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.
James Hinchcliffe, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
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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 |
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