Graham Rahal. Photo by Joe Skibinski/Penske Entertainment
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IndyCar: Rahal tops opening practice for Gallagher GP

Lucille Dust

Graham Rahal turned a lap of 1m09.8421s to lead opening practice for the Gallagher GP IndyCar race on the IMS road course.

Rahal’s time in his #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda was 0.0846s faster than Felix Rosenqvist’s #6 Arrow McLaren Chevy.

Rahal’s teammate Christian Lundgaard was third quick, 0.2825s behind.

Last year’s race winner Alexander Rossi was 4th, 0.2912s in the #7 Arrow McLaren Chevy.

IndyCar points leader Alex Palou rounded out the top-5 in his #10 Ganassi Honda.

Gallagher GP Practice 1 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine Team
1 15 Graham Rahal 1:09.8421 0.000s 0.000s 19 23 125.718 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2 6 Felix Rosenqvist 1:09.9267 0.0846 0.0846 14 23 125.566 Chevy Arrow McLaren
3 45 Christian Lundgaard 1:10.1246 0.2825 0.1979 22 28 125.211 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
4 7 Alexander Rossi 1:10.1333 0.2912 0.0087 19 21 125.196 Chevy Arrow McLaren
5 10 Alex Palou 1:10.1965 0.3544 0.0632 21 21 125.083 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
6 3 Scott McLaughlin 1:10.2482 0.4061 0.0517 21 25 124.991 Chevy Team Penske
7 9 Scott Dixon 1:10.2698 0.4277 0.0216 20 22 124.953 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
8 5 Pato O’Ward 1:10.3220 0.4799 0.0522 13 14 124.860 Chevy Arrow McLaren
9 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:10.3254 0.4833 0.0034 13 16 124.854 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
10 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 1:10.3464 0.5043 0.0210 20 22 124.817 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
11 11 Marcus Armstrong 1:10.3486 0.5065 0.0022 26 26 124.813 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
12 30 Jack Harvey 1:10.3544 0.5123 0.0058 21 29 124.802 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
13 60 Linus Lundqvist 1:10.3874 0.5453 0.0330 28 32 124.744 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
14 27 Kyle Kirkwood 1:10.4025 0.5604 0.0151 17 20 124.717 Honda Andretti Autosport
15 06 Helio Castroneves 1:10.4060 0.5639 0.0035 21 23 124.711 Honda Meyer Shank Racing
16 18 David Malukas 1:10.4509 0.6088 0.0449 18 24 124.631 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
17 28 Romain Grosjean 1:10.4781 0.6360 0.0272 18 21 124.583 Honda Andretti Autosport
18 14 Santino Ferrucci 1:10.4845 0.6424 0.0064 22 26 124.572 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
19 77 Callum Ilott 1:10.4860 0.6439 0.0015 16 17 124.569 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
20 12 Will Power 1:10.5513 0.7092 0.0653 22 26 124.454 Chevy Team Penske
21 21 Rinus VeeKay 1:10.5900 0.7479 0.0387 21 24 124.386 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
22 26 Colton Herta 1:10.6389 0.7968 0.0489 5 22 124.300 Honda Andretti Autosport w/Curb Agajanian
23 20 Ryan Hunter Reay 1:10.6428 0.8007 0.0039 21 23 124.293 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
24 2 Josef Newgarden 1:10.8258 0.9837 0.1830 22 23 123.972 Chevy Team Penske
25 78 Agustin Canapino 1:10.9704 1.1283 0.1446 25 26 123.719 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
26 51 Sting Ray Robb 1:11.2311 1.3890 0.2607 25 31 123.266 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
27 55 Benjamin Pedersen 1:11.3813 1.5392 0.1502 32 32 123.007 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises