2018 Grand Prix of Portland
# 2018 Grand Prix of Portland

The 2018 Grand Prix of Portland was the 16th And penultimate round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on September 2 at Portland International Raceway, in Portland, Oregon. 2018 Indy 500 champion Will Power qualified on pole position, while 2017 Indy 500 champion Takuma Sato took victory in the 105-lap race.

## Results

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

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Name | Grp. | Round 1 | Round 2 | Firestone Fast 6 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power | 2 | 57.2143 | 57.3556 | 57.3467 |
| 2 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | 2 | 57.5911 | 57.6519 | 57.6877 |
| 3 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1 | 57.5718 | 57.4291 | 57.7361 |
| 4 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais W | 2 | 57.5534 | 57.4632 | 57.8881 |
| 5 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 2 | 57.5851 | 57.4696 | 57.9699 |
| 6 | 26 | Zach Veach R | 1 | 57.6874 | 57.5371 | 58.1057 |
| 7 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 2 | 57.5980 | 57.6429 | |
| 8 | 10 | Ed Jones | 1 | 57.5698 | 57.6499 | |
| 9 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 1 | 57.7480 | 57.7277 | |
| 10 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1 | 57.7349 | 57.7772 | |
| 11 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 57.5496 | 57.8554 | |
| 12 | 20 | Jordan King R | 1 | 57.6326 | 57.9010 | |
| 13 | 60 | Jack Harvey R | 1 | 57.9620 | | |
| 14 | 6 | Carlos Muñoz | 2 | 57.6748 | | |
| 15 | 59 | Max Chilton | 1 | 57.9865 | | |
| 16 | 19 | Pietro Fittipaldi R | 2 | 57.7321 | | |
| 17 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 1 | 57.9939 | | |
| 18 | 39 | Santino Ferrucci R | 2 | 57.7735 | | |
| 19 | 4 | Matheus Leist R | 1 | 58.0036 | | |
| 20 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 2 | 57.7848 | | |
| 21 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | 1 | 58.1635 | | |
| 22 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 2 | 58.0983 | | |
| 23 | 32 | Alfonso Celis Jr. R | 1 | 58.2735 | | |
| 24 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 2 | 58.2531 | | |
| 25 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | 2 | 58.3219 | | |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE |||||||

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 105 | 2:00:09.7537 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 51 |
| 2 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 105 | +0.6084 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais W | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 105 | +1.8266 | 4 | 4 | | 35 |
| 4 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 105 | +4.5557 | 3 | 17 | | 32 |
| 5 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 105 | +5.3215 | 4 | 11 | | 30 |
| 6 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 105 | +11.4605 | 4 | 22 | | 28 |
| 7 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Carlin | Chevrolet | 105 | +12.0057 | 3 | 25 | | 26 |
| 8 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 105 | +13.3769 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 27 |
| 9 | 19 | Pietro Fittipaldi R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 105 | +18.3753 | 3 | 16 | | 22 |
| 10 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 105 | +19.8044 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 105 | +22.1362 | 3 | 24 | | 19 |
| 12 | 6 | Carlos Muñoz | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 105 | +22.7069 | 3 | 14 | | 18 |
| 13 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 105 | +23.7138 | 3 | 21 | | 17 |
| 14 | 4 | Matheus Leist R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 105 | +29.7958 | 3 | 19 | | 16 |
| 15 | 20 | Jordan King R | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 105 | +32.1352 | 3 | 12 | | 15 |
| 16 | 60 | Jack Harvey R | Michael Shank Racing with Schmidt Peterson | Honda | 105 | +32.4191 | 3 | 13 | | 14 |
| 17 | 32 | Alfonso Celis Jr. R | Juncos Racing | Chevrolet | 105 | +48.8038 | 4 | 23 | | 13 |
| 18 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevrolet | 105 | +55.2123 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| 19 | 26 | Zach Veach R | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 104 | +1 lap | 3 | 6 | | 11 |
| 20 | 39 | Santino Ferrucci R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 101 | +4 laps | 3 | 18 | | 10 |
| 21 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 98 | +7 laps | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 22 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 76 | +29 laps | 5 | 7 | | 8 |
| 23 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 4 | Contact | 2 | 10 | | 7 |
| 24 | 10 | Ed Jones | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 0 | Contact | 0 | 8 | | 6 |
| 25 | 98 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 0 | Contact | 0 | 9 | | 5 |
| 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 | Scott Dixon | 598 |
| 2 | Alexander Rossi | 569 |
| 3 | Will Power | 511 |
| 4 | Josef Newgarden | 511 |
| 5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 462 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 1,371 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 1,136 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.
