 | 14 | 95 | 02:18:08.7710 | - | Running | 24 | 92.341 | 4 |
| 9 | Pato O'Ward | 5 | 9 | 95 | 02:18:10.0307 | 15 | Running | 23 | 92.327 | 3 |
| 10 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 20 | 25 | 95 | 02:18:13.9807 | - | Running | 20 | 92.283 | 3 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | 28 | 8 | 95 | 02:18:20.6607 | 2 | Running | 20 | 92.209 | 3 |
| 12 | Sting Ray Robb | 51 | 24 | 95 | 02:18:25.6275 | - | Running | 18 | 92.154 | 3 |
| 13 | Helio Castroneves | 06 | 27 | 95 | 02:18:39.9575 | - | Running | 17 | 91.995 | 5 |
| 14 | Agustin Canapino | 78 | 19 | 95 | 02:18:42.8243 | - | Running | 16 | 91.963 | 2 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | 8 | 18 | 94 | 02:18:03.9834 | - | Running | 15 | 91.422 | 5 |
| 16 | Benjamin Pedersen | 55 | 23 | 94 | 02:18:20.0876 | - | Running | 14 | 91.245 | 6 |
| 17 | Santino Ferrucci | 14 | 17 | 94 | 02:18:27.2548 | - | Running | 13 | 91.166 | 6 |
| 18 | Rinus VeeKay | 21 | 6 | 93 | 02:18:17.4950 | - | Running | 12 | 90.302 | 5 |
| 19 | Felix Rosenqvist | 6 | 1 | 93 | 02:18:21.3296 | 6 | Running | 13 | 90.261 | 5 |
| 20 | David Malukas | 18 | 22 | 93 | 02:18:28.7683 | - | Running | 10 | 90.180 | 5 |
| 21 | Josef Newgarden | 2 | 4 | 91 | 02:18:28.2840 | - | Running | 9 | 88.246 | 10 |
| 22 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 29 | 26 | 91 | 02:18:50.0001 | - | Running | 8 | 88.015 | 6 |
| 23 | Colton Herta | 26 | 12 | 80 | 02:12:45.1323 | 1 | Contact | 8 | 80.921 | 6 |
| 24 | Juri Vips | 30 | 13 | 71 | 02:18:50.0000 | - | Running | 6 | 68.671 | 3 |
| 25 | Kyle Kirkwood | 27 | 16 | 65 | 02:18:43.7580 | - | Running | 5 | 62.915 | 3 |
| 26 | Tom Blomqvist | 60 | 21 | 61 | 01:28:09.5902 | - | Contact | 5 | 92.912 | 2 |
| 27 | Graham Rahal | 15 | 10 | 0 | 00:00:00.6301 | - | Contact | 5 | 0.000 | 0 |
Source: Indycar.com
2023 Season Results - SPOILER
| Rank | Driver | STP | TEX | LB | BAR | GPI | IND | DET | R-AM | MOH | TOR | IOW | IOW | NASH | GPI | STL | POR | WRLS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Palou | 24 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 53 | 45 | 54 | 51 | 53 | 40 | 25 | 35 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 53 | 38 | 656 |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | 36 | 31 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 41 | 33 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 51 | 53 | 36 | 51 | 578 |
| 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 20 | 28 | 20 | 51 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 40 | 31 | 42 | 24 | 31 | 22 | 40 | 488 |
| 4 | Pato O'Ward | 41 | 41 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 35 | 20 | 24 | 35 | 41 | 32 | 23 | 484 |
| 5 | Josef Newgarden | 13 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 51 | 21 | 40 | 18 | 30 | 53 | 53 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 479 |
| 6 | Marcus Ericsson | 51 | 24 | 35 | 20 | 25 | 44 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 438 |
| 7 | Will Power | 26 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 41 | 18 | 36 | 16 | 32 | 42 | 21 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 32 | 425 |
| 8 | Christian Lundgaard | 22 | 11 | 16 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 54 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 390 |
| 9 | Alexander Rossi | 32 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 26 | 375 |
| 10 | Colton Herta | 10 | 27 | 32 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 34 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 356 |
| 11 | Kyle Kirkwood | 15 | 5 | 54 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 19 | 53 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 352 |
| 12 | Felix Rosenqvist | 11 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 31 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 41 | 13 | 324 |
| 13 | Romain Grosjean | 14 | 17 | 40 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 296 |
| 14 | Rinus VeeKay | 9 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 277 |
| 15 | Graham Rahal | 28 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 276 |
| 16 | Callum Ilott | 30 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 266 |
| 17 | David Malukas | 21 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 265 |
| 18 | Helio Castroneves | 7 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 217 |
| 19 | Santino Ferrucci | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 214 |
| 20 | Marcus Armstrong | 19 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 214 |
| 21 | Agustin Canapino | 18 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 180 |
| 22 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 177 |
| 23 | Sting Ray Robb | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 147 |
| 24 | Jack Harvey | 8 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| 25 | Conor Daly | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| 26 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 131 |
| 27 | Benjamin Pedersen | 5 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 129 |
| 28 | Simon Pagenaud | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| 29 | Takuma Sato | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 30 | Ed Carpenter | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 31 | Linus Lundqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 32 | Tony Kanaan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 33 | Juri Vips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 34 | Tom Blomqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 35 | Marco Andretti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 36 | RC Enerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | Katherine Legge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Source: Indycar.com
The 2024 IndyCar schedule has yet to be released, but should be out by the end of the month.
This was the first Indycar race I saw in person and man what a race! The constant FCYs were a little annoying but also kinda funny because as soon as they'd go green to race, they'd crash and there'd be another FCY. A great send-off for the pure ICE era, can't wait for the hybrid era.
I'm jealous! I was hoping to get down there this year, but it just didn't work out with peoples' schedules and what not. Once they release the 2024 schedule, definitely putting that on my calendar and getting people to commit. I've never been to an IndyCar race, even though there are some relatively close to me like Iowa and St. Louis. But aside from the Indy 500, I'm not really into ovals.
I was only half-watching, given how ridiculous it was getting. And other than when he was involved in something, broadcasters didn't seem to give him much coverage since he was towards the back for most of the race, if I'm remembering correctly.
what a shit show. That was fun.