# 2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

The 2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by AmFirst was the 3rd round of the 2019 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 7, 2019, in Birmingham, Alabama. Takuma Sato won the race from the pole position scoring his fourth career IndyCar victory.

## Results

| Key | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Firestone Fast 6 |
| 1 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 2 | 1:08.7171 | 1:08.6234 | 1:08.5934 |
| 2 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 2 | 1:08.5104 | 1:08.6996 | 1:08.6971 |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 1:08.4996 | 1:08.6123 | 1:08.8081 |
| 4 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 2 | 1:08.7545 | 1:08.4074 | 1:08.8476 |
| 5 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | 1 | 1:08.5930 | 1:08.7860 | 1:09.0189 |
| 6 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 1 | 1:08.3548 | 1:08.5951 | 1:09.6074 |
| 7 | 12 | Will Power W | 2 | 1:08.5397 | 1:08.8248 | |
| 8 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1 | 1:08.8013 | 1:08.8866 | |
| 9 | 88 | Colton Herta R | 1 | 1:08.3762 | 1:08.9130 | |
| 10 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci R | 1 | 1:08.5672 | 1:09.0213 | |
| 11 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | 2 | 1:08.6872 | 1:09.0764 | |
| 12 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 1 | 1:08.8605 | 1:09.2967 | |
| 13 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 1 | 1:08.8950 | | |
| 14 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | 2 | 1:08.7943 | | |
| 15 | 4 | Matheus Leist | 1 | 1:08.9477 | | |
| 16 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | 2 | 1:08.8700 | | |
| 17 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R | 1 | 1:08.9630 | | |
| 18 | 31 | Patricio O'Ward R | 2 | 1:08.9011 | | |
| 19 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 1 | 1:09.0327 | | |
| 20 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson R | 2 | 1:08.9226 | | |
| 21 | 20 | Ed Jones | 1 | 1:09.0441 | | |
| 22 | 59 | Max Chilton | 2 | 1:09.0566 | | |
| 23 | 26 | Zach Veach | 1 | 1:09.4478 | | |
| 24 | 81 | Ben Hanley R | 2 | 1:10.4165 | | |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2019-09-21 at the Wayback Machine |||||||

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 90 | 1:55:46.8076 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 54 |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 90 | +2.3874 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| 3 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 90 | +2.7933 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +7.9721 | 3 | 16 | | 32 |
| 5 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 90 | +8.8518 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 90 | +9.4356 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson R | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 90 | +13.7580 | 3 | 20 | | 26 |
| 8 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 90 | +15.2506 | 3 | 11 | | 24 |
| 9 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +22.7848 | 3 | 14 | | 22 |
| 10 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist R | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 90 | +26.2450 | 4 | 17 | | 20 |
| 11 | 12 | Will Power W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 90 | +31.8178 | 4 | 7 | | 19 |
| 12 | 26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 90 | +33.9035 | 4 | 23 | | 18 |
| 13 | 60 | Jack Harvey | Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson | Honda | 90 | +34.9655 | 3 | 12 | | 17 |
| 14 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 90 | +39.3119 | 4 | 13 | | 16 |
| 15 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 90 | +40.0094 | 4 | 10 | | 15 |
| 16 | 31 | Patricio O'Ward R | Carlin Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +40.6728 | 6 | 18 | | 14 |
| 17 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | +42.5718 | 3 | 6 | | 13 |
| 18 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 89 | +1 Lap | 5 | 19 | | 12 |
| 19 | 20 | Ed Jones | Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa | Chevrolet | 89 | +1 Lap | 5 | 21 | | 11 |
| 20 | 4 | Matheus Leist | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 89 | +1 Lap | 4 | 15 | | 10 |
| 21 | 81 | Ben Hanley R | DragonSpeed | Chevrolet | 88 | +2 Laps | 4 | 24 | | 9 |
| 22 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | +2 Laps | 5 | 22 | | 8 |
| 23 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 55 | Mechanical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | 88 | Colton Herta R | Harding Steinbrenner Racing | Honda | 51 | +39 Laps | 2 | 9 | | 6 |
| 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 | Josef Newgarden | 125 |
| 1 | 2 | Scott Dixon | 98 |
| 11 | 3 | Takuma Sato | 91 |
| | 4 | Alexander Rossi | 84 |
| 3 | 5 | Colton Herta | 81 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 258 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 210 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.