IndyCar GP: Herta leads Honda assault on timesheets

Colton Herta
Colton Herta

The Honda teams tested on the Indy road course recently and it appears to have paid off as Honda powered cars took 8 of the top-10 fastest times, and 11 of the top-13 in the last practice before qualifying for the Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

Rookie Colton Herta turned the fastest lap in his Harding Steinbrenner Honda at 1m08.039s to top fellow rookie Felix Rosenqvist by 0.2078s

Spencer Pigot was the fastest Chevy in third while Sebastien Bourdais and Scott Dixon rounded out the top-5.

More to follow…..

Practice 2 Results

Pos No Name FTime Diff Gap Laps Engine Team
1 88 Colton Herta 1:08.039 –.—- –.—- 16 Honda Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2 10 Felix Rosenqvist 1:08.247 0.2078 0.2078 23 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
3 21 Spencer Pigot 1:08.266 0.2270 0.0192 21 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
4 18 Sebastien Bourdais 1:08.297 0.2578 0.0308 19 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan
5 9 Scott Dixon 1:08.297 0.2578 0.0000 21 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
6 30 Takuma Sato 1:08.469 0.4297 0.1719 20 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:08.508 0.4684 0.0387 18 Honda Andretti Autosport
8 60 Jack Harvey 1:08.512 0.4725 0.0041 21 Honda Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM
9 7 Marcus Ericsson 1:08.522 0.4832 0.0107 20 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsport
10 20 Ed Jones 1:08.535 0.4957 0.0125 14 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
11 19 Santino Ferrucci 1:08.541 0.5013 0.0056 20 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
12 27 Alexander Rossi 1:08.591 0.5512 0.0499 17 Honda Andretti Autosport
13 15 Graham Rahal 1:08.610 0.5703 0.0191 19 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14 2 Josef Newgarden 1:08.623 0.5833 0.0130 20 Chevy Team Penske
15 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:08.661 0.6217 0.0384 15 Chevy Team Penske
16 12 Will Power 1:08.680 0.6406 0.0189 19 Chevy Team Penske
17 5 James Hinchcliffe 1:08.765 0.7261 0.0855 15 Honda Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
18 3 Helio Castroneves 1:08.785 0.7462 0.0201 17 Chevy Team Penske
19 59 Max Chilton 1:08.787 0.7475 0.0013 17 Chevy Carlin
20 98 Marco Andretti 1:08.790 0.7509 0.0034 16 Honda Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Curb-Agaj
21 26 Zach Veach 1:08.847 0.8079 0.0570 20 Honda Andretti Autosport
22 4 Matheus Leist 1:08.863 0.8235 0.0156 17 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
23 14 Tony Kanaan 1:09.615 1.5754 0.7519 17 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
24 31 Patricio O'Ward 1:09.634 1.5951 0.0197 13 Chevy Carlin

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