The second practice session for the opening race of the 2018 IndyCar season at St. Petersburg has come to a close. Who looks good early on?
The second practice session for Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, which is the opening race of the 2018 IndyCar season, has come to an end, thus wrapping up today’s on-track activity.
Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay topped the speed chart with a top lap time of 60.8295 seconds (106.527 miles per hour) around the 14-turn, 1.8-mile temporary street circuit in his #28 Honda.
The top Chevrolet driver in the session was Team Penske’s Will Power in 3rd place. Once again, Team Penske did not have a session like we have grown accustomed to seeing from them, especially throughout last season. Josef Newgarden finished the session in 5th and Simon Pagenaud finished the session in 13th after spinning out in turn 3.
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Juncos Racing’s Rene Binder, who is set to make his IndyCar debut in the race this weekend, also spun out in turn 3 during the session, but he did not make contact with the wall. He finished in last place of the 24 drivers in the session in his #32 Chevrolet.
Of the seven rookies in the practice session, the top driver was Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ Robert Wickens in 7th place in his #6 Honda. The top rookie Chevrolet driver was A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Matheus Leist in 12th in his #4 Chevrolet. Leist topped the speed chart in the first practice session of the day.
Here are the full practice results from the second practice session for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 2 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 3 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 5 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 6 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 7 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 8 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 11 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 12 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 17 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 19 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 21 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 22 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Jack Harvey | #60, Michael Shank Racing, Honda |
| 24 | Rene Binder | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
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The third practice session for the race is set to take place tomorrow at 11:10 am ET before qualifying at 2:20 pm ET. The final practice for the race is set to take place at 8:45 am ET on Sunday morning before the race begins at 12:40 am ET. The race is set to be broadcast live on ABC starting at 12:30 am ET.