IndyCar: Herta tops Practice 2 for Honda Indy GP of Toronto

Ahead of qualifying in less than 3 hours, Andretti Honda ace Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in the 2nd practice session for the Honda Indy GP of Toronto.

Herta’s time of 1m00.0471s on used hard black tires sets up qualifying times below the 1-minute mark.

Herta, hot off his F1 test this past week for McLaren, was just 0.1611s ahead of Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson.

Marcus Ericsson – Honda Indy Toronto – By_ Chris Jones

Will Power was 3rd for Penske Chevy ahead of his teammate Scott McLaughlin in 4th.

Rahal Honda driver Christian Lundgaard rounded out the top-5

Palou’s Team Repairing his car before Qualifying Photo by Lucille Dust for Autoracing1.com

The session had several issues that parked drivers. Alex Palou made contact with inside and outside barrier in Turn 2 eight minutes into the session. The damage had him sit out the rest of practice while his Chip Ganassi Racing team work on repairing his number 10 NTT DATA car.

Newgarden discussing his engine issues with Chevy representative Photo by Lucille Dust

Shortly after Palou’s yellow flag, Josef Newgarden ended his final practice session when his no 3 Hitachi Chevrolet reported an oil pressure issue on his car.

Sato’s Damaged car Photo by Lucille Dust for Autoracing1.com

The session ended early when Takuma Sato clouted the turn 6 wall. The Dale Coyne driver made contact with the barrier at the exit of Turn 6.

Practice 2 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	26	Colton Herta	1:00.0471	0.000s	0.000s	27	107.076	Honda	Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
2	8	Marcus Ericsson	1:00.2082	0.1611	0.1611	21	106.789	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
3	12	Will Power	1:00.3322	0.2851	0.1240	26	106.570	Chevy	Team Penske
4	3	Scott McLaughlin	1:00.3389	0.2918	0.0067	26	106.558	Chevy	Team Penske
5	30	Christian Lundgaard	1:00.3954	0.3483	0.0565	27	106.458	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
6	9	Scott Dixon	1:00.4547	0.4076	0.0593	19	106.354	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
7	15	Graham Rahal	1:00.5009	0.4538	0.0462	28	106.273	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	18	David Malukas	1:00.6834	0.6363	0.1825	19	105.953	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
9	7	Felix Rosenqvist	1:00.6854	0.6383	0.0020	29	105.950	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
10	27	Alexander Rossi	1:00.6924	0.6453	0.0070	21	105.937	Honda	Andretti Autosport
11	60	Simon Pagenaud	1:00.7251	0.6780	0.0327	28	105.880	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
12	5	Pato O’Ward	1:00.7574	0.7103	0.0323	25	105.824	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
13	21	Rinus VeeKay	1:00.7847	0.7376	0.0273	29	105.777	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
14	51	Takuma Sato	1:00.8726	0.8255	0.0879	20	105.624	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
15	20	Conor Daly	1:00.8927	0.8456	0.0201	21	105.589	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	45	Jack Harvey	1:00.9055	0.8584	0.0128	28	105.567	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
17	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	1:00.9374	0.8903	0.0319	26	105.512	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
18	77	Callum Ilott	1:00.9380	0.8909	0.0006	26	105.511	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing
19	28	Romain Grosjean	1:00.9964	0.9493	0.0584	12	105.409	Honda	Andretti Autosport
20	06	Helio Castroneves	1:01.1110	1.0639	0.1146	27	105.212	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
21	14	Kyle Kirkwood	1:01.2315	1.1844	0.1205	27	105.005	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
22	48	Jimmie Johnson	1:01.8323	1.7852	0.6008	28	103.984	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
23	10	Alex Palou	1:01.9120	1.8649	0.0797	7	103.851	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
24	4	Dalton Kellett	1:02.1370	2.0899	0.2250	29	103.475	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
25	2	Josef Newgarden	1:21.9432	21.8961	19.8062	1	78.464	Chevy	Team Penske