Rookies Ferrucci and Ericsson 1-2 in opening practice

Santino Ferrucci and team owner Dale Coyne are happy with the results

IndyCar rookies Santino Ferrucci and Marcus Ericsson, both with road course backgrounds, put their Hondas on top in opening practice Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway.

Ferrucci in the Dale Coyne Racing Honda was quickest at 184.804mph while Ericsson was right behind at 184.527mph.

Ferrucci topped the speed chart in this practice session for this 248-lap race around the four-turn, 1.25-mile (2.012-kilometer) World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway oval in Madison, Illinois by recording a top lap time of 24.3501 seconds in his #19 Honda.

The Ganassi Honda of Scott Dixon was third quick 1t 184.433mph while Josef Newgarden put his Penske Chevy 4th quick at 184.348mph.

Sebastien Bourdais was the last driver to crack the 184mph mark in 5th place.

Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi finished in sixth place in thed #27 Honda.

Five Honda drivers rounded out the top 12. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta, Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist and Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach finished in eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th place in their #30 Honda, #28 Honda, #88 Honda, #10 Honda and #26 Honda, respectively.

Carlin’s Conor Daly was the fastest non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver of this practice session. He finished in 13th place in his #59 Chevrolet.

Next up in IndyCar qualifying at 6:00pm ET

Practice 1 Results

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Laps	Speed	Engine	Team
1	19	Santino Ferrucci	24.350	–.—-	–.—-	59	184.804	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
2	7	Marcus Ericsson	24.387	0.0366	0.0366	46	184.527	Honda	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
3	9	Scott Dixon	24.399	0.0490	0.0124	41	184.433	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
4	2	Josef Newgarden	24.410	0.0602	0.0112	36	184.348	Chevy	Team Penske
5	18	Sebastien Bourdais	24.428	0.0782	0.0180	46	184.213	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Vasser-Sullivan
6	27	Alexander Rossi	24.502	0.1520	0.0738	42	183.658	Honda	Andretti Autosport
7	12	Will Power	24.509	0.1588	0.0068	53	183.607	Chevy	Team Penske
8	30	Takuma Sato	24.511	0.1606	0.0018	47	183.593	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
9	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	24.566	0.2163	0.0557	40	183.177	Honda	Andretti Autosport
10	88	Colton Herta	24.592	0.2421	0.0258	48	182.985	Honda	Harding Steinbrenner Racing
11	10	Felix Rosenqvist	24.611	0.2611	0.0190	62	182.844	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
12	26	Zach Veach	24.621	0.2708	0.0097	55	182.772	Honda	Andretti Autosport
13	59	Conor Daly	24.621	0.2710	0.0002	42	182.770	Chevy	Carlin
14	22	Simon Pagenaud	24.679	0.3288	0.0578	50	182.342	Chevy	Team Penske
15	21	Spencer Pigot	24.690	0.3398	0.0110	39	182.261	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	15	Graham Rahal	24.708	0.3576	0.0178	52	182.129	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
17	14	Tony Kanaan	24.768	0.4178	0.0602	40	181.687	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
18	4	Matheus Leist	24.794	0.4436	0.0258	54	181.498	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
19	23	Charlie Kimball	24.832	0.4817	0.0381	43	181.219	Chevy	Carlin
20	20	Ed Carpenter	24.845	0.4946	0.0129	45	181.125	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
21	98	Marco Andretti	24.914	0.5641	0.0695	52	180.620	Honda	Andretti Herta w/Marco & Curb-Agaj
22	5	James Hinchcliffe	24.983	0.6330	0.0689	50	180.122	Honda	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports