FP3: Rossi puts Andretti on top, Ericsson crashes

  • Published on 23 Mar 2019 16:56
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  • By: Fergal Walsh

Alexander Rossi has topped the final practice session from the Circuit of the Americas, beating Chip Ganassi Racing's Felix Rosenqvist to the leading spot.

It was an underwhelming session for Ericsson, who met the barriers at Turn 19. Although it's his first time competing at the track in IndyCar, the Swede has five years experience at the circuit from racing in Formula 1.

The car will need to be checked before qualifying, but fortunately, Ericsson was able to walk away from the shunt.

Ericsson ended the session in 17th, one position behind teammate James Hinchcliffe.

Graham Rahal will be encouraged by his P3 result, as he headed some of the big names in Ryan Hunter-Reay, Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon and Will Power.

Spencer Pigot was eighth, while Simon Pagenaud sneaked his Penske into the top ten. He was ahead of the second Dale Coyne car of Sebastian Bourdais.

After impressing at St. Petersburg, Colton Herta just failed to break into the top ten, as did the Andretti Autosport car of Zach Veach. 

Qualifying for the IndyCar Classic kicks off at 2PM local time, as the drivers attempt to set themselves up for a chance of victory at the first IndyCar race from the Circuit of the Americas. 
 

Pos. Driver Team Time Gap
1. Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport 1:46.9148      -
2. Felix Rosenqvist Chip Ganassi Racing 1:47.0536 0.1388
3. Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan
Racing
1:47.4397 0.5249
4. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 1:47.5363 0.6215
5. Josef Newgarden Team Penske 1:47.5372 0.6224
6. Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 1:47.6218 0.7070
7. Will Power Team Penske 1:47.6660 0.7512
8. Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing 1:47.6855 0.7707
9. Simon Pagenaud Team Penske 1:47.7387 0.8239
10. Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 1:47.7700 0.8552
11. Zach Veach Andretti Autosport 1:47.8036 0.8888
12. Colton Herta Harding Racing 1:47.8097 0.8949
13. Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan
Racing
1:47.9333 1.0185
14. Patricio O'Ward Carlin 1:47.9816 1.0668
15. Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing 1:48.1228 1.2080
16. James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1:48.1706 1.2558
17. Marcus Ericsson Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1:48.2911 1.3763
18. Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing 1:48.4150 1.5002
19. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:48.5342 1.6194
20. Santino Ferrucci Dale Coyne Racing 1:48.5392 1.6244
21. Matheus Leist A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1:48.5783 1.6635
22. Max Chilton Carlin 1:48.9655 2.0507
23. Tony Kanaan A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1:49.1023 2.1875
24. Kyle Kaiser Juncos Racing 1:50.0297 3.1149

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