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IndyCar: Pagenaud tops Detroit GP morning warm-up

Lucille Dust

Meyer Shank Racing’s Simon Pagenaud topped the morning warm-up times for the Detroit GP with a lap of 94.962mph.

Callum Ilott was second at 1:02.4818, followed by Marcus Armstrong at 1:02.5860.

Pole sitter Palou ended up seventh at 1:02.9679.

The track was dusty and no one was pushing it to the limit.

Alex Palou, driving the No. 10 Ridgeline Lubricants Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing, will start on pole.

Ericsson and Palou during morning warm-up. Note the dust on the track despite having two days of rubbering in

Track enhancements rolled onward into Sunday morning, which saw four adjustments based on continued feedback between race officials and drivers:

  • The pit boxes on pit lane have been repainted blue to aid visibility.
  • One tire pack has been removed at the exit of Turn 5.
  • The barriers at Turns 6-7 have been reprofiled to smooth the radius.
  • A procedure has also been added that will feature a mirror green flag displayed from the finish line stand for all starts and restarts.

Morning Warm-up times

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Speed Engine Team
1 60 Simon Pagenaud 1:02.3615 0.000s 0.000s 94.962 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
2 77 Callum Ilott 1:02.4818 0.1203 0.1203 94.780 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
3 11 Marcus Armstrong 1:02.5860 0.2245 0.1042 94.622 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
4 9 Scott Dixon 1:02.7192 0.3577 0.1332 94.421 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
5 2 Josef Newgarden 1:02.8212 0.4597 0.1020 94.268 Chevy Team Penske
6 5 Pato O’Ward 1:02.9137 0.5522 0.0925 94.129 Chevy Arrow McLaren
7 10 Alex Palou 1:02.9679 0.6064 0.0542 94.048 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
8 18 David Malukas 1:03.0550 0.6935 0.0871 93.918 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
9 26 Colton Herta 1:03.0575 0.6960 0.0025 93.914 Honda Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
10 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:03.1227 0.7612 0.0652 93.817 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
11 6 Felix Rosenqvist 1:03.1595 0.7980 0.0368 93.763 Chevy Arrow McLaren
12 7 Alexander Rossi 1:03.3479 0.9864 0.1884 93.484 Chevy Arrow McLaren
13 27 Kyle Kirkwood 1:03.3590 0.9975 0.0111 93.467 Honda Andretti Autosport
14 14 Santino Ferrucci 1:03.4511 1.0896 0.0921 93.332 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
15 12 Will Power 1:03.7376 1.3761 0.2865 92.912 Chevy Team Penske
16 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:03.8536 1.4921 0.1160 92.743 Chevy Team Penske
17 51 Sting Ray Robb 1:03.8867 1.5252 0.0331 92.695 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
18 15 Graham Rahal 1:03.9058 1.5443 0.0191 92.668 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
19 28 Romain Grosjean 1:03.9083 1.5468 0.0025 92.664 Honda Andretti Autosport
20 30 Jack Harvey 1:03.9513 1.5898 0.0430 92.602 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
21 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:04.0319 1.6704 0.0806 92.485 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
22 78 Agustin Canapino 1:04.2090 1.8475 0.1771 92.230 Chevy Juncos Holling Racing
23 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 1:04.2934 1.9319 0.0844 92.109 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
24 55 Benjamin Pedersen 1:04.4725 2.1110 0.1791 91.853 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
25 06 Helio Castroneves 1:04.6866 2.3251 0.2141 91.549 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
26 45 Christian Lundgaard 1:04.7342 2.3727 0.0476 91.482 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27 20 Conor Daly 1:04.7818 2.4203 0.0476 91.415 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing