IndyCar GP Indy: Ericsson leads Rossi in warm-up

On alternate tires, Rossi, along with Conor Daly of Ed Carpenter Racing were up at the top of the times, soon to be joined by Rossi’s teammate Pato O’Ward, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, and Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden.

But on primary tires, polesitting Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s first-time polesitter Christian Lundgaard looked very strong, as did Scott Dixon (Ganassi).

Halfway through the session, times set on alternate tires dominated the times, with Rossi leading Scott McLaughlin – who will start second – ahead of Newgarden, Palou, O’Ward and Santino Ferrucci of AJ Foyt Racing.

In the final seven minutes, Ericsson displaced Rossi from the top as the latter switched to primaries. Dixon on alternates moved into third, while Graham Rahal grabbed fourth in a second RLL entry.

Andretti Autosport, a team that looked way off its early season form, saw Colton Herta (starting 14^th) and Kyle Kirkwood (starting sixth) jump to third and fourth.

Helio Castroneves spun his Meyer Shank Racing car into the Turn 3 gravel trap just as the checkered flag dropped on the session.

Of course, these warm-up times will mean nothing should rain hit the Speedway, and currently the forecast predicts a 30 percent chance of rainfall.

P	Name	FTime	Diff	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Tire	Team
1	Marcus Ericsson	1:10.3872	1:10.3872	13	20	124.744	Honda	A	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	Alexander Rossi	1:10.4153	0.0281	6	20	124.694	Chevy	P	Arrow McLaren
3	Colton Herta	1:10.6657	0.2785	12	15	124.253	Honda	A	Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
4	Kyle Kirkwood	1:10.7329	0.3457	14	17	124.135	Honda	A	Andretti Autosport
5	Scott Dixon	1:10.8139	0.4267	15	20	123.993	Honda	A	Chip Ganassi Racing
6	Graham Rahal	1:10.8266	0.4394	15	21	123.970	Honda	A	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7	Scott McLaughlin	1:10.8569	0.4697	10	22	123.917	Chevy	A	Team Penske
8	Marcus Armstrong	1:10.9401	0.5529	14	22	123.772	Honda	A	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	Josef Newgarden	1:10.9582	0.5710	6	21	123.740	Chevy	A	Team Penske
10	Simon Pagenaud	1:11.0261	0.6389	10	20	123.622	Honda	P	Meyer Shank Racing
11	Pato O'Ward	1:11.0496	0.6624	15	19	123.581	Chevy	P	Arrow McLaren
12	Callum Ilott	1:11.0957	0.7085	14	20	123.501	Chevy	A	Juncos Hollinger Racing
13	Christian Lundgaard	1:11.1252	0.7380	15	22	123.450	Honda	A	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14	Alex Palou	1:11.1503	0.7631	9	18	123.406	Honda	P	Chip Ganassi Racing
15	Jack Harvey	1:11.2709	0.8837	16	22	123.198	Honda	A	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
16	Will Power	1:11.3744	0.9872	16	22	123.019	Chevy	A	Team Penske
17	Santino Ferrucci	1:11.3798	0.9926	6	17	123.010	Chevy	A	AJ Foyt Enterprises
18	Benjamin Pedersen	1:11.4671	1.0799	9	20	122.859	Chevy	A	AJ Foyt Enterprises
19	Felix Rosenqvist	1:11.4987	1.1115	11	19	122.805	Chevy	P	Arrow McLaren
20	Devlin DeFrancesco	1:11.5314	1.1442	11	19	122.749	Honda	A	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
21	Helio Castroneves	1:11.5598	1.1726	10	19	122.700	Honda	A	Meyer Shank Racing
22	Romain Grosjean	1:11.6492	1.2620	10	16	122.547	Honda	A	Andretti Autosport
23	Agustin Canapino	1:11.6572	1.2700	12	17	122.533	Chevy	P	Juncos Holling Racing
24	Conor Daly	1:11.6856	1.2984	5	16	122.485	Chevy	P	Ed Carpenter Racing
25	David Malukas	1:11.7225	1.3353	19	22	122.422	Honda	A	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
26	Sting Ray Robb	1:11.7258	1.3386	17	22	122.416	Honda	A	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
27	Rinus VeeKay	1:12.2224	1.8352	15	17	121.574	Chevy	P	Ed Carpenter Racing