Rosenqvist tops IndyCar Practice 3 over Penske Powerhouse

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