Hunter-Reay tops IndyCar oval test

Below are some photos from Tuesday’s Texas IndyCar test:

Ryan Hunter-Reay. Photo by Chris Owens/IMS

Ryan Hunter-Reay leads Simon Pagenaud. Photo by Chris Owens/IMS

Sebastien Bourdais. Photo by Chris Owens/IMS

Simon Pagenaud. Photo by Chris Owens/IMS

High Speed slipstreaming. Photo by Chris Owens/IMS

Bourdais leads Hunter-Reay and Pagenaud. Photo by Chris Owens/IMS

March 30, 2021

Seven IndyCar drivers took to the high-speed oval at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday for further testing for the new 2023 IndyCar running higher downforce levels expected with the new car.

Andretti AutoSport Honda driver Ryan Hunter-Reay turned the fastest lap at 24.28s to nip Penske Chevy driver Simon Pagenaud and Arrow McLaren Chevy driver Pato O’Ward.

17 cars will be testing tomorrow.

Tuesday Test Times

Pos	No	Name	Time	Diff	Gap	Engine	Team
1	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	24.2759	0.000s	0.000s	Honda	Andretti Autosport
2	22	Simon Pagenaud	24.2948	0.0189	0.0189	Chevy	Team Penske
3	5	Pato O’Ward	24.2961	0.0202	0.0013	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
4	20	Ed Carpenter	24.3016	0.0257	0.0055	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
5	30	Takuma Sato	24.3176	0.0417	0.0160	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
6	14	Sebastien Bourdais	24.4107	0.1348	0.0931	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
7	60	Jack Harvey	24.5374	0.2615	0.1267	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing