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IndyCar: Newgarden over Rossi in 2nd St. Pete GP practice

Posted by AR1 staff

Josef Newgarden, gunning for his third straight victory on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, turned the fastest lap in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Firestone GP of St. Petersburg in his #2 Penske Chevy.

Newgarden’s lap of 1m0.0622s beat the #27 Andretti Honda of Alexander Rossi by 0.1127s.

Alexander Rossi – 2nd quick.

Jack Harvey was 3rd quick in the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda0.157s back.

Colton Herta in the #26 Andretti Honda was 4th just a tad slower 0.1594s behind Newgarden while Marcus Ericsson rounded out the top-5 in the #8 Ganassi Honda.

Marcus Ericsson – 5th fastest

Slowest again, and completely out to lunch, was 7-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 2.2s off the pace in an otherwise tightly bunched field. NASCAR, which touts their drivers as the greatest in the world, had best stop saying that.

Practice 2 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Laps Speed Engine Team
1 2 Josef Newgarden 1m00.0622s 0.000 0.000 23 107.888 Chevy Team Penske
2 27 Alexander Rossi 1m00.1749s 0.1127 0.1127 23 107.686 Honda Andretti Autosport
3 60 Jack Harvey 1m00.2192s 0.1570 0.0443 21 107.607 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
4 26 Colton Herta 1m00.2216s 0.1594 0.0024 26 107.603 Honda Andretti Autosport
5 8 Marcus Ericsson 1m00.2219s 0.1597 0.0003 27 107.602 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
6 22 Simon Pagenaud 1m00.2735s 0.2113 0.0516 28 107.510 Chevy Team Penske
7 3 Scott McLaughlin 1m00.3003s 0.2381 0.0268 28 107.462 Chevy Team Penske
8 9 Scott Dixon 1m00.3262s 0.2640 0.0259 29 107.416 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
9 51 Romain Grosjean 1m00.4198s 0.3576 0.0936 24 107.250 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
10 5 Pato O’Ward 1m00.4797s 0.4175 0.0599 25 107.143 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
11 10 Alex Palou 1m00.5076s 0.4454 0.0279 29 107.094 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
12 7 Felix Rosenqvist 1m00.6291s 0.5669 0.1215 21 106.879 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
13 12 Will Power 1m00.6489s 0.5867 0.0198 24 106.844 Chevy Team Penske
14 20 Conor Daly 1m00.6998s 0.6376 0.0509 25 106.755 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
15 29 James Hinchcliffe 1m00.7019s 0.6397 0.0021 21 106.751 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
16 14 Sebastien Bourdais 1m00.7074s 0.6452 0.0055 27 106.742 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
17 21 Rinus VeeKay 1m00.7098s 0.6476 0.0024 27 106.737 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
18 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1m00.7160s 0.6538 0.0062 25 106.726 Honda Andretti Autosport
19 15 Graham Rahal 1m00.7304s 0.6682 0.0144 28 106.701 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20 30 Takuma Sato 1m00.8908s 0.8286 0.1604 30 106.420 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
21 4 Dalton Kellett 1m01.2766s 1.2144 0.3858 19 105.750 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
22 18 Ed Jones 1m01.6716s 1.6094 0.3950 24 105.073 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
23 59 Max Chilton 1m01.7157s 1.6535 0.0441 23 104.998 Chevy Carlin
24 48 Jimmie Johnson 1m02.3598s 2.2976 0.6441 26 103.913 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing