IndyCar: Ericsson tops PM times on Day 2 of Pre-Season Testing

New Andretti Global driver Marcus Ericsson was the only driver to break into the 51-second bracket and ended fastest in 2-days of IndyCar pre-season testing at Sebring.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Ericsson turned a lap of 51.9511s in his #28 Andretti Honda in the Tuesday afternoon final test session of pre-season testing at Sebring.

Will Power, who was also 2nd quick in this morning’s session, was 0.0565s behind the 2022 Indy 500 winner in his #12 Penske Chevy.

Pato O’Ward, who was fastest in the morning session, was 3rd quick in the afternoon in his #5 Arrow McLaren Chevy, 0.0592s behind.

Felix Rosenqvist was 4th in the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda while Graham Rahal rounded out the top-5 in his #30 RLL Honda.

Sebring Tuesday Afternoon Test Results

Pos	No	Name	Engine	Team	Time	Diff	Gap	Speed	FL	Laps
1	28	Marcus Ericsson	Honda	Andretti Global	51.9511	0.000s	0.000s	115.724	53	54
2	12	Will Power	Chevy	Team Penske	52.0076	0.0565	0.0565	115.598	51	59
3	5	Pato O’Ward	Chevy	Chip Ganassi Racing	52.0104	0.0592	0.0028	115.592	46	66
4	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing	52.0305	0.0794	0.0201	115.548	40	59
5	15	Graham Rahal	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	52.0598	0.1087	0.0293	115.483	60	65
6	4	Kyffin Simpson	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing	52.1677	0.2166	0.1079	115.244	47	55
7	8	Linus Lundqvist	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing	52.1906	0.2395	0.0229	115.193	47	51
8	14	Santino Ferrucci	Chevy	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	52.2043	0.1967	0.1371	115.163	27	49
9	77	Romain Grosjean	Chevy	Juncos Hollinger Racing	52.2717	10 LAPS	0.0674	115.014	38	44
10	11	Marcus Armstrong	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing	52.2763	0.3252	0.0046	115.004	59	62
11	20	Christian Rasmussen	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing	52.4067	7 LAPS	0.1304	114.718	28	47
12	51	Colin Braun	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing	52.9169	0.9658	0.5102	113.612	50	61

Combined Times – 4 Sessions

Rank	Car	Driver Name	Engine	Session	Time	Speed	Total Laps
1	28	Ericsson, Marcus	Honda	Test Session 4	00:51.9512	115.724	83
2	12	Power, Will	Chevy	Test Session 4	00:52.0076	115.598	84
3	5	O’Ward, Pato	Chevy	Test Session 4	00:52.0104	115.592	98
4	60	Rosenqvist, Felix	Honda	Test Session 4	00:52.0305	115.548	84
5	15	Rahal, Graham	Honda	Test Session 4	00:52.0598	115.483	99
6	10	Palou, Alex	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.0883	115.419	70
7	45	Lundgaard, Christian	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.1065	115.379	53
8	2	Newgarden, Josef	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.1298	115.328	75
9	4	Simpson, Kyffin (R)	Honda	Test Session 4	00:52.1677	115.244	94
10	8	Lundqvist, Linus (R)	Honda	Test Session 4	00:52.1907	115.193	90
11	26	Herta, Colton	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.1909	115.192	69
12	14	Ferrucci, Santino	Chevy	Test Session 4	00:52.2043	115.163	89
13	7	Rossi, Alexander	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.2521	115.058	89
14	6	O’Ward, Pato	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.2541	115.053	66
15	9	Dixon, Scott	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.2670	115.025	76
16	77	Grosjean, Romain	Chevy	Test Session 4	00:52.2716	115.015	77
17	11	Armstrong, Marcus	Honda	Test Session 4	00:52.2764	115.004	87
18	27	Kirkwood, Kyle	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.3341	114.877	85
19	20	Rasmussen, Christian (R)	Chevy	Test Session 4	00:52.4067	114.718	85
20	3	McLaughlin, Scott	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.5433	114.420	48
21	21	VeeKay, Rinus	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.5562	114.392	76
22	30	Fittipaldi, Pietro	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.5891	114.320	65
23	66	Blomqvist, Tom (R)	Honda	Test Session 2	00:52.7432	113.986	73
24	78	Canapino, Agustin	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.7634	113.943	61
25	41	Robb, Sting Ray	Chevy	Test Session 2	00:52.8353	113.788	78
26	51	Braun, Colin (R)	Honda	Test Session 4	00:52.9169	113.612	98
27	18	Harvey, Jack	Honda	Test Session 2	00:53.0766	113.270	63
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