2023 IndyCar Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Detroit where Alex Palou earned pole position for the race.

03 Jun 2023

Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing, Detroit Grand Prix

2023 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
2	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
4	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
6	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
7	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
8	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
9	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
10	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
13	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
14	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
15	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
16	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
17	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	Honda
18	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
19	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
20	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
21	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
22	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
23	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
24	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
25	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
26	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
27	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda

Alex Palou has mastered qualifying on the new street course layout in downtown Detroit. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver earned his second consecutive pole after doing so at Indianapolis last month for the 500-mile race. This is the third career pole for Palou, who was able to navigate the bumps and narrow walls on the 1.7-mile circuit.

Scott McLaughlin just missed out on the top spot, but the Team Penske driver will join Palou on the front row for tomorrow's race. Romain Grosjean was the only driver in the Firestone Fast Six not with Penske or Ganassi, but the Andretti Autosport driver nearly grabbed his third pole of the season but will start on the inside of Row 2 tomorrow, next to six-time series champion Scott Dixon.

Reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden starts 5th tomorrow, alongside Marcus Ericsson, who believes he should be a back-to-back Indy 500 winner. Will Power and Simon Pagenaud will share Row 4 while Arrow McLaren teammates Felix Rosenqvist and Pato O'Ward round out the top-ten qualifiers.

Marcus Armstrong is happy to be back behind the wheel after sitting out the entire Month of May as Takuma Sato drove the car at Indianapolis. The rookie was quick in practice and nearly advanced to the final round of qualifying before contact with the wall ended those hopes. Kyle Kirkwood believed that he had a car capable of winning the pole, but he too smacked the wall and broke his left-front suspension during qualifying and will start 12th tomorrow.

Alexander Rossi and Rinus VeeKay each narrowly missed advancing during their qualifying sessions, and start from Row 7 tomorrow. Colton Herta was another driver that had wall contact in the session and will have to come from the back in the race. It was deja vu for Graham Rahal, who was the slowest in qualifying and will start last (27th) tomorrow.

Previous Detroit winners

2022: Will Power

2021: Pato O'Ward

2021: Marcus Ericsson

2019: Scott Dixon

2019: Josef Newgarden

2018: Ryan Hunter-Reay

2018: Scott Dixon

2017: Graham Rahal

2016: Will Power

2016: Sebastien Bourdais

2015: Sebastien Bourdais