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IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis
IndyCar GP Indy: O’Ward sets the pace in second practice
Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet’s Pato O’Ward, who won last time out at Barber Motorsports Park, led FP2 for the fifth race of the season, the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: May 13, 2022, 8:59 PM
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Early in the session, there were two red flags for sandtrap visits by Dalton Kellett of AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet and Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s Jimmie Johnson.
Jack Harvey, driving the Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda at the only venue where he scored his first and so far sole podium, was the first driver to set a time on the Firestone softer alternate tires, lapping the 2.439-mile 14-turn track in 1min10.0971sec. That put him 0.675sec ahead of the fastest driver on primaries at that time, Colton Herta in the Andretti Autosport-Honda.
Then Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet’s Felix Rosenqvist, who took pole here in 2019, shaved 0.0426sec off that to claim top spot for not even half a minute before defending GP Indy winner Rinus VeeKay ducked into the 69s with a 69.9265sec lap. Rosenqvist was further displaced by Christian Lundgaard, who startled everyone on his debut here last year, with fourth on the grid for the second Indy road course race of the season, in August.
Will Power, five-time pole-sitter and five-time winner on this track, slotted into fourth temporarily, but then Alex Palou of Ganassi and Pato O’Ward in the second AMSP entry delivered their best laps of the weekend so far to take the top two slots.
On alternates, Romain Grosjean looked the best of the Andretti Autosport-Hondas, taking fifth ahead of the second ECR-Chevy of local boy Conor Daly. Then his teammate and rival Colton Herta jumped into third, 0.06sec behind former Indy Lights teammate O’Ward.
That’s the way it remained, with O’Ward setting a 69.7839sec/125.823mph lap, 0.0298sec ahead of Palou, with Herta and VeeKay also in the 69s.
Lundgaard reported that his RLL-Honda felt “fantastic” and ended up fifth quickest.
Simon Pagenaud, a three-time winner here, drove his Meyer Shank Racing-Honda into ninth ahead of former Penske teammate Power who completed the top 10, 0.007sec ahead of Scott McLaughlin.
Juan Pablo Montoya, who tomorrow will make his first roadcourse IndyCar start since this event last year, was 1.2sec off the pace in the third Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy, while fellow Colombian Tatiana Calderon showed some progress, winding up just 0.8sec off Indy Lights champion teammate Kyle Kirkwood.
Qualifying begins at 4.00pm local (Eastern) time.
P
Name
FTime
Diff
FL
Laps
FSpeed
Engine
Tire
Team
1
Pato O'Ward
1:09.7839
14
18
125.823
Chevy
A
Arrow McLaren SP
2
Alex Palou
1:09.8137
0.0298
19
25
125.769
Honda
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
3
Colton Herta
1:09.8423
0.0584
15
19
125.718
Honda
A
Andretti Autosport
4
Rinus VeeKay
1:09.9265
0.1426
13
19
125.566
Chevy
A
Ed Carpenter Racing
5
Christian Lundgaard
1:10.0002
0.2163
17
22
125.434
Honda
A
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
6
Romain Grosjean
1:10.0161
0.2322
14
19
125.405
Honda
A
Andretti Autosport
7
Conor Daly
1:10.0395
0.2556
16
20
125.364
Chevy
A
Ed Carpenter Racing
8
Felix Rosenqvist
1:10.0545
0.2706
12
18
125.337
Chevy
A
Arrow McLaren SP
9
Simon Pagenaud
1:10.0562
0.2723
16
20
125.334
Honda
A
Meyer Shank Racing
10
Will Power
1:10.0632
0.2793
15
21
125.321
Chevy
A
Team Penske
11
Scott McLaughlin
1:10.0794
0.2955
18
24
125.292
Chevy
A
Team Penske
12
Jack Harvey
1:10.0971
0.3132
12
19
125.261
Honda
A
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
13
Marcus Ericsson
1:10.1436
0.3597
18
23
125.177
Honda
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
14
Graham Rahal
1:10.2166
0.4327
18
22
125.047
Honda
A
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
15
Josef Newgarden
1:10.2617
0.4778
7
12
124.967
Chevy
A
Team Penske
16
Takuma Sato
1:10.2685
0.4846
17
18
124.955
Honda
A
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
17
Alexander Rossi
1:10.2692
0.4853
15
19
124.954
Honda
A
Andretti Autosport
18
Helio Castroneves
1:10.2712
0.4873
12
17
124.950
Honda
A
Meyer Shank Racing
19
Callum Ilott
1:10.4747
0.6908
19
19
124.589
Chevy
A
Juncos Hollinger Racing
20
Scott Dixon
1:10.5045
0.7206
20
24
124.537
Honda
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
21
Kyle Kirkwood
1:10.5316
0.7477
19
20
124.489
Chevy
A
AJ Foyt Enterprises
22
Devlin DeFrancesco
1:10.5521
0.7682
16
21
124.453
Honda
A
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
23
David Malukas
1:10.7052
0.9213
14
17
124.183
Honda
P
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
24
Juan Pablo Montoya
1:11.0173
1.2334
6
9
123.637
Chevy
A
Arrow McLaren SP
25
Dalton Kellett
1:11.2065
1.4226
13
16
123.309
Chevy
A
AJ Foyt Enterprises
26
Tatiana Calderon
1:11.3938
1.6099
14
19
122.985
Chevy
A
AJ Foyt Enterprises
27
Jimmie Johnson
1:11.6939
1.9100
8
22
122.471
Honda
A
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