Laguna Seca IndyCar: Rossi tops misty warm-up session
Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi hit the top of the times in a gray Sunday morning IndyCar warm-up that was disrupted by a red flag for Callum Ilott spinning off at Turn 6.
Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport Honda
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The marine layer over WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca made the curbs damp and treacherous, and Ilott discovered this in the worst way, as he took too much of the serrated red-n-whites on the inside of the compression-loaded Turn 6. The Juncos Hollinger-Chevrolet spun across the sandtrap and knocked his rear wing against the tire barrier.
Ed Jones also ran way wide there but drifted elegantly through the sand and returned to the course without major hurt.
When the green flew once more, Rossi and polesitting teammate Herta took on Firestone’s alternate red sidewalled compound to jump to the top of the speed charts.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Takuma Sato, who will start 23rd, was fastest driver on the primary compound, winding up third ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti), and Marcus Ericsson, who was fastest of the Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda drivers.
Championship leader Alex Palou fell off the course at the Corkscrew on his final run but still clocked ninth fastest. The Ganassi ace will roll off fourth this afternoon.
The Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey gets the green flag at 12.30pm local (Pacific) Time.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Tire |
Team |
1 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:12.8632 |
1:12.8632 |
15 |
15 |
110.574 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport |
2 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
1:12.9651 |
0.1019 |
16 |
16 |
110.420 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport |
3 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
1:13.3539 |
0.4907 |
15 |
15 |
109.835 |
Honda |
P |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
4 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
1:13.4673 |
0.6041 |
8 |
11 |
109.665 |
Honda |
P |
Andretti Autosport |
5 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
1:13.4940 |
0.6308 |
12 |
15 |
109.625 |
Honda |
P |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
6 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
1:13.6180 |
0.7548 |
9 |
17 |
109.441 |
Chevy |
P |
Team Penske |
7 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
1:13.6317 |
0.7685 |
17 |
17 |
109.420 |
Honda |
P |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
8 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
1:13.6627 |
0.7995 |
10 |
14 |
109.374 |
Honda |
P |
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
9 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
1:13.7181 |
0.8549 |
9 |
17 |
109.292 |
Honda |
P |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
10 |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:13.7363 |
0.8731 |
6 |
16 |
109.265 |
Honda |
A |
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR |
11 |
12 |
Will Power |
1:13.7544 |
0.8912 |
10 |
16 |
109.238 |
Chevy |
P |
Team Penske |
12 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
1:13.8148 |
0.9516 |
10 |
14 |
109.149 |
Honda |
A |
Meyer Shank Racing |
13 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
1:13.8418 |
0.9786 |
13 |
13 |
109.109 |
Chevy |
A |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
14 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
1:13.8783 |
1.0151 |
8 |
14 |
109.055 |
Chevy |
A |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
15 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
1:14.1460 |
1.2828 |
13 |
13 |
108.661 |
Honda |
P |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
16 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
1:14.1988 |
1.3356 |
9 |
13 |
108.584 |
Chevy |
P |
Carlin |
17 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
1:14.1996 |
1.3364 |
9 |
16 |
108.583 |
Honda |
P |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
18 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
1:14.2249 |
1.3617 |
9 |
17 |
108.546 |
Chevy |
P |
Team Penske |
19 |
45 |
Oliver Askew |
1:14.2620 |
1.3988 |
8 |
11 |
108.492 |
Honda |
P |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
20 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
1:14.3962 |
1.5330 |
12 |
12 |
108.296 |
Honda |
P |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
21 |
5 |
Pato O'Ward |
1:14.4486 |
1.5854 |
9 |
17 |
108.220 |
Chevy |
P |
Arrow McLaren SP |
22 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:14.5776 |
1.7144 |
9 |
17 |
108.032 |
Chevy |
P |
Arrow McLaren SP |
23 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
1:14.5982 |
1.7350 |
10 |
13 |
108.003 |
Honda |
A |
Meyer Shank Racing |
24 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
1:14.6674 |
1.8042 |
11 |
14 |
107.903 |
Chevy |
P |
Team Penske |
25 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
1:14.7022 |
1.8390 |
9 |
14 |
107.852 |
Chevy |
A |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
26 |
20 |
Conor Daly |
1:14.7140 |
1.8508 |
11 |
14 |
107.835 |
Chevy |
P |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
27 |
77 |
Callum Ilott |
1:15.9009 |
3.0377 |
8 |
10 |
106.149 |
Chevy |
P |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
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