IndyCar: Rossi tops Practice 2 in Detroit
Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, a new contract in hand with Arrow McLaren next year, turned the fastest lap of 1m15.8101s in his #27 Honda in a red-flagged interrupted practice 2 for the Detroit GP.
Simon Pagenaud was 0.07s behind in his Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Josef Newgarden was the fastest Chevy in third, 0.1s back
Helio Castroneves and rookie David Malukas rounded out the top-5.
The red flag flew 5 times as driver after driver ran out of talent and either crashed or spun.
Practice 2 Results
Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | Laps | Speed | Engine | Team |
1 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1:15.8101 | 0.000s | 0.000s | 17 | 111.595 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
2 | 60 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:15.8803 | 0.0702 | 0.0702 | 16 | 111.491 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:15.9118 | 0.1017 | 0.0315 | 20 | 111.445 | Chevy | Team Penske |
4 | 06 | Helio Castroneves | 1:16.0412 | 0.2311 | 0.1294 | 19 | 111.255 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
5 | 18 | David Malukas | 1:16.1180 | 0.3079 | 0.0768 | 17 | 111.143 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
6 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:16.2550 | 0.4449 | 0.1370 | 23 | 110.944 | Chevy | Team Penske |
7 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:16.2628 | 0.4527 | 0.0078 | 15 | 110.932 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
8 | 29 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 1:16.3353 | 0.5252 | 0.0725 | 17 | 110.827 | Honda | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
9 | 10 | Alex Palou | 1:16.3849 | 0.5748 | 0.0496 | 23 | 110.755 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
10 | 28 | Romain Grosjean | 1:16.3981 | 0.5880 | 0.0132 | 16 | 110.736 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
11 | 51 | Takuma Sato | 1:16.4348 | 0.6247 | 0.0367 | 19 | 110.683 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR |
12 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 1:16.9952 | 1.1851 | 0.5604 | 16 | 109.877 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
13 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:17.1030 | 1.2929 | 0.1078 | 17 | 109.723 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
14 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:17.1301 | 1.3200 | 0.0271 | 19 | 109.685 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
15 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 1:17.3610 | 1.5509 | 0.2309 | 14 | 109.357 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
16 | 77 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:17.3722 | 1.5621 | 0.0112 | 17 | 109.342 | Chevy | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
17 | 26 | Colton Herta | 1:17.4381 | 1.6280 | 0.0659 | 16 | 109.249 | Honda | Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian |
18 | 30 | Christian Lundgaard | 1:17.7231 | 1.9130 | 0.2850 | 16 | 108.848 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
19 | 12 | Will Power | 1:18.0033 | 2.1932 | 0.2802 | 18 | 108.457 | Chevy | Team Penske |
20 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:18.3290 | 2.5189 | 0.3257 | 14 | 108.006 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
21 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 1:19.1975 | 3.3874 | 0.8685 | 15 | 106.822 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
22 | 20 | Conor Daly | 1:19.2023 | 3.3922 | 0.0048 | 19 | 106.815 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
23 | 45 | Jack Harvey | 1:19.2203 | 3.4102 | 0.0180 | 21 | 106.791 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
24 | 4 | Dalton Kellett | 1:19.4241 | 3.6140 | 0.2038 | 11 | 106.517 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
25 | 11 | Tatiana Calderon | 1:19.5003 | 3.6902 | 0.0762 | 18 | 106.415 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
26 | 14 | Kyle Kirkwood | No Time | — | — | — | — | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |