A complete guide to the 33-car starting lineup for the 2023 Indianapolis 500
This is the starting lineup for the 2023 Indianapolis 500. The 200-lap race is scheduled for Sunday, May 28, on the 2½-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval.
The Indy 500 starting lineup features 11 rows of 3 drivers each, established through two days of qualifying. Alex Palou has the fastest pole position speed in race history at 234.217 mph. The field average of 232.184 mph is the fastest in race history.
Speeds for Rows 1-2 were established in the Fast Six on May 21, and speeds for Rows 3-4 were set in the Fast 12; speeds for Rows 5-10 were set on May 20; speeds for Row 11 were established in last chance qualifying on May 21.
Includes starting position, (car number), driver name (R-rookie; W-Indy 500 winner), engine, team and 4-lap qualifying speed average. All cars have Dallara chassis and use Firestone tires.
Indy 500 Row 1
(10) Alex Palou, Honda, Ganassi, 234.217 mph
2. (21) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, Carpenter, 234.211
3. (6) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 234.114
Row 2
4. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, Foyt, 233.661
5. (5) Pato O'Ward, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 233.158
6. (9) Scott Dixon (W), Honda, Ganassi, 233.151
Row 3
7. (7) Alexander Rossi (W), Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 233.110
8. (11) Takuma Sato (W), Honda, Ganassi, 233.098
9. (66) Tony Kanaan (W), Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 233.076
Row 4
10. (8) Marcus Ericsson (W), Honda, Ganassi, 232.889
11. (55) Benjamin Pedersen (R), Chevrolet, Foyt, 232.671
12. (12) Will Power (W), Chevrolet, Penske, 232.635
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Row 5
13. (33) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, Carpenter, 232.689
14. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, Penske, 232.677
15. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, Andretti, 232.662
Row 6
16. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, Carpenter, 232.433
17. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, Penske, 232.402
18. (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay (W), Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold, 232.133
Row 7
19. (28) Romain Grosjean, Honda, Andretti, 231.997
20. (06) Helio Castroneves (W), Honda, Meyer Shank, 231.954
21. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, Andretti, 231.951
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Row 8
22. (60) Simon Pagenaud (W), Honda, Meyer Shank, 231.878
23. (18) David Malukas, Honda, Coyne, 231.769
24. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, Andretti, 231.682
Row 9
25. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, Andretti, 231.353
26. (78) Agustin Canapino (R), Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger, 231.320
27. (77) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger, 231.182
Row 10
28. (50) R.C. Enerson (R), Chevrolet, Abel, 231.129
29. (44) Katherine Legge, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 231.070
30. (45) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 229.649
Row 11
31. (51) Sting Ray Robb (R), Honda, Coyne, 229.549
32. (30) Jack Harvey, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 229.166
33. (24) Graham Rahal, Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold, no speed. Rahal is replacing Stefan Wilson, who had qualified 25th but suffered a fractured vertebrae in a post-qualifying crash.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: 2023 Indy 500 starting lineup; Alex Palou wins pole position
