Indy 500: Newgarden puts Penske on top again in Day 2 practice
The 2017 IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden put Team Penske-Chevrolet top of the speed charts in practice for the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.
Josef Newgarden
IndyCar Series
On a day when both Formula 1 legend Fernando Alonso and IndyCar super-rookie Felix Rosenqvist suffered sizeable shunts, Josef Newgarden lapped the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 228.856mph to edge Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda by 0.021mph.
Spencer Pigot led the usual Ed Carpenter Racing charge with third fastest while teammates Ed Jones and Carpenter himself were ninth and tenth.
Santino Ferrucci was top rookie, clocking P4 for Dale Coyne Racing-Honda, ahead of three-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves and his own teammate Sebastien Bourdais.
Zach Veach was top Andretti Autosport-Honda driver with seventh fastest, the last driver in the 228mph bracket, with Charlie Kimball – third place finisher here in 2015 – running eighth for Carlin-Chevrolet.
In the no-tow speeds – speeds set without the aid of a draft from a car or cars ahead, Andretti’s Alexander Rossi led the rankings on 224.648mph, with AJ Foyt Racing’s Tony Kanaan second fastest. Jones and Kimball were third and fourth.
Patricio O’Ward, who suffered a mechanical issue in his Carlin car yesterday, breezed through all three phases of his Rookie Orientation practice this morning before the track opened. The Mexican rookie went on to finish the day 22nd, and 13th in the no-tow speeds.
Session results:
Cla | # | Driver | Team | Time | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
Josef Newgarden
|
Team Penske | 39.3260 | 228.856 |
2 | 9 |
Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 39.3296 | 228.835 |
3 | 21 |
Spencer Pigot
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | 39.3601 | 228.658 |
4 | 19 |
Santino Ferrucci
|
Dale Coyne Racing | 39.3768 | 228.561 |
5 | 3 |
Helio Castroneves
|
Team Penske | 39.3975 | 228.441 |
6 | 18 |
Sébastien Bourdais
|
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | 39.4268 | 228.271 |
7 | 26 |
Zach Veach
|
Andretti Autosport | 39.4638 | 228.057 |
8 | 23 |
Charlie Kimball
|
Carlin | 39.5653 | 227.472 |
9 | 63 |
Ed Jones
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | 39.5945 | 227.304 |
10 | 20 |
Ed Carpenter
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | 39.6140 | 227.192 |
11 | 32 |
Kyle Kaiser
|
Juncos Racing | 39.6338 | 227.079 |
12 | 4 |
Matheus Leist
|
A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 39.6410 | 227.038 |
13 | 98 |
Marco Andretti
|
Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco & Curb-Agajani | 39.6412 | 227.037 |
14 | 15 |
Graham Rahal
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 39.6461 | 227.008 |
15 | 22 |
Simon Pagenaud
|
Team Penske | 39.6772 | 226.831 |
16 | 10 |
Felix Rosenqvist
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | 39.6848 | 226.787 |
17 | 30 |
Takuma Sato
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 39.6887 | 226.765 |
18 | 25 |
Conor Daly
|
Andretti Autosport | 39.7030 | 226.683 |
19 | 77 |
James Hinchcliffe
|
Team Stange Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson | 39.7031 | 226.683 |
20 | 48 |
J.R. Hildebrand
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 39.7095 | 226.646 |
21 | 12 |
Will Power
|
Team Penske | 39.7159 | 226.609 |
22 | 31 |
Patricio O'Ward
|
Carlin | 39.7455 | 226.441 |
23 | 60 |
James Hinchcliffe
|
Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM | 39.7535 | 226.395 |
24 | 14 |
Tony Kanaan
|
A.J. Foyt Enterprises | 39.7590 | 226.364 |
25 | 33 |
James Davison
|
Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd and Belardi | 39.8119 | 226.063 |
26 | 24 |
Sage Karam
|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 39.8492 | 225.851 |
27 | 28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay
|
Andretti Autosport | 39.8767 | 225.696 |
28 | 7 |
James Hinchcliffe
|
Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 39.8786 | 225.685 |
29 | 66 |
Fernando Alonso
|
McLaren Racing | 39.9231 | 225.433 |
30 | 59 |
Max Chilton
|
Carlin | 39.9237 | 225.430 |
31 | 42 |
Jordan King
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 39.9484 | 225.291 |
32 | 5 |
James Hinchcliffe
|
Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | 39.9540 | 225.259 |
33 | 88 |
Colton Herta
|
Harding Steinbrenner Racing | 40.0527 | 224.704 |
34 | 27 |
Alexander Rossi
|
Andretti Autosport | 40.0627 | 224.648 |
35 | 39 |
Pippa Mann
|
Clauson-Marshall Racing | 40.0983 | 224.448 |
36 | 81 |
Ben Hanley
|
DragonSpeed | 40.1139 | 224.361 |
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