IndyCar: Felix Rosenqvist tops first 2019 St. Petersburg practice session

Rookie Felix Rosenqvist topped the speed chart in the opening practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist opened up the 2019 IndyCar season by topping the speed chart in the first practice session for the season opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Peterburg.

Rosenqvist topped the speed chart in the opening practice of the 2019 season by recording a top lap time of 61.8215 seconds (104.818 miles per hour) around the 14-turn, 1.8-mile (2.897-kilometer) temporary street circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida in his #10 Honda.

Rosenqvist led a top six Honda sweep of the session. Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Marcus Ericsson, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato rounded out the top six by finishing in second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth place in their #28 Honda, #7 Honda, #9 Honda, #27 Honda and #30 Honda, respectively.

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Team Penske teammates Josef Newgarden and Will Power were the fastest Chevrolet drivers of the practice session. They finished in seventh and 10th place in their #2 Chevrolet and #12 Chevrolet, respectively.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal and Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach, the other two drivers who finished the practice session in the top 10, finished in eighth and ninth place in their #15 Honda and #26 Honda, respectively, giving Honda drivers eight of the top nine positions on the speed chart in the session.

The second practice session for the race is scheduled to take place this afternoon from 2:20 p.m. ET through 3:05 p.m. ET, and the third and final practice session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow from 10:25 a.m. ET through 11:10 a.m. ET. Both of these practice sessions are set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold.

The qualifying session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow from 2:30 p.m ET through 4:00 p.m. ET, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network.

The morning warm-up session for the race is scheduled to take place from 9:20 a.m. ET through 9:50 a.m. ET on Sunday, March 10, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold. The race itself is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Here are the full results of the first practice session for the 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Practice Results
1st – Felix Rosenqvist
2nd – Ryan Hunter-Reay
3rd – Marcus Ericsson
4th – Scott Dixon
5th – Alexander Rossi
6th – Takuma Sato
7th – Josef Newgarden
8th – Graham Rahal
9th – Zach Veach
10th – Will Power
11th – Sebastien Bourdais
12th – Simon Pagenaud
13th – James Hinchcliffe
14th – Spencer Pigot
15th – Charlie Kimball
16th – Jack Harvey
17th – Colton Herta
18th – Marco Andretti
19th – Tony Kanaan
20th – Matheus Leist
21st – Santino Ferrucci
22nd – Ed Jones
23rd – Max Chilton
24th – Ben Hanley

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Be sure to tune into the remaining practice sessions for the 2019 IndyCar season opener as well as the qualifying session for the race, the morning warm-up session for the race and the race, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, itself throughout the remainder of the weekend.