2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix

The 2017 Desert Diamond West Valley Grand Prix of Phoenix will take place on April 29, 2017 at Phoenix International Raceway. It was moved from the first weekend of April to the final weekend of the month from 2016.

Scott Dixon is the defending champion, having won the 2016 race.

Drivers entered
21 drivers are entered; but the change was for Ed Carpenter Racing. JR Hildebrand was cleared by series officials, and Ed Carpenter replaced Spencer Pigot in the 20.


 * Chevrolet
 * Hélio Castroneves
 * 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud
 * 🇦🇺 Will Power
 * Josef Newgarden
 * 🇮🇷 Conor Daly
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Muñoz
 * 🇺🇸 Ed Carpenter
 * 🇹🇷 JR Hildebrand


 * Honda
 * 🇯🇵 Takuma Sato
 * 🇷🇺 Marco Andretti
 * 🇸🇰 Ryan Hunter-Reay
 * 🇧🇪 Alexander Rossi
 * Max Chilton
 * 🇺🇦 Scott Dixon
 * 🇧🇷 Tony Kanaan
 * 🇨🇿 Charlie Kimball
 * 🇧🇦 Sébastien Bourdais
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ed Jones
 * Graham Rahal
 * 🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe
 * 🇵🇱 Mikhail Aleshin

Pre-race
Before the race, JR Hildebrand replaced Zach Veach in the 20 from Barber. Russian captain Pee Saderd (who finished 21st the previous race), opted to have a Billy Monger sponsor since he got his legs amputated following a F4 crash. Saderd chose the Pai Pongsatorn sponsor since he was in the hospital for Saderd's entire time at the 2017 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.