Laguna Seca IndyCar: Newgarden leads Herta, Palou in practice
The first practice session of the weekend saw Team Penske-Chevrolet’s title hopeful Josef Newgarden lead 2019 Laguna Seca winner Colton Herta who went off at the end of the session.
Helio Castroneves of Meyer Shank Racing-Honda was another to venture off course, skidding into the gravel at the 180-deg Turn 2, bringing out red flag with 18mins to go. But in both his and Herta’s case, car damage appeared minimal.
Newgarden lapped the 2.238-mile course in 1min11.7125sec to shade Herta’s Andretti Autosport-Honda by a mere 0.0802sec on his fourth of 11 laps turned.
Championship leader Alex Palou was third fastest, comfortably clear of his Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda teammates Marcus Ericsson and Scott Dixon.
Ed Jones was one of the stars of the session, lapping his Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan-Honda fourth fastest, ahead of Alexander Rossi in a second Andretti car.
Another star was Oliver Askew who landed sixth fastest for Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda, as he strives to stake a claim to the #45 car for 2022.
Jimmie Johnson was only 1.5sec off the pace at a track on which he’s tested twice before, ahead of Max Chilton (Carlin-Chevrolet), Dalton Kellett of AJ Foyt Racing, and Juncos-Hollinger’s Callum Ilott, who will be making his second IndyCar start this weekend.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Points |
Team |
1 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
1:11.7125 |
1:11.7125 |
0.000 |
4 |
11 |
1:13.2198 |
10 |
1 |
112.349 |
44:55.6708 |
Chevy |
P |
443 |
Team Penske |
|
2 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
1:11.7927 |
0.0802 |
0.0802 |
4 |
10 |
1:17.5541 |
9 |
17 |
112.223 |
43:25.6240 |
Honda |
P |
348 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
3 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
1:11.9750 |
0.2625 |
0.1823 |
4 |
14 |
3:31.4358 |
14 |
9 |
111.939 |
44:45.8049 |
Honda |
P |
477 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
4 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
1:12.0166 |
0.3041 |
0.0416 |
7 |
16 |
1:22.7425 |
12 |
13 |
111.874 |
46:07.4210 |
Honda |
P |
195 |
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
|
5 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:12.0625 |
0.3500 |
0.0459 |
4 |
12 |
1:15.5283 |
9 |
18 |
111.803 |
45:20.4977 |
Honda |
P |
299 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
6 |
45 |
Oliver Askew |
1:12.1516 |
0.4391 |
0.0891 |
14 |
18 |
1:21.8008 |
15 |
22 |
111.665 |
45:42.9964 |
Honda |
P |
30 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
7 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
1:12.1885 |
0.4760 |
0.0369 |
15 |
16 |
1:20.6996 |
11 |
20 |
111.608 |
45:36.7038 |
Honda |
P |
194 |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
8 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
1:12.2289 |
0.5164 |
0.0404 |
4 |
13 |
1:24.8710 |
10 |
26 |
111.545 |
45:59.6611 |
Honda |
P |
266 |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
9 |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:12.3210 |
0.6085 |
0.0921 |
6 |
17 |
1:23.4562 |
14 |
24 |
111.403 |
46:05.8080 |
Honda |
P |
230 |
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR |
|
10 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
1:12.3564 |
0.6439 |
0.0354 |
9 |
12 |
1:18.5745 |
6 |
7 |
111.349 |
43:57.2366 |
Honda |
P |
402 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
11 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
1:12.4415 |
0.7290 |
0.0851 |
5 |
11 |
1:12.6367 |
8 |
8 |
111.218 |
45:14.0386 |
Honda |
P |
428 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
12 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
1:12.4462 |
0.7337 |
0.0047 |
17 |
17 |
1:12.4462 |
14 |
2 |
111.211 |
43:37.7121 |
Chevy |
P |
268 |
Team Penske |
|
13 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
1:12.4757 |
0.7632 |
0.0295 |
5 |
15 |
1:16.9809 |
10 |
5 |
111.166 |
45:24.9060 |
Honda |
P |
141 |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
14 |
5 |
Pato O'Ward |
1:12.4982 |
0.7857 |
0.0225 |
4 |
11 |
4:37.3868 |
11 |
4 |
111.131 |
45:57.3556 |
Chevy |
P |
452 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
15 |
12 |
Will Power |
1:12.5701 |
0.8576 |
0.0719 |
5 |
18 |
1:23.2502 |
14 |
10 |
111.021 |
45:51.8178 |
Chevy |
P |
332 |
Team Penske |
|
16 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:12.7014 |
0.9889 |
0.1313 |
6 |
13 |
1:16.6036 |
9 |
6 |
110.820 |
45:27.0855 |
Chevy |
P |
177 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
17 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
1:12.8486 |
1.1361 |
0.1472 |
6 |
13 |
1:14.9644 |
12 |
12 |
110.596 |
45:17.4149 |
Honda |
P |
342 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
18 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
1:12.9506 |
1.2381 |
0.1020 |
5 |
14 |
3:47.3106 |
14 |
11 |
110.442 |
45:02.8627 |
Chevy |
P |
218 |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
19 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
1:12.9923 |
1.2798 |
0.0417 |
5 |
15 |
1:13.5475 |
13 |
21 |
110.379 |
44:58.3868 |
Honda |
P |
297 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
20 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
1:13.0318 |
1.3193 |
0.0395 |
7 |
10 |
1:14.9263 |
3 |
16 |
110.319 |
42:32.6871 |
Chevy |
P |
329 |
Team Penske |
|
21 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
1:13.0717 |
1.3592 |
0.0399 |
8 |
15 |
1:21.1568 |
12 |
15 |
110.259 |
46:09.4512 |
Chevy |
P |
291 |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
22 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
1:13.1024 |
1.3899 |
0.0307 |
3 |
13 |
1:19.3304 |
11 |
19 |
110.213 |
45:46.1035 |
Honda |
P |
230 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
23 |
20 |
Conor Daly |
1:13.1403 |
1.4278 |
0.0379 |
11 |
15 |
1:14.0275 |
13 |
14 |
110.155 |
45:05.2734 |
Chevy |
P |
212 |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
24 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
1:13.2609 |
1.5484 |
0.1206 |
7 |
18 |
1:16.1071 |
14 |
23 |
109.974 |
45:28.2373 |
Honda |
P |
82 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
25 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
1:13.3980 |
1.6855 |
0.1371 |
8 |
16 |
1:29.3125 |
13 |
25 |
109.769 |
46:18.7075 |
Chevy |
P |
110 |
Carlin |
|
26 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
1:13.7256 |
2.0131 |
0.3276 |
6 |
17 |
1:20.1980 |
15 |
3 |
109.281 |
45:53.1851 |
Chevy |
P |
130 |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
27 |
77 |
Callum Ilott |
1:13.7398 |
2.0273 |
0.0142 |
5 |
20 |
1:14.3763 |
13 |
27 |
109.260 |
43:56.2190 |
Chevy |
P |
5 |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
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