Rosenqvist tops frantic opening practice session

Published on 05 Apr 2019 19:15

By: Fergal Walsh

Felix Rosenqvist has ended the first practice session from Barber Motorsports Park on top of the timesheets, posting a 1:09.230

The session was heavily interrupted by a number of red flags as a series of drivers spun off, including the two A.J. Foyt cars of Tony Kanaan and Matheus Leist.

The session ended under red as Spencer Pigot lost his car ad beached it in the gravel in the final minutes.

The threat of rain lingered in the air throughout the session, with a few drops falling throughout. Sebastien Bourdais jumped up to second place towards the end, beating James Hinchcliffe to the spot.

Hinchcliffe was one of those who found himself facing the wrong way during the session, spinning as he returned to the pitlane.

Scott Dixon was fourth, starting off the weekend strongly as he targets his first IndyCar win around the Alabama track. He was in front of Ryan Hunter-Reay, who was the lead Andretti car.

After obtaining the crown of IndyCar's youngest ever winner two weeks ago at the Circuit of the Americas, Colton Herta was sixth, beating his former Indy Lights rival Patricio O'Ward, who was seventh.

Takuma Sato had a violent spin during the session but managed to set the eighth fastest time ahead of Alexander Rossi and Simon Pagenaud who rounded out the top ten.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
undefined 1.	undefined Felix Rosenqvist	undefined Chip Ganassi Racing	undefined 1:09.2296	undefined -
undefined 2.	undefined Sebastien Bourdais	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:09.2750	undefined +0.0454
undefined 3.	undefined James Hinchcliffe	undefined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	undefined 1:09.3276	undefined +0.0980
undefined 4.	undefined Scott Dixon	undefined Chip Ganassi Racing	undefined 1:09.4373	undefined +0.2077
undefined 5.	undefined Ryan Hunter-Reay	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:09.4452	undefined +0.2156
undefined 6.	undefined Colton Herta	undefined Harding Racing	undefined 1:09.4987	undefined +0.2691
undefined 7.	undefined Patricio O'Ward	undefined Carlin	undefined 1:09.5007	undefined +0.2711
undefined 8.	undefined Takuma Sato	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:09.5479	undefined +0.3183
undefined 9.	undefined Alexander Rossi	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:09.8022	undefined +0.5726
undefined 10.	undefined Simon Pagenaud	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:09.8294	undefined +0.5998
undefined 11.	undefined Marco Andretti	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:09.9137	undefined +0.6841
undefined 12.	undefined Will Power	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:09.9440	undefined +0.7144
undefined 13.	undefined Tony Kanaan	undefined A.J. Foyt Enterprises	undefined 1:09.9707	undefined +0.7411
undefined 14.	undefined Josef Newgarden	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:10.1168	undefined +0.8872
undefined 15.	undefined Marcus Ericsson	undefined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	undefined 1:10.1253	undefined +0.8957
undefined 16.	undefined Spencer Pigot	undefined Ed Carpenter Racing	undefined 1:10.1428	undefined +0.9132
undefined 17.	undefined Max Chilton	undefined Carlin	undefined 1:10.2630	undefined +1.0334
undefined 18.	undefined Jack Harvey	undefined Meyer Shank Racing	undefined 1:10.3180	undefined +1.0884
undefined 19.	undefined Ed Jones	undefined Ed Carpenter Racing	undefined 1:10.6279	undefined +1.3983
undefined 20.	undefined Graham Rahal	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:10.7382	undefined +1.5086
undefined 21.	undefined Santino Ferrucci	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:10.7595	undefined +1.5299
undefined 22	undefined Zach Veach	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:11.0773	undefined +1.8477
undefined 23.	undefined Ben Hanley	undefined DragonSpeed	undefined 1:11.4122	undefined +2.1826
undefined 24.	undefined Matheus Leist	undefined A.J. Foyt Enterprises	undefined 1:33.6477	undefined +24.4181