# 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

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. It was resumed on Monday, April 23 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. He eventually took victory for his third IndyCar win in Alabama.

## 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 | 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 |||||||||||
Notes: 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

| | 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 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 339 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 270 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.