IndyCar: O’Ward tops Newgarden in final Honda Indy 200 practice at M-O

Arrow McLaren Chevy driver Pato O’Ward nipped Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden for fast time in final practice for the Honda Indy 200 Saturday morning at Mid-Ohio.

O’Ward’s lap of 1m06.0911 was just 0.0082s faster than Newgarden.

Andretti Autosport’s fastest driver, Colton Herta was 3rd quick 0.0928 sec back.

Graham Rahal and Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top-5 that saw two Chevy powered cars fastest followed by three Hondas.

Practice 2 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Laps Speed Engine Team
1 5 Pato O’Ward 1:06.0911 0.000 0.000 22 122.994 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
2 2 Josef Newgarden 1:06.0993 0.0082 0.0082 19 122.979 Chevy Team Penske
3 26 Colton Herta 1:06.1839 0.0928 0.0846 20 122.821 Honda Andretti Autosport
4 15 Graham Rahal 1:06.3348 0.2437 0.1509 22 122.542 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
5 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:06.3657 0.2746 0.0309 24 122.485 Honda Andretti Autosport
6 12 Will Power 1:06.3943 0.3032 0.0286 23 122.432 Chevy Team Penske
7 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:06.4364 0.3453 0.0421 26 122.355 Chevy Team Penske
8 60 Jack Harvey 1:06.4955 0.4044 0.0591 19 122.246 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
9 9 Scott Dixon 1:06.5955 0.5044 0.1000 24 122.062 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
10 7 Felix Rosenqvist 1:06.6815 0.5904 0.0860 19 121.905 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
11 51 Romain Grosjean 1:06.7033 0.6122 0.0218 18 121.865 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
12 10 Alex Palou 1:06.7670 0.6759 0.0637 23 121.749 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
13 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:06.7913 0.7002 0.0243 23 121.704 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
14 27 Alexander Rossi 1:06.8269 0.7358 0.0356 19 121.640 Honda Andretti Autosport
15 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:06.8550 0.7639 0.0281 26 121.589 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
16 14 Sebastien Bourdais 1:06.8695 0.7784 0.0145 23 121.562 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
17 29 James Hinchcliffe 1:06.9590 0.8679 0.0895 21 121.400 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
18 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:06.9627 0.8716 0.0037 25 121.393 Chevy Team Penske
19 18 Ed Jones 1:07.0458 0.9547 0.0831 16 121.242 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
20 59 Max Chilton 1:07.0696 0.9785 0.0238 22 121.199 Chevy Carlin
21 45 Santino Ferrucci 1:07.0829 0.9918 0.0133 21 121.175 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
22 30 Takuma Sato 1:07.3450 1.2539 0.2621 26 120.704 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
23 20 Conor Daly 1:07.3867 1.2956 0.0417 21 120.629 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
24 4 Dalton Kellett 1:07.4684 1.3773 0.0817 25 120.483 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
25 52 Ryan Norman 1:07.4920 1.4009 0.0236 21 120.441 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
26 48 Jimmie Johnson 1:08.2852 2.1941 0.7932 26 119.042 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing