2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
{{Short description|Indycar race held in Birmingham, Alabama}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{American Championship Car race report infobox
|Country=USA
|Race=Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
|Image=Barber_Motorsports_Park.svg
|Caption=
|Date=May 1
|Year=2022
|Official name=Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
|Round_No=4th
|Series=IndyCar
|Location=Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
|Course= Permanent road course
|Course_mi=2.380
|Course_km=3.830
|Distance_laps=90
|Distance_mi=214.200
|Distance_km=344.700
|Pole_Driver={{flagicon|NLD}} Rinus VeeKay
|Pole_Team=Ed Carpenter Racing
|Pole_Time=01:06.2507
|Pole_Country
|Fast_Driver={{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou
|Fast_Team=Chip Ganassi Racing
|Fast_Time=01:08.1541
|Fast_Lap=62
|Fast_Country=
|First_Driver={{flagicon|MEX}} Pato O'Ward
|First_Team=Arrow McLaren SP
|First_Country=
|Second_Driver={{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou
|Second_Team=Chip Ganassi Racing
|Second_Country=
|Third_Driver={{flagicon|NLD}} Rinus VeeKay
|Third_Team=Ed Carpenter Racing
|Third_Country=}}
The 2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 1, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race lasted for 90 laps.
Entry list
{{further|2022 IndyCar Series#Confirmed entries}}
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!Key !Meaning |
align="center" |{{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}}
|Rookie |
align="center" |{{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}}
|Past winner |
Practice
=Practice 1=
Practice 1 took place at 4:00PM ET on April 29, 2022.
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+ Top Practice Speeds | |||||
{{abbr|Pos|Position}} | {{abbr|No.|Car Number}} | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;" |26 |{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta |01:06.5149 | |||||
style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;" |10 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} |01:06.5657 | |||||
style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;" |27 |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi |01:06.6657 | |||||
colspan=6| Source:{{Cite web|date=April 29, 2022|title=Practice - Results|url=https://racer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2022/04/indycar-results-p1-1.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=April 30, 2022|website=racer.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501012731/https%3A%2F%2Fracer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F85%2F2022%2F04%2Findycar-results-p1-1.pdf |archive-date=May 1, 2022 }} |
= Practice 2 =
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+ Top Practice Speeds | |||||
{{abbr|Pos|Position}} | {{abbr|No.|Car Number}} | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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1
| align="center"| 21 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Rinus VeeKay | 01:05.9264 | |||||
2
| align="center"| 5 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Pato O'Ward | 01:06.0136 | |||||
3
| align="center"| 26 | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:06.0434 | |||||
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! colspan="6" | Source:{{Cite web|date=April 30, 2022|title=Practice - Results|url=http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6012/2022-04-30/indycar-results-p2.pdf|access-date=May 2, 2022|website=indycar.com}} |
Qualifying
= Qualifying classification =
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! rowspan="3" | {{abbr|Pos|Position}} ! rowspan="3" | {{abbr|No.|Car Number}} ! rowspan="3" | Driver ! rowspan="3" | Team ! rowspan="3" | Engine ! colspan="4" | Time ! rowspan="3" | {{Tooltip|Final |
scope="col" colspan="2" | Round 1
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Round 2 ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Round 3 |
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scope="col" | Group 1
! scope="col" | Group 2 |
1
| align="center"| 21 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Rinus VeeKay | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="1"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.5477 | align="center"| 01:06.2732 | align="center"| 01:06.2507 | align="center"| 1 |
2
| align="center"| 5 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Pato O'Ward | align="center"| 01:06.2448 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="2"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.1054 | align="center"| 01:06.4003 | align="center"| 2 |
3
| align="center"| 10 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | align="center"| 01:06.3877 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="3"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.3153 | align="center"| 01:06.4415 | align="center"| 3 |
4
| align="center"| 3 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin | align="center"| 01:06.0289 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="4"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.1474 | align="center"| 01:06.4967 | align="center"| 4 |
5
| align="center"| 27 | {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi | Honda | align="center"| 01:06.3962 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="5"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.1839 | align="center"| 01:06.5549 | align="center"| 5 |
6
| align="center"| 7 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Felix Rosenqvist | align="center"| 01:06.3855 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="6"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.2721 | align="center"| 01:06.6410 | align="center"| 6 |
7
| align="center"| 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="7"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.3799 | align="center"| 01:06.3348 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="7"| N/A | align="center"| 7 |
8
| align="center"| 28 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="8"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.2000 | align="center"| 01:06.3820 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="8"| N/A | align="center"| 8 |
9
| align="center"| 15 | {{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | align="center"| 01:06.5016 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="9"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.6339 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="9"| N/A | align="center"| 9 |
