Laguna Seca is the final destination for the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series with the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey. As Alex Palou already garnered his championship title back in Portland, it's everybody's game now.
As the green flag waved, the final race of the 2023 season has begun. The opening lap saw a disaster as five cars slipped at the first corner when Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden got into contact. As the race resumes on lap 6, Felix Rosenqvist remains in the lead. Two laps later, another caution was triggered when Josef Newgarden got spun and hit at turn 4.
Continuing in Lap 12, the recent champion Alex Palou is leading while Will Power and Felix Rosenqvist are catching up. However, in Lap 29, Marcus Ericsson got hit by a recoil following a collision with Rosenqvist.
Back in action in Lap 41, Palou remains in the lead while Pato O Ward and Romain Grosjean are catching up. In Lap 57, a disaster for the champion as he went off the track and got stuck while dealing with Devlin DeFrancesco. Come Lap 63, another caution is triggered when the #14 car and Blomqvist got into a messy situation at Turn 1. With 29 laps to go, another disaster in the Seca when Ericsson and Armstrong collided in the final corner.
23 laps to go, Romain Grosjean slips through Pato O'Ward for the lead but two laps later, Helio Castroneves and Colton Herta collided, triggering another full course caution.
After an intense finale, Scott Dixon won the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey while Scott McLaughlin finished in 2nd and Alex Palou finished in 3rd.
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With the 2023 season officially done, Alex Palou cemented his status as the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series champion.
This concludes the 2023 NTT IndyCar Series. See you next year.
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