IndyCar: Ryan Hunter-Reay tops second 2019 St. Petersburg practice session

Ryan Hunter-Reay topped the speed chart in the second practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

After Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist topped the speed chart in the first practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Andretti Autosport veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay topped the speed chart in the second practice session for this race.

Hunter-Reay topped the speed chart in the second practice session for the 2019 season opener by recording a top lap time of 60.8969 seconds (106.409 miles per hour) around the 14-turn, 1.8-mile (2.897-kilometer) temporary street circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida in his #28 Honda.

Unlike in the first practice session when six Honda drivers swept the top six positions and eight of the top nine positions on the speed chart, one Chevrolet driver finished the second session in the top two while two finished it in the top five and five finished it in the top 10.

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Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot finished this practice session in second place in his #21 Chevrolet. Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti and Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta finished in third and fourth in their #98 Honda and #88 Honda, respectively, and Carlin’s Max Chilton finished in fifth in his #59 Chevrolet.

Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe, Carlin’s Charlie Kimball and Team Penske teammates Josef Newgarden and Will Power rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #27 Honda, #5 Honda, #23 Chevrolet, #2 Chevrolet and #12 Chevrolet, respectively.

Rosenqvist finished in 14th place in his #10 Honda.

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

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

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

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

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