Herta tops IndyCar Laguna Seca practice 1

Colton Herta
Colton Herta

Colton Herta was again quickest in official opening practice 1 for the Firestone IndyCar Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in his Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda with a time of 1m10.734s

Meanwhile championship contender Alexander Rossi and his #27 Andretti Honda team were choking as Rossi finished dead last. The way the weekend is going so far, Rossi can kiss his championship hopes goodbye.

Rookies ran 1-2-3 with Felix Rosenqvist and Santino Ferrucci 2nd and 3rd.

Will Power and Zach Veach rounded out the top-5.

Friday Practice 1 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Speed Engine Team
1 88 Colton Herta 1:10.734 –.—- –.—- 113.904 Honda Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2 10 Felix Rosenqvist 1:10.805 0.0719 0.0719 113.788 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
3 19 Santino Ferrucci 1:10.884 0.1502 0.0783 113.662 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
4 12 Will Power 1:11.002 0.2689 0.1187 113.472 Chevy Team Penske
5 26 Zach Veach 1:11.082 0.3481 0.0792 113.346 Honda Andretti Autosport
6 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:11.152 0.4184 0.0703 113.234 Chevy Team Penske
7 18 Sebastien Bourdais 1:11.158 0.4246 0.0062 113.224 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan
8 21 Spencer Pigot 1:11.238 0.5047 0.0801 113.097 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
9 2 Josef Newgarden 1:11.246 0.5125 0.0078 113.084 Chevy Team Penske
10 4 Matheus Leist 1:11.270 0.5367 0.0242 113.046 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
11 98 Marco Andretti 1:11.283 0.5492 0.0125 113.026 Honda Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agaj
12 7 Marcus Ericsson 1:11.302 0.5680 0.0188 112.996 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
13 59 Max Chilton 1:11.411 0.6775 0.1095 112.823 Chevy Carlin
14 9 Scott Dixon 1:11.445 0.7116 0.0341 112.769 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
15 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:11.453 0.7197 0.0081 112.756 Honda Andretti Autosport
16 23 Charlie Kimball 1:11.547 0.8137 0.0940 112.608 Chevy Carlin
17 14 Tony Kanaan 1:11.624 0.8902 0.0765 112.488 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
18 30 Takuma Sato 1:11.677 0.9438 0.0536 112.404 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
19 60 Jack Harvey 1:11.745 1.0114 0.0676 112.298 Honda Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM
20 25 Conor Daly 1:11.932 1.1985 0.1871 112.006 Honda Andretti Autosport
21 15 Graham Rahal 1:12.004 1.2708 0.0723 111.893 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
22 5 James Hinchcliffe 1:12.013 1.2790 0.0082 111.881 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
23 20 Ed Jones 1:12.160 1.4266 0.1476 111.652 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
24 27 Alexander Rossi 1:12.993 2.2597 0.8331 110.377 Honda Andretti Autosport