Rossi leads 2nd IndyCar practice at Barber
Alexander Rossi put his #27 NAPA Andretti Honda on top for the 2nd IndyCar practice session for the GP of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park with a time of 1m06.097s.
Rossi led three Chip Ganassi cars giving Honda powered cars 1-2-3-4 heading into qualifying.
Marcus Ericsson was 2nd quick 0.14s behind Rossi followed by two of his teammates – Scott Dixon and Alex Palou. His 4th teammate, NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson, was dead last as expected.
Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top-5 in his #7 Arrow McLaren Chevy.
Practice 2 Results
| Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | Laps | Speed | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1:06.0797 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 18 | 125.303 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 2 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:06.2190 | 0.1393 | 0.1393 | 18 | 125.040 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:06.3018 | 0.2221 | 0.0828 | 17 | 124.883 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 4 | 10 | Alex Palou | 1:06.3204 | 0.2407 | 0.0186 | 18 | 124.848 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 5 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:06.3948 | 0.3151 | 0.0744 | 14 | 124.709 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 6 | 18 | Ed Jones | 1:06.4747 | 0.3950 | 0.0799 | 16 | 124.559 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
| 7 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 1:06.5150 | 0.4353 | 0.0403 | 15 | 124.483 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 8 | 12 | Will Power | 1:06.5230 | 0.4433 | 0.0080 | 20 | 124.468 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 9 | 20 | Conor Daly | 1:06.5593 | 0.4796 | 0.0363 | 14 | 124.400 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 10 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 1:06.5894 | 0.5097 | 0.0301 | 17 | 124.344 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 11 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:06.6222 | 0.5425 | 0.0328 | 19 | 124.283 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 12 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:06.6643 | 0.5846 | 0.0421 | 18 | 124.204 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 13 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:06.6793 | 0.5996 | 0.0150 | 13 | 124.176 | Honda | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
| 14 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:06.7161 | 0.6364 | 0.0368 | 17 | 124.108 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 15 | 26 | Colton Herta | 1:06.7551 | 0.6754 | 0.0390 | 11 | 124.035 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 16 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:06.7885 | 0.7088 | 0.0334 | 15 | 123.973 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 17 | 51 | Romain Grosjean | 1:06.8561 | 0.7764 | 0.0676 | 17 | 123.848 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
| 18 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:07.0970 | 1.0173 | 0.2409 | 21 | 123.403 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 19 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 1:07.0995 | 1.0198 | 0.0025 | 14 | 123.399 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 20 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 1:07.2764 | 1.1967 | 0.1769 | 19 | 123.074 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 21 | 59 | Max Chilton | 1:07.3047 | 1.2250 | 0.0283 | 17 | 123.023 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 22 | 4 | Dalton Kellett | 1:07.4645 | 1.3848 | 0.1598 | 17 | 122.731 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 23 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:07.4681 | 1.3884 | 0.0036 | 20 | 122.725 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 24 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 1:07.8821 | 1.8024 | 0.4140 | 17 | 121.976 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |