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.
| Race details | |
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| 5th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | May 12, 2018 |
| Official name | IndyCar Grand Prix |
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.439 mi / 3.925 km |
| Distance | 85 laps 207.315 mi / 333.64 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 1:09.8182 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 1:10.5687 (on lap 15 of 85) |
| Podium | |
| First | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Second | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third | Robert Wickens (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) |
This was the first IndyCar Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Corse race to not feature a DNF.
Results edit
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Qualifying edit
| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Firestone Fast 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |  Will Power W
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2 | 1:09.8557 | 1:09.9156 | 1:09.8182 | ||||
| 2 | 6 |  Robert Wickens R
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1 | 1:09.5215 | 1:09.8481 | 1:09.9052 | ||||
| 3 | 18 |  Sébastien Bourdais
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2 | 1:09.5510 | 1:09.9973 | 1:09.9449 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe
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1 | 1:09.8244 | 1:09.9570 | 1:10.0858 | ||||
| 5 | 20 |  Jordan King R
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1 | 1:09.8735 | 1:09.8879 | 1:10.1326 | ||||
| 6 | 1 |  Josef Newgarden
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1 | 1:10.0768 | 1:10.0067 | 1:10.7276 | ||||
| 7 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W
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2 | 1:09.8982 | 1:10.0382 | |||||
| 8 | 27 | Alexander Rossi
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2 | 1:10.0596 | 1:10.1062 | |||||
| 9 | 21 | Spencer Pigot
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1 | 1:09.8657 | 1:10.1601 | |||||
| 10 | 3 |  Hélio Castroneves
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1 | 1:10.0825 | 1:10.1847 | |||||
| 11 | 30 |  Takuma Sato
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2 | 1:10.0492 | 1:10.1979 | |||||
| 12 | 14 | Tony Kanaan
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2 | 1:10.0379 | 1:10.3592 | |||||
| 13 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay
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1 | 1:10.0985 | ||||||
| 14 | 98 | Marco Andretti
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2 | 1:10.1044 | ||||||
| 15 | 10 |  Ed Jones
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1 | 1:10.2859 | ||||||
| 16 | 59 | Max Chilton
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2 | 1:10.2113 | ||||||
| 17 | 15 | Graham Rahal
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1 | 1:10.3605 | ||||||
| 18 | 9 |  Scott Dixon
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2 | 1:10.3221 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo R
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1 | 1:10.5064 | ||||||
| 20 | 26 | Zach Veach R
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2 | 1:10.3371 | ||||||
| 21 | 4 | Matheus Leist R
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1 | 1:10.6425 | ||||||
| 22 | 88 |  Gabby Chaves
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2 | 1:10.5066 | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | Charlie Kimball
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1 | 1:10.7784 | ||||||
| 24 | 32 | Kyle Kaiser R
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2 | 1:10.7394 | ||||||
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||||||
Source for individual rounds:[1]
Race edit
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 edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References edit
- ^ "Race Report: 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix • The Apex - Page 2". The Apex. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-13.