IndyCar: Rookie Ilott tops final practice at Barber

Rookie Callum Ilott, driving for the minnow team Juncos Hollinger Racing, turned the fastest lap in final practice for the Honda GP of Alabama.

While this session was primarily used for teams to work on race setups, we do not know if Ilott was on a light fuel load or a full fuel load, but he did set his fast time on the softer red Firestones.

Ilott’s lap of 1m07.0906s was 0.1s faster than defending race winner Alex Palou’s #10 Ganassi Honda.

Palou’s Ganassi teammates Marcus Ericsson and Scott Dixon were 3rd and 4th, while a resurgent Alexander Rossi rounded out the top-5.

Practice 3 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Speed Engine Team
1 77 Callum Ilott 1:07.0906 0.000s 0.000s 123.415 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
2 10 Alex Palou 1:07.1916 0.1010 0.1010 123.230 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
3 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:07.2745 0.1839 0.0829 123.078 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
4 9 Scott Dixon 1:07.3412 0.2506 0.0667 122.956 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
5 27 Alexander Rossi 1:07.3529 0.2623 0.0117 122.935 Honda Andretti Autosport
6 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:07.4618 0.3712 0.1089 122.736 Chevy Team Penske
7 51 Takuma Sato 1:07.5935 0.5029 0.1317 122.497 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
8 30 Christian Lundgaard 1:07.7778 0.6872 0.1843 122.164 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
9 18 David Malukas 1:07.7849 0.6943 0.0071 122.151 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
10 26 Colton Herta 1:07.8972 0.8066 0.1123 121.949 Honda Andretti Autosport
11 2 Josef Newgarden 1:07.9304 0.8398 0.0332 121.889 Chevy Team Penske
12 20 Conor Daly 1:07.9815 0.8909 0.0511 121.798 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
13 5 Pato O’Ward 1:08.0377 0.9471 0.0562 121.697 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
14 06 Helio Castroneves 1:08.1015 1.0109 0.0638 121.583 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
15 45 Jack Harvey 1:08.2485 1.1579 0.1470 121.321 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
16 12 Will Power 1:08.3181 1.2275 0.0696 121.198 Chevy Team Penske
17 28 Romain Grosjean 1:08.3416 1.2510 0.0235 121.156 Honda Andretti Autosport
18 60 Simon Pagenaud 1:08.4035 1.3129 0.0619 121.046 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
19 14 Kyle Kirkwood 1:08.4439 1.3533 0.0404 120.975 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
20 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:08.4941 1.4035 0.0502 120.886 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
21 15 Graham Rahal 1:08.5036 1.4130 0.0095 120.870 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
22 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 1:08.9696 1.8790 0.4660 120.053 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
23 7 Felix Rosenqvist 1:09.2245 2.1339 0.2549 119.611 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
24 48 Jimmie Johnson 1:09.3675 2.2769 0.1430 119.364 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
25 4 Dalton Kellett 1:09.4407 2.3501 0.0732 119.238 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
26 11 Tatiana Calderon 1:20.0404 12.9498 10.5997 103.448 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises