# 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix

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.
This was the first IndyCar Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Corse race to not feature a DNF.

## Results

| Icon | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Firestone Fast 6 |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power W | 2 | 1:09.8557 | 1:09.9156 | 1:09.8182 |
| 2 | 6 | Robert Wickens R | 1 | 1:09.5215 | 1:09.8481 | 1:09.9052 |
| 3 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | 2 | 1:09.5510 | 1:09.9973 | 1:09.9449 |
| 4 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 1 | 1:09.8244 | 1:09.9570 | 1:10.0858 |
| 5 | 20 | Jordan King R | 1 | 1:09.8735 | 1:09.8879 | 1:10.1326 |
| 6 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | 1 | 1:10.0768 | 1:10.0067 | 1:10.7276 |
| 7 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | 2 | 1:09.8982 | 1:10.0382 | |
| 8 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 2 | 1:10.0596 | 1:10.1062 | |
| 9 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 1 | 1:09.8657 | 1:10.1601 | |
| 10 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | 1 | 1:10.0825 | 1:10.1847 | |
| 11 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 2 | 1:10.0492 | 1:10.1979 | |
| 12 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 2 | 1:10.0379 | 1:10.3592 | |
| 13 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1 | 1:10.0985 | | |
| 14 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 2 | 1:10.1044 | | |
| 15 | 10 | Ed Jones | 1 | 1:10.2859 | | |
| 16 | 59 | Max Chilton | 2 | 1:10.2113 | | |
| 17 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1 | 1:10.3605 | | |
| 18 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 1:10.3221 | | |
| 19 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo R | 1 | 1:10.5064 | | |
| 20 | 26 | Zach Veach R | 2 | 1:10.3371 | | |
| 21 | 4 | Matheus Leist R | 1 | 1:10.6425 | | |
| 22 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | 2 | 1:10.5066 | | |
| 23 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | 1 | 1:10.7784 | | |
| 24 | 32 | Kyle Kaiser R | 2 | 1:10.7394 | | |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine |||||||
Source for individual rounds:

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | 1:49:46.1935 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 54 |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 85 | +2.2443 | 3 | 18 | | 40 |
| 3 | 6 | Robert Wickens R | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 85 | +8.1621 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 36 |
| 4 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 85 | +8.7293 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| 5 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 85 | +11.7462 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | +14.3860 | 3 | 10 | | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 85 | +15.3368 | 3 | 4 | | 26 |
| 8 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | +17.2354 | 4 | 7 | | 24 |
| 9 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | +18.0987 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 85 | +23.1137 | 4 | 11 | | 20 |
| 11 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 85 | +24.2632 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 85 | +30.0421 | 3 | 19 | | 18 |
| 13 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 85 | +37.4374 | 3 | 14 | | 17 |
| 14 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 85 | +41.3456 | 4 | 12 | | 16 |
| 15 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | +41.6927 | 6 | 9 | | 15 |
| 16 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevrolet | 85 | +42.8434 | 3 | 16 | | 14 |
| 17 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | +45.0983 | 5 | 22 | | 13 |
| 18 | 26 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 85 | +53.1086 | 3 | 13 | | 12 |
| 19 | 32 | Kyle Kaiser R | Juncos Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | +58.1755 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 12 |
| 20 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Carlin | Chevrolet | 85 | +1:11.7538 | 4 | 23 | | 10 |
| 21 | 4 | Matheus Leist R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 85 | +1:17.9918 | 4 | 21 | | 9 |
| 22 | 10 | Ed Jones | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 84 | +1 Lap | 4 | 15 | | 8 |
| 23 | 26 | Zach Veach R | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 84 | +1 Lap | 5 | 20 | | 7 |
| 24 | 20 | Jordan King R | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 83 | +2 Laps | 4 | 5 | | 6 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-05-13 at the Wayback Machine |||||||||||
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 | Josef Newgarden | 178 |
| | 2 | Alexander Rossi | 176 |
| | 3 | Sébastien Bourdais | 152 |
| 3 | 4 | Scott Dixon | 147 |
| | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 144 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 414 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 354 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.