10
| align="center"| 26 | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="10"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.3396 | align="center"| 01:06.7295 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="10"| N/A | align="center"| 10 |
11
| align="center"| 77 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Callum Ilott {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="11"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.6649 | align="center"| 01:07.2000 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="11"| N/A | align="center"| 11 |
12
| align="center"| 8 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="12"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.7305 | align="center"| 01:07.3561 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="12"| N/A | align="center"| 12 |
13
| align="center"| 9 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon | Honda | align="center"| 01:06.5142 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="13"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="13"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="13"| N/A | align="center"| 13 |
14
| align="center"| 30 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Christian Lundgaard {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="14"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.7462 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="14"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="14"| N/A | align="center"| 14 |
15
| align="center"| 45 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | align="center"| 01:06.6511 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="15"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="15"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="15"| N/A | align="center"| 15 |
16
| align="center"| 06 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Hélio Castroneves {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="16"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.8138 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="16"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="16"| N/A | align="center"| 16 |
17
| align="center"| 51 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | align="center"| 01:06.7541 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="17"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="17"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="17"| N/A | align="center"| 17 |
18
| align="center"| 18 | {{flagicon|USA}} David Malukas {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="18"| N/A | align="center"| 01:06.8898 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="18"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="18"| N/A | align="center"| 18 |
19
| align="center"| 12 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | align="center"| 01:06.7775 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="19"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="19"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="19"| N/A | align="center"| 19 |
20
| align="center"| 29 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Devlin DeFrancesco {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="20"| N/A | align="center"| 01:07.0242 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="20"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="20"| N/A | align="center"| 20 |
21
| align="center"| 14 | {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Kirkwood {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | align="center"| 01:06.8213 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="21"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="21"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="21"| N/A | align="center"| 21 |
22
| align="center"| 20 | {{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="22"| N/A | align="center"| 01:07.0350 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="22"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="22"| N/A | align="center"| 22 |
23
| align="center"| 4 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett | align="center"| 01:07.6869 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="23"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="23"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="23"| N/A | align="center"| 23 |
24
| align="center"| 60 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="24"| N/A | align="center"| 01:07.1052 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="24"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="24"| N/A | align="center"| 24 |
25
| align="center"| 11 | {{flagicon|COL}} Tatiana Calderón {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | align="center"| 01:07.9248 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="25"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="25"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="25"| N/A | align="center"| 25 |
26
| align="center"| 48 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmie Johnson | Honda | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="26"| N/A | align="center"| 01:09.0075 | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="26"| N/A | style="background: silver" align="center" data-sort-value="26"| N/A | align="center"| 26 |
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! colspan="10" | Source:{{Cite web|date=April 30, 2022|title=Qualifications - Postings|url=http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6016/2022-04-30/indycar-qualresults.pdf|access-date=May 2, 2022|website=indycar.com}} |
; Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup
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+ Top Warmup Speeds | |||||
{{abbr|Pos|Position}} | {{abbr|No.|Car Number}} | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
| align="center"| 77 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Callum Ilott {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | 01:07.0906 | |||||
2
| align="center"| 10 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | 01:07.1916 | |||||
3
| align="center"| 8 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson | Honda | 01:07.2745 | |||||
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! colspan="6" | Source:{{Cite web|date=April 30, 2022|title=Practice - Results|url=http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6017/2022-04-30/indycar-results-pf.pdf|access-date=May 2, 2022|website=indycar.com}} |
Race
The race started at 1:05PM ET on May 1, 2022.
