Rosenqvist tops IndyCar Practice 3 over Penske Powerhouse

Felix Rosenqvist
Felix Rosenqvist

If final practice is any indication, Team Penske appears poised to freeze Alexander Rossi out of any chance to win the IndyCar title. While Felix Rosenqvist turned the fastest lap in this session, the sandbagging Penske IndyCar team ran 2-3-4 in their Chevys led by points leader Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud. Their goal is to start 1-2-3 and let Rossi suck their fumes all race on Sunday. Without a win, and with Newgarden out front, Rossi will be left wondering how many titles and Indy 500s he might have won had he signed with Team Penske.

Rossi could only manage 10th quick in this session, so unless the Andretti boys are sandbagging, their cars are just too slow.

We will know in three short hours.

Practice 3 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Speed Engine Team
1 10 Felix Rosenqvist 1:10.406 –.—- –.—- 114.433 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
2 2 Josef Newgarden 1:10.589 0.1823 0.1823 114.137 Chevy Team Penske
3 12 Will Power 1:10.593 0.1865 0.0042 114.130 Chevy Team Penske
4 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:10.612 0.2057 0.0192 114.099 Chevy Team Penske
5 30 Takuma Sato 1:10.711 0.3044 0.0987 113.940 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
6 59 Max Chilton 1:10.713 0.3064 0.0020 113.937 Chevy Carlin
7 88 Colton Herta 1:10.782 0.3759 0.0695 113.825 Honda Harding Steinbrenner Racing
8 9 Scott Dixon 1:10.820 0.4138 0.0379 113.764 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
9 15 Graham Rahal 1:10.863 0.4566 0.0428 113.695 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10 27 Alexander Rossi 1:10.874 0.4673 0.0107 113.678 Honda Andretti Autosport
11 98 Marco Andretti 1:10.930 0.5236 0.0563 113.588 Honda Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agaj
12 25 Conor Daly 1:10.941 0.5340 0.0104 113.571 Honda Andretti Autosport
13 23 Charlie Kimball 1:11.007 0.6002 0.0662 113.465 Chevy Carlin
14 18 Sebastien Bourdais 1:11.009 0.6026 0.0024 113.462 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan
15 19 Santino Ferrucci 1:11.082 0.6751 0.0725 113.346 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
16 26 Zach Veach 1:11.109 0.7026 0.0275 113.302 Honda Andretti Autosport
17 7 Marcus Ericsson 1:11.161 0.7541 0.0515 113.220 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
18 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:11.243 0.8361 0.0820 113.090 Honda Andretti Autosport
19 60 Jack Harvey 1:11.421 1.0143 0.1782 112.807 Honda Meyer Shank Racing w/Arrow SPM
20 4 Matheus Leist 1:11.439 1.0325 0.0182 112.779 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
21 5 James Hinchcliffe 1:11.486 1.0799 0.0474 112.704 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
22 21 Spencer Pigot 1:11.543 1.1361 0.0562 112.615 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
23 20 Ed Jones 1:11.768 1.3619 0.2258 112.261 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
24 14 Tony Kanaan 1:11.786 1.3791 0.0172 112.234 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises