Alexander Rossi topped the third practice session for Sunday’s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, which is the third race of the 2018 IndyCar season.
The third and final pre-qualifying practice session for the third race of the 2018 IndyCar season is in the books, and Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi found himself on top of the speed chart for the second practice session in a row.
Rossi topped the third practice session for the 44th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in his #27 Honda for Andretti Autosport with a top lap time of 66.6105 seconds (106.362 miles per hour) around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile historic temporary street circuit in Long Beach, California.
At the front of the field, it was all Andretti Autosport and Team Penske. Five of those team’s seven drivers occupied all five of the top 5 positions on the speed chart. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud finished the session in 2nd, 3rd and 5th place, respectively, in their Chevrolet cars, while Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay finished in 4th in his Honda.
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The top non-Andretti Autosport Honda driver was Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal in 6th place, and the top non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver was Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot in 7th.
There are no more practice sessions before qualifying takes place tonight at 6:30 pm ET and airs live on NBC Sports Network. The lone remaining practice session for the race is tomorrow’s warmup session, which is set to take place at 12:00 pm ET before the race takes place at 4:30 pm ET and airs live on NBC Sports Network starting at 4:00 pm ET.
Here are the full practice results from the third practice session for the 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach from the streets of Long Beach, California.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 2 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 5 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 6 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 7 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 9 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 12 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 14 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 15 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 16 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 18 | Jack Harvey | #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda |
| 19 | Kyle Kaiser | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 21 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 22 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 24 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
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The 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is set to be broadcast live from the streets of Long Beach, California on NBC Sports Network starting at 4:00 pm ET on Sunday, April 15th, so be sure that you do not miss it.