= Race classification =
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! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} ! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}} ! scope="col" | Driver ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Engine ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Laps ! class="unsortable" scope="col" | Time/Retired ! scope="col" | Pit ! scope="col" | Grid ! scope="col" | Laps ! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pts.|Points}} |
1
| align="center"| 5 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Pato O'Ward | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| 01:48:39.4368 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| 51 |
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2
| align="center"| 10 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +0.9800 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 41 |
3
| align="center"| 21 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Rinus VeeKay | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +12.4819 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 57 | align="center"| 39 |
4
| align="center"| 12 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +15.2616 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| | align="center"| 32 |
5
| align="center"| 9 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +22.8297 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| | align="center"| 30 |
6
| align="center"| 3 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +24.0649 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| | align="center"| 28 |
7
| align="center"| 28 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +24.5161 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 8 | align="center"| | align="center"| 26 |
8
| align="center"| 15 | {{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +31.9173 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| | align="center"| 24 |
9
| align="center"| 27 | {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +33.2497 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| | align="center"| 22 |
10
| align="center"| 26 | {{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +33.5102 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| | align="center"| 20 |
11
| align="center"| 60 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +33.7418 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 24 | align="center"| | align="center"| 19 |
12
| align="center"| 8 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +34.4738 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| | align="center"| 18 |
13
| align="center"| 51 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +34.9140 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 17 | align="center"| | align="center"| 17 |
14
| align="center"| 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +35.6807 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 7 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 17 |
15
| align="center"| 30 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Christian Lundgaard {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +37.0416 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| | align="center"| 15 |
16
| align="center"| 7 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Felix Rosenqvist | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +41.6145 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| | align="center"| 14 |
17
| align="center"| 29 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Devlin DeFrancesco {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +42.4511 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 20 | align="center"| | align="center"| 13 |
18
| align="center"| 45 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +1:02.3267 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 15 | align="center"| | align="center"| 12 |
19
| align="center"| 20 | {{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +1:03.2947 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| | align="center"| 11 |
20
| align="center"| 18 | {{flagicon|USA}} David Malukas {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +1:03.7435 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 18 | align="center"| | align="center"| 10 |
21
| align="center"| 06 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Hélio Castroneves {{Color box|gold|W|border=silver}} | Honda | align="center"| 90 | align="center"| +1:04.5322 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 16 | align="center"| | align="center"| 9 |
22
| align="center"| 14 | {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Kirkwood {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | align="center"| 89 | align="center"| +1 Lap | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 21 | align="center"| | align="center"| 8 |
23
| align="center"| 4 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dalton Kellett | align="center"| 89 | align="center"| +1 Lap | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 23 | align="center"| | align="center"| 7 |
24
| align="center"| 48 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jimmie Johnson | Honda | align="center"| 89 | align="center"| +1 Lap | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 26 | align="center"| | align="center"| 6 |
25
| align="center"| 77 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Callum Ilott {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | align="center"| 88 | align="center"| +2 Laps | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| | align="center"| 5 |
26
| align="center"| 11 | {{flagicon|COL}} Tatiana Calderón {{Color box|orange|R|border=silver}} | align="center"| 88 | align="center"| +2 Laps | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 25 | align="center"| | align="center"| 5 |
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|colspan="11" style="text-align:center"|Fastest lap: {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:08.1541 (lap 62) |
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! colspan="11" | Source:{{Cite web|date=May 1, 2022|title=Race - Results (11inch) - Final|url=http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5907/2022-05-01/indycar-officialraceresults.pdf|access-date=May 2, 2022|website=indycar.com}} |
Championship standings after the race
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;Drivers' Championship standings
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! scope="col" | ! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}} ! scope="col" | Driver ! scope="col" | Points |
align="left"|10px 2
|align="center"|1 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Palou |align="left"| 144 |
align="left"|File:1rightarrow blue.svg
|align="center"|2 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott McLaughlin |align="left"| 141 |
align="left"|10px 2
|align="center"|3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden |align="left"| 135 |
align="left"|File:1rightarrow blue.svg
|align="center"|4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power |align="left"| 134 |
align="left"|10px 4
|align="center"|5 | {{flagicon|MEX}} Pato O'Ward |align="left"| 114 |
colspan=4| Source: |
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{{col-2}}
;Engine manufacturer standings
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scope="col" |
! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}} ! scope="col" | Manufacturer ! scope="col" | Points |
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align="left"|File:1rightarrow blue.svg
|align="center"| 1 | 365 |
align="left"|File:1rightarrow blue.svg
|align="center"| 2 | Honda | 283 |
colspan=4| Source:{{Cite web|date=May 1, 2022|title=Points - Indycar Engine|url=https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/05/Barber-IndyCar-engine-points.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2022|website=motorsports.nbcsports.com}} |
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
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