2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

2018 Alabama
Race details
4th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season
Date	April 22-23, 2018
Official name	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Location	Barber Motorsports Park
Course	Permanent racing facility; 2.380 mi / 3.830 km
Distance	82 laps; 195.160 mi / 314.080 km
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:07.4413
Fastest lap
Driver	Zachary Claman DeMelo (Dale Coyne Racing)
Time	1:09.8183 (on lap 54 of 82)
Podium
First	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Second	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Third	James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports)

The 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season contested at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama. The race started on April 22 and was stopped due to rain on lap 23.^[1] It was resumed on Monday, April 23rd at 11:30 am as a timed race which went 82 laps out of a scheduled 90. American Josef Newgarden qualified on pole for the event.^[2] He eventually took victory for his third IndyCar win in Alabama.^[3]

Results

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Name	Grp.	Round 1	Round 2	Firestone Fast 6
1	1	Josef Newgarden W	1	1:07.5643	1:07.0583	1:07.4413
2	12	Will Power W	2	1:08.1087	1:07.2628	1:07.4541
3	18	Sébastien Bourdais	2	1:08.2597	1:07.5435	1:07.5337
4	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	1	1:07.5665	1:07.5323	1:07.7807
5	5	James Hinchcliffe	1	1:07.5669	1:07.3797	1:07.7807
6	9	Scott Dixon	2	1:08.4262	1:07.4595	1:08.0303
7	98	Marco Andretti	1	1:07.7832	1:07.6027
8	27	Alexander Rossi	2	1:08.3649	1:07.7488
9	22	Simon Pagenaud W	2	1:08.4089	1:07.8409
10	6	Robert Wickens R	1	1:07.7610	1:07.8455
11	26	Zach Veach R	2	1:08.2785	1:07.9894
12	10	Ed Jones	1	1:07.9193	1:08.4386
13	59	Max Chilton	1	1:08.0235
14	23	Charlie Kimball	2	1:08.5494
15	15	Graham Rahal	1	1:08.1038
16	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	2	1:08.5531
17	21	Spencer Pigot	1	1:08.1184
18	30	Takuma Sato	2	1:08.5676
19	20	Jordan King R	1	1:08.3997
20	88	Gabby Chaves	2	1:08.9763
21	4	Matheus Leist R	1	1:08.5516
22	32	René Binder R	2	1:09.5404
23	14	Tony Kanaan	2	1:11.2015
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.¹
1	1	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	2:01:14.4486	4	1	73	54
2	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+9.9607	4	4		40
3	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	82	+15.5389	4	5		35
4	6	Robert Wickens R	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	82	+17.6794	4	10		32
5	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	Honda	82	+26.8897	4	3	9	31
6	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	82	+26.9768	4	6		28
7	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	82	+30.1194	4	15		26
8	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	82	+30.5526	4	18		24
9	22	Simon Pagenaud W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	82	+42.4618	5	9		22
10	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	82	+44.6892	6	7		20
11	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+45.2334	5	8		19
12	4	Matheus Leist R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	82	+57.9291	6	21		18
13	26	Zach Veach R	Andretti Autosport	Honda	82	+1:05.9298	4	11		17
14	20	Jordan King R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	82	+1:20.0118	5	19		16
15	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	81	+1 Lap	5	17		15
16	32	René Binder R	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	80	+2 Laps	5	22		14
17	88	Gabby Chaves	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	80	+2 Laps	6	20		13
18	14	Tony Kanaan	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	80	+2 Laps	7	23		12
19	19	Zachary Claman DeMelo R	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	80	+2 Laps	5	16		11
20	10	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	64	Mechanical	4	12		10
21	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	53	Off Course	2	2		9
22	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	34	Mechanical	4	13		8
23	23	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	10	Contact	0	14		7
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE^{[permanent dead link]}

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

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Josef Newgarden	158
1	2	Alexander Rossi	145
1	3	Sébastien Bourdais	119
1	4	Graham Rahal	119
	5	James Hinchcliffe	113

Manufacturer standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Honda	339
	2	Chevrolet	270

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

^ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 22, 2018). "INDYCAR: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama postponed until Monday due to rain". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ Martin, Bruce (April 21, 2018). "Sweet Home Alabama: IndyCar's Josef Newgarden wins pole for Grand Prix of Alabama". Autoweek. Crain Communications. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
^ "Josef Newgarden wins Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for 3rd time". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. April 23, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

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[1] Bonkowski, Jerry (April 22, 2018). "INDYCAR: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama postponed until Monday due to rain". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

[2] Martin, Bruce (April 21, 2018). "Sweet Home Alabama: IndyCar's Josef Newgarden wins pole for Grand Prix of Alabama". Autoweek. Crain Communications. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

[3] "Josef Newgarden wins Indy Grand Prix of Alabama for 3rd time". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. April 23, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.

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