IndyCar: Palou tops Monday Laguna Seca test

Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou set best time during a 13-car test at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monday.

Palou lapped the beautiful undulating 2.238-mile course in 1min11.441sec, a speed of 112.78mph.

His closest rivals were the Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolets of Felix Rosenqvist and Pato O’Ward who were 0.236 and 0.270sec adrift respectively.

Indy 500 champion Marcus Ericsson ran out of talent at Turn 6 and crashed. The #8 Ganassi Honda sustained damage to its left-rear corner and rear wing, but the Swede returned to the track in time to run a 71.824s to finish within four tenths of Palou.

Monday Test Times

Pos No Name Time Behind Gap FL Laps Speed Engine Team
1 10 Alex Palou 1:11.4406 0.000s 0.000s 73 110 112.776 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
2 7 Felix Rosenqvist 1:11.6770 0.2364 0.2364 67 112 112.404 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
3 5 Pato O’Ward 1:11.7107 0.2701 0.0337 78 100 112.351 Chevy Arrow McLaren SP
4 15 Graham Rahal 1:11.8018 0.3612 0.0911 94 96 112.209 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
5 8 Marcus Ericsson 1:11.8243 0.3837 0.0225 67 69 112.174 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
6 18 David Malukas 1:11.8938 0.4532 0.0695 66 107 112.065 Honda Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
7 9 Scott Dixon 1:11.9675 0.5269 0.0737 4 104 111.951 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
8 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 1:11.9996 0.5590 0.0321 69 72 111.901 Honda Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
9 77 Callum Ilott 1:12.0116 0.5710 0.0120 68 88 111.882 Chevy Juncos Hollinger Racing
10 45 Jack Harvey 1:12.0618 0.6212 0.0502 66 80 111.804 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
11 30 Christian Lundgaard 1:12.2993 0.8587 0.2375 92 94 111.437 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
12 51 Takuma Sato 1:12.5317 1.0911 0.2324 87 88 111.080 Honda Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
13 48 Jimmie Johnson 1:13.4491 2.0085 0.9174 6 102 109.692 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing

 

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