Long Beach IndyCar: Herta takes pole with new lap record
Alexander Rossi laid down the first marker in the third segment of qualifying with 66.0, his closest opponent being Josef Newgarden and Felix Rosenqvist after their first runs.
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Alexander Rossi laid down the first marker in the third segment of qualifying with 66.0, his closest opponent being Josef Newgarden and Felix Rosenqvist after their first runs.
Álex Palou saldrá a las calles de Long Beach con la tercera plaza en parrilla, al lado de Rosenqvist y por detrás del Andretti de Herta y el Penske de Newgarden. Los Andretti, con tres coches en Fast 6, se mostraron en el urbano californiano como los rivales a batir y dominaron con solvencia todas las rondas clasificatorias, en las que el español fue de menos a más y logró plaza en segunda línea, entre los mejores, lo que le coloca con claras opciones de cara a la carrera del domingo (21:35).
Pagenaud, the 2016 Long Beach winner, clocked a 1m07.1991s in the session, eclipsing two-time Long Beach winner Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport by 0.4021s. Pagenaud's best time was two seconds quicker than Colton Herta's first practice time from last year's Long Beach in September.
The team struggled in qualifying, with Dalton Kellett, Kirkwood and JR Hildebrand only 22nd, 23rd and 26th on the speed charts. However, in second practice Kirkwood was 15th with his race setup, and overnight the team made further progress.
Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Scott McLaughlin took less than a lap to get around the outside of polesitter Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy, while Will Power initially dismissed Takuma Sato’s Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda to gain third.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Josef Newgarden nipped teammate Scott McLaughlin on a last-lap pass for the victory at Texas Motor Speedway while Jimmie Johnson shined Sunday with his best finish yet in the NTT IndyCar Series.
McLaughlin led from pole position, as team-mate Power slipped back to fourth on an alternate tyre strategy, and held off reigning champion Alex Palou by half a second to take his maiden IndyCar win.
Herta had vaulted to the top of the session with a with a 59.7104s lap, which was eclipsed by Will Power delivering a lap 0.03s quicker before improving to a 59.6058s time.