IndyCar News: Alex Palou tops practice 2 at Mid-Ohio
IndyCar runaway points leader Alex Palou driving the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda turned a lap of 1m05.3961s to top Practice 2 for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio.
–by Mark Cipolloni–
Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard was 2nd, 0.16s behind Palou.
Louis Foster was a strong third, 0.2s behind Palou.
Pato O’Ward was 4th, 0.33s behind Palou.
Felix Rosenqvist recovered from a crash Friday to round out the top-5.

Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Practice 2 Results
Pos | No | Name | Time | Behind | Gap | FL | Laps | Speed | Engine | Team |
1 | 10 | Alex Palou | 1:05.3961 | 0.000s | 0.000s | 15 | 19 | 124.301 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
2 | 7 | Christian Lundgaard | 1:05.5529 | 0.1568 | 0.1568 | 10 | 20 | 124.004 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren |
3 | 45 | Louis Foster | 1:05.5962 | 0.2001 | 0.0433 | 20 | 21 | 123.922 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
4 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 1:05.7280 | 0.3319 | 0.1318 | 17 | 20 | 123.673 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren |
5 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:05.7945 | 0.3984 | 0.0665 | 16 | 23 | 123.548 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
6 | 26 | Colton Herta | 1:05.8529 | 0.4568 | 0.0584 | 16 | 22 | 123.439 | Honda | Andretti Global w/Curb‑Agajanian |
7 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:05.9176 | 0.5215 | 0.0647 | 20 | 21 | 123.318 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
8 | 8 | Kyffin Simpson | 1:05.9255 | 0.5294 | 0.0079 | 18 | 25 | 123.303 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
9 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | 1:05.9352 | 0.5391 | 0.0097 | 12 | 16 | 123.285 | Honda | Andretti Global |
10 | 21 | Christian Rasmussen | 1:05.9758 | 0.5797 | 0.0406 | 10 | 22 | 123.209 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
11 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:06.0348 | 0.6387 | 0.0590 | 11 | 19 | 123.099 | Chevy | Team Penske |
12 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:06.0546 | 0.6585 | 0.0198 | 8 | 9 | 123.062 | Honda | Andretti Global |
13 | 66 | Marcus Armstrong | 1:06.0658 | 0.6697 | 0.0112 | 19 | 21 | 123.041 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
14 | 6 | Nolan Siegel | 1:06.0724 | 0.6763 | 0.0066 | 12 | 27 | 123.029 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren |
15 | 12 | Will Power | 1:06.1162 | 0.7201 | 0.0438 | 26 | 26 | 122.947 | Chevy | Team Penske |
16 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:06.1228 | 0.7267 | 0.0066 | 20 | 26 | 122.935 | Chevy | Team Penske |
17 | 90 | Callum Ilott | 1:06.1352 | 0.7391 | 0.0124 | 11 | 25 | 122.912 | Chevy | Prema Racing |
18 | 76 | Conor Daly | 1:06.1381 | 0.7420 | 0.0029 | 14 | 19 | 122.906 | Chevy | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
19 | 4 | David Malukas | 1:06.1404 | 0.7443 | 0.0023 | 9 | 29 | 122.902 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
20 | 30 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 1:06.1462 | 0.7501 | 0.0058 | 22 | 22 | 122.891 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
21 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:06.1575 | 0.7614 | 0.0113 | 23 | 25 | 122.870 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
22 | 77 | Sting Ray Robb | 1:06.1686 | 0.7725 | 0.0111 | 14 | 19 | 122.850 | Chevy | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
23 | 20 | Alexander Rossi | 1:06.1794 | 0.7833 | 0.0108 | 12 | 24 | 122.830 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
24 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:06.2242 | 0.8281 | 0.0448 | 21 | 22 | 122.747 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
25 | 18 | Rinus Veekay | 1:06.4364 | 1.0403 | 0.2122 | 27 | 27 | 122.355 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
26 | 51 | Jacob Abel | 1:06.4427 | 1.0466 | 0.0063 | 11 | 22 | 122.343 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
27 | 83 | Robert Shwartzman | 1:06.6171 | 1.2210 | 0.1744 | 23 | 23 | 122.023 | Chevy | Prema Racing |