IndyCar News: Java House GP Saturday Schedule Change

Good afternoon from Monterey, California, and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Today has not run smoothly due to the early morning conditions here at the track.

Due to low fog this morning,  Practice 2, which was scheduled for 8:30 am today, was cancelled.  The Sunday morning Warmup has now been rescheduled to run this afternoon at 4:00 pm PT.

Drivers were not as prepared for qualifying without that morning practice.  It appears that the alternate (red) tires were the way to go to achieve the necessary speed for a better position.

Autoracing1 asked Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward if missing the morning practice affected his qualifying run.

” I think it was fine. It did help that we rolled off strong yesterday.”

“But yeah, I think it should be — there should be a rule we don’t book anything before 10:00 a.m. around here because it’s always a problem. It was a very non-gentle morning for no reason. ”

Lucille Dust reporting live from Laguna Seca