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Detroit IndyCar: Hunter-Reay tops final practice/warm-up
With IndyCar's Detroit Grand Prix running a unique qualifying system, the ‘warm-up’ and pitstop practice took place as the final session on Friday and was topped by Ryan Hunter-Reay.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Jun 1, 2019, 6:17 AM
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The lap times didn’t mean much as some drivers set their best laps on the primary compound tires and others ran Firestone’s new alternate compound.
However, it was vital running as the next time IndyCars are on track around the 2.35-mile Belle Isle track it will be qualifying Saturday morning for the afternoon race – a process repeated on the Sunday.
Hunter-Reay lapped in 1min15.9896sec, 0.2889 ahead of Andretti Autosport teammate Zach Veach, while Scott Dixon in the Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda was third.
Fastest Chevrolet driver was Will Power in the Penske #12, who did a long run on the alternate compound tires to gauge their durability.
Fastest in second practice, Alexander Rossi, clocked fifth fastest for Andretti Autosport ahead of Harding Steinbrenner Racing’s Colton Herta.
Qualifying for Race 1 begins at 10.45am with 15mins for the 11-car Group 1, while the 15mins for 11-car Group 2 begins at 11.00am.
Session results:
Cla # Driver Team Time Gap 1 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
Andretti Autosport 1'15.9896 2 26 Zach Veach
Andretti Autosport 1'16.2785 0.2889 3 9 Scott Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing 1'16.2856 0.2960 4 12 Will Power
Team Penske 1'16.6940 0.7044 5 27 Alexander Rossi
Andretti Autosport 1'16.8207 0.8311 6 88 Colton Herta
Harding Racing 1'16.8739 0.8843 7 15 Graham Rahal
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1'16.9812 0.9916 8 2 Josef Newgarden
Team Penske 1'17.1260 1.1364 9 18 Sébastien Bourdais
Dale Coyne Racing 1'17.1718 1.1822 10 21 Spencer Pigot
Ed Carpenter Racing 1'17.2138 1.2242 11 10 Felix Rosenqvist
Chip Ganassi Racing 1'17.4836 1.4940 12 22 Simon Pagenaud
Team Penske 1'17.5057 1.5161 13 20 Ed Jones
Ed Carpenter Racing 1'17.5818 1.5922 14 14 Tony Kanaan
A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1'17.6712 1.6816 15 30 Takuma Sato
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1'17.6851 1.6955 16 7 Marcus Ericsson
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1'17.7851 1.7955 17 98 Marco Andretti
Andretti Autosport 1'17.8332 1.8436 18 4 Matheus Leist
A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1'17.8790 1.8894 19 59 Max Chilton
Carlin 1'18.0137 2.0241 20 5 James Hinchcliffe
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1'18.3000 2.3104 21 19 Santino Ferrucci
Dale Coyne Racing 1'18.5049 2.5153 22 31 Patricio O'Ward
Carlin 1'19.6449 3.6553 View full results
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