Andretti Honda teammates begin to flex muscle as Indy speeds climb to over 233mph
The turbo pressures are turned up today ahead of qualifying tomorrow and the speeds immediately jumped in the cool first hour at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as teams began to make qualifying simulation runs.
The Andretti Autosport Hondas are dominating the top of the speed charts so far taking 5 of the top-6 speeds.
Marco Andretti turned the fastest lap so far at 233.491mph, but that was with a partial tow. His Andretti teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay was really the fastest with the top non-tow speed of 232.124mph.
Spencer Pigot was 3rd in his Rahal Honda at 232.116 mph (with tow), followed by Alexander Rossi at 231.617mph (w/o tow), James Hinchcliffe 231.219mph (partial tow) and Zach Veach at 230.529mph (w/o tow) in 6th.
Honda powered cars are 1-2-3-4-5-6 so far but the Chevrolet powered car are likely still sandbagging.
Day 3 Hour 1 Speeds So Far
| Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | Speed | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 38.545 | –.—- | –.—- | 233.491 | Honda | Andretti Herta with Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
| 2 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 38.772 | 0.2269 | 0.2269 | 232.124 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 3 | 45 | Spencer Pigot | 38.774 | 0.2283 | 0.0014 | 232.116 | Honda | RLL with Citrone/Buhl Autosport |
| 4 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 38.857 | 0.3118 | 0.0835 | 231.617 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 5 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 38.924 | 0.3787 | 0.0669 | 231.219 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 6 | 26 | Zach Veach | 39.041 | 0.4953 | 0.1166 | 230.529 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 7 | 47 | Conor Daly | 39.046 | 0.5004 | 0.0051 | 230.499 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 39.060 | 0.5150 | 0.0146 | 230.412 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 9 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 39.108 | 0.5631 | 0.0481 | 230.129 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 10 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 39.151 | 0.6053 | 0.0422 | 229.881 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 11 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 39.205 | 0.6596 | 0.0543 | 229.563 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 12 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 39.266 | 0.7205 | 0.0609 | 229.207 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 13 | 7 | Oliver Askew | 39.298 | 0.7528 | 0.0323 | 229.018 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 14 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 39.408 | 0.8625 | 0.1097 | 228.381 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 15 | 88 | Colton Herta | 39.412 | 0.8667 | 0.0042 | 228.356 | Honda | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport |
| 16 | 67 | JR Hildebrand | 39.426 | 0.8807 | 0.0140 | 228.275 | Chevy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 17 | 24 | Sage Karam | 39.441 | 0.8959 | 0.0152 | 228.187 | Chevy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 18 | 41 | Dalton Kellett | 39.516 | 0.9707 | 0.0748 | 227.755 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 19 | 59 | Max Chilton | 39.607 | 1.0615 | 0.0908 | 227.233 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 20 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | 39.636 | 1.0901 | 0.0286 | 227.069 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 21 | 81 | Ben Hanley | 32:39.226 | 32:00.680 | 31:59.590 | 4.594 | Chevy | DragonSpeed USA |