IndyCar GP: Herta leads Honda assault on timesheets
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| Colton Herta |
The Honda teams tested on the Indy road course recently and it appears to have paid off as Honda powered cars took 8 of the top-10 fastest times, and 11 of the top-13 in the last practice before qualifying for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis.
Rookie Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in his Harding Steinbrenner Honda at 1m08.039s to top fellow rookie Felix Rosenqvist by 0.2078s
Spencer Pigot was the fastest Chevy in third while Sebastien Bourdais and Scott Dixon rounded out the top-5.
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Practice 2 Results
| Pos | No | Name | FTime | Diff | Gap | Laps | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 88 | Colton Herta | 1:08.039 | –.—- | –.—- | 16 | Honda | Harding Steinbrenner Racing |
| 2 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:08.247 | 0.2078 | 0.2078 | 23 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
| 3 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 1:08.266 | 0.2270 | 0.0192 | 21 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 4 | 18 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:08.297 | 0.2578 | 0.0308 | 19 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan |
| 5 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:08.297 | 0.2578 | 0.0000 | 21 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
| 6 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 1:08.469 | 0.4297 | 0.1719 | 20 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 7 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:08.508 | 0.4684 | 0.0387 | 18 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 8 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 1:08.512 | 0.4725 | 0.0041 | 21 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM |
| 9 | 7 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:08.522 | 0.4832 | 0.0107 | 20 | Honda | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsport |
| 10 | 20 | Ed Jones | 1:08.535 | 0.4957 | 0.0125 | 14 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 11 | 19 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:08.541 | 0.5013 | 0.0056 | 20 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 12 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1:08.591 | 0.5512 | 0.0499 | 17 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 13 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:08.610 | 0.5703 | 0.0191 | 19 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 14 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:08.623 | 0.5833 | 0.0130 | 20 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 15 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:08.661 | 0.6217 | 0.0384 | 15 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 16 | 12 | Will Power | 1:08.680 | 0.6406 | 0.0189 | 19 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 17 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:08.765 | 0.7261 | 0.0855 | 15 | Honda | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| 18 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 1:08.785 | 0.7462 | 0.0201 | 17 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 19 | 59 | Max Chilton | 1:08.787 | 0.7475 | 0.0013 | 17 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 20 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 1:08.790 | 0.7509 | 0.0034 | 16 | Honda | Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Curb-Agaj |
| 21 | 26 | Zach Veach | 1:08.847 | 0.8079 | 0.0570 | 20 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 22 | 4 | Matheus Leist | 1:08.863 | 0.8235 | 0.0156 | 17 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 1:09.615 | 1.5754 | 0.7519 | 17 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 24 | 31 | Patricio O'Ward | 1:09.634 | 1.5951 | 0.0197 | 13 | Chevy | Carlin |