Herta leads opening Portland practice

Colton Herta
Colton Herta

With a lap speed of 123.115, Colton Herta led a Honda 1-2-3 sweep in opening practice for the
Grand Prix of Portland. Alexander Rossi was second, twelve-hundredths adrift of Herta with Scott Dixon third.

Series championship leader Josef Newgarden was the top Chevy in fourth, while Marco Andretti rounded out the top-five.

RESULTS

P No Name FTime Diff Gap Laps FSpeed Engine Points Team
1 88 Colton Herta 57.429 –.—- –.—- 18 123.115 Honda 282 Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2 27 Alexander Rossi 57.554 0.1245 0.1245 14 122.849 Honda 517 Andretti Autosport
3 9 Scott Dixon 57.792 0.3629 0.2384 18 122.342 Honda 493 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
4 2 Josef Newgarden 57.850 0.4211 0.0582 16 122.219 Chevy 563 Team Penske
5 98 Marco Andretti 57.901 0.4713 0.0502 16 122.113 Honda 254 Andretti Herta with Marco & Curb-Agajanian
6 5 James Hinchcliffe 57.948 0.5186 0.0473 17 122.013 Honda 316 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
7 26 Zach Veach 57.962 0.5326 0.0140 18 121.984 Honda 239 Andretti Autosport
8 10 Felix Rosenqvist 58.026 0.5969 0.0643 26 121.848 Honda 324 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
9 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 58.162 0.7325 0.1356 17 121.564 Honda 368 Andretti Autosport
10 30 Takuma Sato 58.191 0.7613 0.0288 19 121.504 Honda 382 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
11 12 Will Power 58.234 0.8050 0.0437 20 121.413 Chevy 416 Team Penske
12 22 Simon Pagenaud 58.329 0.9001 0.0951 18 121.215 Chevy 525 Team Penske
13 4 Matheus Leist 58.338 0.9088 0.0087 23 121.197 Chevy 211 AJ Foyt Enterprises
14 59 Max Chilton 58.344 0.9143 0.0055 17 121.186 Chevy 131 Carlin
15 18 Sebastien Bourdais 58.426 0.9963 0.0820 17 121.015 Honda 312 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan
16 15 Graham Rahal 58.462 1.0323 0.0360 18 120.941 Honda 346 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
17 60 Jack Harvey 58.492 1.0629 0.0306 19 120.878 Honda 153 Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM
18 20 Ed Jones 58.501 1.0712 0.0083 9 120.861 Chevy 187 Ed Carpenter Racing
19 19 Santino Ferrucci 58.623 1.1939 0.1227 18 120.608 Honda 326 Dale Coyne Racing
20 14 Tony Kanaan 58.659 1.2299 0.0360 13 120.534 Chevy 258 AJ Foyt Enterprises
21 21 Spencer Pigot 58.838 1.4087 0.1788 15 120.167 Chevy 287 Ed Carpenter Racing
22 23 Charlie Kimball 58.989 1.5602 0.1515 21 119.859 Chevy 67 Carlin
23 7 Conor Daly 59.183 1.7535 0.1933 21 119.467 Honda 124 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports