IndyCar Sebring Monday: O'Ward tops Rossi

IndyCar teams returned to Sebring Monday for continued preseason testing. On-Hand this week, who were not testing two weeks ago, were Team Penske and Arrows McLaren SP.

Under better weather conditions than two weeks ago, the times were faster today.

Arrow McLaren driver Pato O’Ward topped the times on Monday with a lap of 51.791s in his camouflaged #5 Chevy (shown above), to beat fast man two weeks ago, Alexander Rossi in the #27 Andretti Autosport Honda. Rossi was still on a high after winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona IMSA race on Sunday.

Rossi’s time of 51.928s was faster than his timesheet topping 52.27s lap two weeks ago.

Alexander Rossi traded in NAPA Auto Parts colors for AutoNation livery this week – Chris Owens IndyCar

O’Ward and Rossi were the only two drivers in the 51-second bracket.

Third quick was Josef Newgarden in the #2 Penske Chevy at 52.055s and marginally faster than Colton Herta in the #26 Andretti Honda at 52.061s.

Oliver Askew, subbing for James Hinchcliffe, rounded out the top-5 at 52.251s in the #29 Andretti Honda

Felix Rosenqvist 7th quick in the #7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevy

Monday Test Times

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Laps	Engine	Team
1	5	Pato O’Ward	51.791s	0.000s	124	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
2	27	Alexander Rossi	51.928s	0.137s	122	Honda	Andretti Autosport
3	2	Josef Newgarden	52.055s	0.265s	138	Chevy	Team Penske
4	26	Colton Herta	52.061s	0.271s	116	Honda	Andretti Autosport
5	29	Oliver Askew	52.241s	0.450s	109	Honda	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
6	7	Felix Rosenqvist	52.258s	0.468s	130	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
7	30	Takuma Sato	52.302s	0.512s	139	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
8	20	Conor Daly	52.312s	0.521s	123	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
9	15	Graham Rahal	52.357s	0.566s	157	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10	21	Rinus VeeKay	52.358s	0.568s	99	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
11	12	Will Power	52.363s	0.572s	145	Chevy	Team Penske
12	22	Simon Pagenaud	52.379s	0.588s	120	Chevy	Team Penske
13	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	52.465s	0.674s	106	Honda	Andretti Autosport
14	3	Scott McLaughlin	52.469s	0.678s	130	Chevy	Team Penske