Alexander Rossi dominated en route to winning his third career IndyCar race in the 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Nevada City, California native Alexander Rossi rolled to victory lane for the third time in his IndyCar career in his #27 Honda for Andretti Autosport following a dominant performance in the third race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Rossi started the race from the pole position and really never looked back aside of when he lost positions as a result of making his pit stops throughout the 85-lap race on the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit on the streets of Long Beach, California.
The top Chevrolet finisher of the race was Team Penske’s Will Power in 2nd place. Power finished 1.2413 seconds behind Rossi. Four more Honda drivers rounded out the top six positions, with Ed Jones, Zach Veach, Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti finishing in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, respectively.
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The race featured a total of four caution flag periods for a total of 17 laps, or 20% of the race. The first caution flag of the race came out on lap 1 when Graham Rahal spun out Simon Pagenaud in turn one. The second caution flag of the race came out on lap 42 when Kyle Kaiser spun out in turn one.
The third caution flag of the race came out on lap 60 when Zachary Claman DeMelo hit the wall in turn 10, and the fourth and final caution flag of the race came out on lap 72 when Jordan King spun out Sebastien Bourdais in turn 11, an incident that also collected Ryan Hunter-Reay and Robert Wickens and temporarily blocked the exit of that turn.
The race featured a total of six lead changes among five different drivers. Alexander Rossi led the majority of the race’s 85, leading 71 of them. Other drivers who led at least one lap of the race were Will Power, Sebastien Bourdais, Josef Newgarden and Ryan Hunter-Reay, who led six laps, four laps, three laps and one lap, respectively.
Here are the full race results of the 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach from the streets of Long Beach, California.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 2 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 4 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 5 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 6 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 7 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 9 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 10 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 11 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 12 | Jack Harvey | #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda |
| 13 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 14 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Kyle Kaiser | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 22 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 23 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 24 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
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Be sure to tune in to NBC Sports Network next Sunday, April 22nd at 3:00 pm ET to watch the live broadcast of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park road course in Birmingham, Alabama.