IndyCar Toronto: Start times, how to watch & full entry list

This weekend’s event on the streets of Toronto will be held over 85 laps (152 miles) around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile course in Exhibition Place.

When is the IndyCar race at Toronto?

Date: Friday, 14 July – Sunday, 16 July

Race start: Sunday, 2pm Eastern Time

Track: Streets of Toronto’s Exhibition Place, an 11-turn, 1.786-mile temporary street course

Race distance: 85 laps / 151.81 miles

Push-to-pass parameters:  200 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 20 seconds per activation.

Firestone tire allotment: Six sets primary, four sets alternate to be used during the event weekend. Teams fielding a rookie driver may use one additional set of primary tires. Teams must use one set of primary and one set of new (sticker) alternate tires for at least two laps in the race.

Qualifying lap record: Josef Newgarden 58.4129s, 110.072mph (2019)

Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, Race Winner (Photo by: Jake Galstad / Motorsport Images)

Who has been doing all the winning in IndyCar 2023?

There have been five different winners in eight IndyCar Series races to start the 2023 season: Marcus Ericsson (St. Petersburg), Josef Newgarden (Texas Motor Speedway and Indianapolis 500), Kyle Kirkwood (Long Beach), Scott McLaughlin (Barber Motorsports Park), and Alex Palou (Indianapolis Road Course, Detroit, Road America and Mid-Ohio) have all won in 2023.

The record for the most different winners in a season is 11 in 2000, 2001 and 2014.

This will be the 37th IndyCar race weekend on the streets of Toronto’s Exhibition Place. Scott Dixon has the most IndyCar victories in Toronto with four (both races in 2013, and in 2018 and 2022).

Michael Andretti has the most wins at the track with seven. Dixon, three-time Toronto winner Will Power (2007, 2010, 2016), Josef Newgarden (2015, 2017) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (2012) are previous race winners entered this year.

How can I watch the IndyCar race at Toronto on TV?

The race is not being broadcast on network television in the USA, and is only available via Peacock’s streaming service. Coverage from Toronto will begin on Sunday at 1:30pm ET. 

Leigh Diffey is the play-by-play announcer for coverage of the NTT IndyCar Series, alongside analysts and former IndyCar racers Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe.

IndyCar streaming schedule (Eastern Time)

Friday, July 14

3-4:15 p.m. – IndyCar Practice 1, Peacock

Saturday, July 15

10:35-11:35 a.m. - IndyCar Practice 2 (45 minutes green flag or 60 minutes), Peacock

2:50-4:20 p.m. - Qualifying (Three rounds of knockout format) Peacock

Sunday, July 16

10:15-10:45 a.m. - IndyCar Final Practice, Peacock

1:30 p.m. - Peacock on air

1:53 p.m. - Honda Indy Toronto "Drivers, start your engines"

2 p.m. - IndyCar race (85 laps, 151.81 miles), Peacock

How can I listen to IndyCar at Toronto on the radio?

All sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM 160, racecontrol.indycar.com and the IndyCar App.

Mark Jaynes is the anchor alongside driver analyst Davey Hamilton. Jake Query, Nick Yeoman and Michael Young are the turn announcers. Joel Sebastianelli, Alex Wolff and Georgia Henneberry are the pit reporters.

Entry list for the 2023 Honda Indy Toronto

Nº	Entrant / Driver	Car	Engine
2	Team Penske Josef Newgarden	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
3	Team Penske Scott McLaughlin	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
5	Arrow McLaren Patricio O'Ward	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
6	Arrow McLaren Felix Rosenqvist	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
06	Meyer Shank Racing Hélio Castroneves	Dallara DW12	Honda
7	Arrow McLaren Alexander Rossi	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
8	Chip Ganassi Racing Marcus Ericsson	Dallara DW12	Honda
9	Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon	Dallara DW12	Honda
10	Chip Ganassi Racing Alex Palou	Dallara DW12	Honda
11	Chip Ganassi Racing Marcus Armstrong	Dallara DW12	Honda
12	Team Penske Will Power	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
14	A.J. Foyt Enterprises Santino Ferrucci	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
15	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Graham Rahal	Dallara DW12	Honda
18	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD David Malukas	Dallara DW12	Honda
20	Ed Carpenter Racing Ryan Hunter-Reay	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
21	Ed Carpenter Racing Rinus van Kalmthout	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
26	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Colton Herta	Dallara DW12	Honda
27	Andretti Autosport Kyle Kirkwood	Dallara DW12	Honda
28	Andretti Autosport Romain Grosjean	Dallara DW12	Honda
29	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Devlin Defrancesco	Dallara DW12	Honda
30	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Jack Harvey	Dallara DW12	Honda
45	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Christian Lundgaard	Dallara DW12	Honda
51	Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Sting Ray Robb	Dallara DW12	Honda
55	A.J. Foyt Enterprises Benjamin Pedersen	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
60	Meyer Shank Racing Tom Blomqvist	Dallara DW12	Honda
77	Juncos Hollinger Racing Callum Ilott	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet
78	Juncos Hollinger Racing Agustín Canapino	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet