IndyCar: Herta over Rossi & Dixon in Practice 2
Driving the #26 Gainbridge Honda, Colton Herta again dominated the 2nd practice session for the Music City GP on the streets of Nashville Saturday afternoon.
Herta’s lap of 1m15.3529s was enough to school his Andretti Autosport teammate Alexander Rossi and the two Ganassi Honda’s of Scott Dixon and Alex Palou. All three were about 1/2 sec. behind.
Sebastien Bourdais was the fastest Chevy in 5th, 0.66s behind
Rossi, trying to catch his faster teammate, ran out of talent and took off his front wing.
That’s not supposed to be there.#INDYCAR // @AlexanderRossi // #MusicCityGP // @FollowAndretti pic.twitter.com/iVa7LHmqdj
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) August 7, 2021
Practice 2 Results
| Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | Laps | Speed | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 26 | Colton Herta | 1:15.3529 | 0.000s | 0.000s | 20 | 100.328 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 2 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 1:15.8292 | 0.4763 | 0.4763 | 15 | 99.698 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:15.8837 | 0.5308 | 0.0545 | 17 | 99.626 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 4 | 10 | Alex Palou | 1:15.9810 | 0.6281 | 0.0973 | 19 | 99.499 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 5 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:16.0137 | 0.6608 | 0.0327 | 17 | 99.456 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 6 | 7 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:16.0239 | 0.6710 | 0.0102 | 17 | 99.442 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 7 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:16.1612 | 0.8083 | 0.1373 | 19 | 99.263 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 8 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 1:16.2796 | 0.9267 | 0.1184 | 16 | 99.109 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 9 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 1:16.3190 | 0.9661 | 0.0394 | 22 | 99.058 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 10 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:16.4877 | 1.1348 | 0.1687 | 17 | 98.839 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 11 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:16.5904 | 1.2375 | 0.1027 | 19 | 98.707 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 12 | 06 | Helio Castroneves | 1:16.6709 | 1.3180 | 0.0805 | 20 | 98.603 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 13 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 1:16.6738 | 1.3209 | 0.0029 | 16 | 98.600 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 14 | 12 | Will Power | 1:16.7023 | 1.3494 | 0.0285 | 22 | 98.563 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 15 | 51 | Romain Grosjean | 1:16.8672 | 1.5143 | 0.1649 | 18 | 98.351 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
| 16 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:16.9921 | 1.6392 | 0.1249 | 12 | 98.192 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 17 | 18 | Ed Jones | 1:17.0303 | 1.6774 | 0.0382 | 18 | 98.143 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
| 18 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:17.0482 | 1.6953 | 0.0179 | 17 | 98.120 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 19 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:17.1091 | 1.7562 | 0.0609 | 19 | 98.043 | Honda | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
| 20 | 45 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:17.1323 | 1.7794 | 0.0232 | 18 | 98.013 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 21 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:17.2103 | 1.8574 | 0.0780 | 17 | 97.914 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 22 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 1:17.2131 | 1.8602 | 0.0028 | 20 | 97.911 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 23 | 20 | Conor Daly | 1:17.3438 | 1.9909 | 0.1307 | 17 | 97.745 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 24 | 59 | Max Chilton | 1:17.8961 | 2.5432 | 0.5523 | 17 | 97.052 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 25 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 1:18.1531 | 2.8002 | 0.2570 | 20 | 96.733 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 26 | 4 | Dalton Kellett | 1:18.5788 | 3.2259 | 0.4257 | 22 | 96.209 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 27 | 52 | Cody Ware | 1:20.8367 | 5.4838 | 2.2579 | 20 | 93.522 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |