Practice report
IndyCar Birmingham
Barber IndyCar: Hinchcliffe leads Herta in second practice
James Hinchcliffe delivered fastest time on alternate Firestone tires with the first sub-69sec lap of Barber Motorsports Park this weekend, with Circuit of The Americas winner Colton Herta in second.
David Malsher-Lopez
Published: Apr 5, 2019, 8:52 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
The Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda driver lapped in 68.999sec at 120.001mph to beat Colton Herta’s Harding Steinbrenner Racing-Honda by a mere 0.009sec.
Herta was among several drivers who didn’t feel that the Firestone reds were offering a lot of extra grip – possibly because the support series here have left a blend of Pirelli, Yokohama, BF Goodrich and Hankook rubber on the racing line.
Santino Ferrucci and Sebastien Bourdais put Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan into the top four, althoug rookie Ferrucci understeered off the course into the tire wall at Turn 15, causing a red flag but thankfully without hurting his car or wrists.
Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay grabbed fifth and sixth for Andretti Autosport-Honda, ahead of the two fastest Chevrolet runners, Spencer Pigot of Ed Carpenter Racing and rookie Patricio O’Ward of Carlin Racing.
Marco Andretti (Andretti) and Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda) completed the top 10, ahead of the fastest Team Penske-Chevrolet, that of Will Power.
Zach Veach survived a wild moment at the Turn 8/9 chicane that collected a marker cone to put another Andretti car in the top dozen.
Marcus Ericsson was 14th in the second Arrow SPM-Honda, while Felix Rosenqvist harmed his chances of a Top 10 run with a long wheel lock-up into Turn 5 while on his alternate rubber.
Third practice starts at 10.45am local (Central) time tomorrow.
Cla # Driver Team Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 5 
James Hinchcliffe 
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 9 1'08.9994 120.001 2 88 Colton Herta Harding Racing 14 1'09.0084 0.0090 0.0090 119.985 3 19 Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing 15 1'09.0461 0.0467 0.0377 119.920 4 18 
Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 15 1'09.0968 0.0974 0.0507 119.832 5 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport 15 1'09.1140 0.1146 0.0172 119.802 6 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 13 1'09.1545 0.1551 0.0405 119.732 7 21 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing 15 1'09.2055 0.2061 0.0510 119.644 8 31 
Patricio O'Ward 
Carlin 15 1'09.2729 0.2735 0.0674 119.527 9 98 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 14 1'09.3113 0.3119 0.0384 119.461 10 9 
Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 15 1'09.4079 0.4085 0.0966 119.295 11 12 
Will Power Team Penske 13 1'09.4166 0.4172 0.0087 119.280 12 26 Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 14 1'09.4320 0.4326 0.0154 119.253 13 30 
Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 14 1'09.4532 0.4538 0.0212 119.217 14 7 
Marcus Ericsson Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 15 1'09.5385 0.5391 0.0853 119.071 15 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske 17 1'09.5546 0.5552 0.0161 119.043 16 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 14 1'09.5660 0.5666 0.0114 119.024 17 10 Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing 17 1'09.5986 0.5992 0.0326 118.968 18 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske 14 1'09.6309 0.6315 0.0323 118.913 19 60 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing 18 1'09.8179 0.8185 0.1870 118.594 20 4 
Matheus Leist A.J. Foyt Enterprises 17 1'09.8893 0.8899 0.0714 118.473 21 14 Tony Kanaan A.J. Foyt Enterprises 14 1'09.8971 0.8977 0.0078 118.460 22 20 
Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing 14 1'10.0486 1.0492 0.1515 118.204 23 59 Max Chilton Carlin 17 1'10.0909 1.0915 0.0423 118.132 24 81 Ben Hanley DragonSpeed 18 1'10.7354 1.7360 0.6445 117.056
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Barber IndyCar: Rosenqvist leads disrupted opening practice
Next article Hunter-Reay: Barber “one of the toughest” tracks for car setups
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
David Malsher-Lopez
Alex Zanardi: The man whose name is a synonym for “hero”
IndyCar
IndyCar
Alex Zanardi: The man whose name is a synonym for “hero”
Remembering Michele Alboreto: F1 ace, Le Mans winner and a good man
Formula 1
Formula 1
Remembering Michele Alboreto: F1 ace, Le Mans winner and a good man
IMSA Laguna Seca: Ganassi Cadillac holds off Porsche for victory
IMSA
IMSA
Laguna Seca
IMSA Laguna Seca: Ganassi Cadillac holds off Porsche for victory
More from
James Hinchcliffe
James Hinchcliffe's wild journey to a top 10 in NASCAR debut
NASCAR Truck
NASCAR Truck
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
James Hinchcliffe's wild journey to a top 10 in NASCAR debut
Can Isack Hadjar succeed alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull? James Hinchcliffe weighs in
Formula 1
Formula 1
Barcelona-Catalunya Pre-Season Testing
Can Isack Hadjar succeed alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull? James Hinchcliffe weighs in
F1 TV's James Hinchcliffe has been doing this job longer than you think
Formula 1
Formula 1
F1 TV's James Hinchcliffe has been doing this job longer than you think
Latest news
Catching Larson in the NASCAR Chase has to start at track where 'I suck'
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Phoenix II
54 min
Catching Larson in the NASCAR Chase has to start at track where 'I suck'
Verstappen charges from 24th to ninth as GetSpeed wins Portimao GTWC finale
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance
WCEE GT World Challenge Europe Endurance 1 h
Verstappen charges from 24th to ninth as GetSpeed wins Portimao GTWC finale
Colton Herta “maybe underestimated the difference” from IndyCar – F2 boss
FIA F2
F2 FIA F2 5 h
Colton Herta “maybe underestimated the difference” from IndyCar – F2 boss
WEC Barcelona: Genesis secures maiden series pole from Toyota
WEC
WEC WEC
Barcelona
6 h
WEC Barcelona: Genesis secures maiden series pole from Toyota
Feature
Discover prime content
Inside AJ Foyt Racing’s transition: Hauger’s arrival, Ferrucci’s future, and the Pierson waiting game
Feature
IndyCar
Feature
IndyCar
By Joey Barnes
Inside AJ Foyt Racing’s transition: Hauger’s arrival, Ferrucci’s future, and the Pierson waiting game
You Ask The Questions: David Malukas
IndyCar
By Joey Barnes
You Ask The Questions: David Malukas
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe