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IndyCar: Herta tops Sunday morning warm-up in St. Petersburg

Posted by AR1 staff

Andretti Autosport’s ace Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in race trim in Sunday morning warm-up for today’s St. Petersburg GP.

After qualifying, the Penske team made a wholesale swap of the engine electronics in the #2 car because Josef Newgarden felt he was lacking in top-end speed compared to his teammates.

It appears to have worked, as Newgarden turned the 2nd fastest lap in race trim in Sunday morning warm-up for today’s St. Petersburg GP.

Newgarden’s lap of 1m0.5971s was 0.2688s slower than defending race winner Colton Herta. The Penske team has dominated the weekend so far, and there is no doubt Newgarden can win from his 9th starting spot.

Josef Newgarden. Photo by Penske Entertainment: James Black

The first red-flag of the session was thrown when Jimmie Johnson locked up again, this time in turn 10. Johnson has spun so many times this weekend, it brings into question whether it’s time to focus on IMSA.

Helio Castroneves also had a minor spin.

The biggest crowd in the history of this event is expected for today’s 12:30pm start on NBC TV.

Sunday Morning Warm-Up Times

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Speed Engine Team
1 26 Colton Herta 1:00.3283 0.000s 0.000s 107.412 Honda Andretti Autosport
2 2 Josef Newgarden 1:00.5971 0.2688 0.2688 106.936 Chevy Team Penske
3 10 Alex Palou 1:00.8311 0.5028 0.2340 106.524 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
4 77 Callum Ilott 1:01.0936 0.7653 0.2625 106.067 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
5 9 Scott Dixon 1:01.1879 0.8596 0.0943 105.903 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
6 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:01.1952 0.8669 0.0073 105.891 Chevy Team Penske
7 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:01.2066 0.8783 0.0114 105.871 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
8 7 Felix Rosenqvist 1:01.2834 0.9551 0.0768 105.738 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
9 14 Kyle Kirkwood 1:01.3347 1.0064 0.0513 105.650 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
10 51 Takuma Sato 1:01.3595 1.0312 0.0248 105.607 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
11 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:01.4795 1.1512 0.1200 105.401 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
12 15 Graham Rahal 1:01.5225 1.1942 0.0430 105.327 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
13 12 Will Power 1:01.5479 1.2196 0.0254 105.284 Chevy Team Penske
14 45 Jack Harvey 1:01.5726 1.2443 0.0247 105.242 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
15 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 1:01.6617 1.3334 0.0891 105.090 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
16 18 David Malukas 1:01.7250 1.3967 0.0633 104.982 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
17 20 Conor Daly 1:01.8050 1.4767 0.0800 104.846 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
18 60 Simon Pagenaud 1:01.9641 1.6358 0.1591 104.577 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
19 5 Pato O’Ward 1:01.9711 1.6428 0.0070 104.565 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
20 4 Dalton Kellett 1:01.9754 1.6471 0.0043 104.558 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
21 28 Romain Grosjean 1:01.9887 1.6604 0.0133 104.535 Honda Andretti Autosport
22 27 Alexander Rossi 1:02.2341 1.9058 0.2454 104.123 Honda Andretti Autosport
23 30 Christian Lundgaard 1:02.2451 1.9168 0.0110 104.105 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
24 48 Jimmie Johnson 1:02.5318 2.2035 0.2867 103.627 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
25 11 Tatiana Calderon 1:03.3198 2.9915 0.7880 102.338 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
26 06 Helio Castroneves 1:03.4649 3.1366 0.1451 102.104 Honda Meyer Shank Racing