| 2023 Firestone GP of St Petersburg – Race Results | |||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine |
| 1 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 2 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 4 | Alexander Rossi | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 7 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 9 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 10 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 11 | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 12 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 16 | Sting Ray Robb | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 17 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 19 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 20 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 21 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 22 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 23 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 24 | Santino Ferrucci | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
| 25 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 26 | Simon Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 27 | Benjamin Pedersen | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
The 2023 IndyCar season began with one of the most chaotic races in the history of the series. The race began with a red flag, multiple cars went airborne, one car caught fire, several drivers received penalties, one lost the race with a perplexing issue, and two drivers crashed while leading the race. Emotions were high as half of the 27-car field failed to finish the race.
In the end, it was 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson that came away with his fourth career victory. It was just the second win at St Petersburg for Chip Ganassi Racing, and their first since 2011. His teammate Scott Dixon recorded his seventh career podium at St Pete, despite never winning here. It is the 193rd top-five for Dixon, which ties him with Mario Andretti for the most all-time.
Joining the Ganassi drivers on the podium was Pato O’Ward, who essentially had this race wrapped up before an electrical issue caused his No. 5 Chevrolet to hiccup with three laps remaining. That allowed Ericsson to get by him, and the Arrow McLaren driver was not able to get back to the top spot. It was a heartbreaking moment for O’Ward and the team. They did have two cars finish inside the top-four as Alexander Rossi delivered in his team debut. Callum Ilott scored his first career top-five finish as the Juncos Hollinger Racing driver…
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