IndyCar: James Hinchcliffe tops second 2019 Barber practice session

James Hinchcliffe topped the speed chart in the second practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s third race, the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.

Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe topped the speed chart in the second of three practice sessions for the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season’s third race, the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, at Barber Motorsports Park.

Hinchcliffe topped the speed chart in this practice session by recording a top lap time of 68.9994 seconds (124.175 miles per hour) around the the 17-turn, 2.38-mile (3.830-kilometer) Barber Motorsports Park natural terrain road course in Birmingham, Alabama in his #5 Honda.

Hinchcliffe let a top six sweep by Honda drivers in this practice session, as Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta, Dale Coyne Racing teammates Santino Ferrucci, a rookie, and Sebastien Bourdais, and Andretti Autosport teammates Alexander Rossi rounded out the top six by finishing in second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth place in their #88 Honda, #19 Honda, #18 Honda, #27 Honda and #28 Honda, respectively.

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Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot and Carlin rookie Patricio O’Ward were the highest finishing Chevrolet drivers in this practice session. They finished in seventh and eighth place in their #21 Chevrolet and #31 Chevrolet, respectively.

Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon rounded out the top 10 in this practice session by finishing in ninth and 10th place in their #98 Honda and #9 Honda, respectively, giving Honda drivers eight of the top 10 positions on the speed chart.

Will Power was the lone Team Penske driver who finished the practice session in the top 14. He finished in 11th in his #12 Chevrolet. His two teammates, Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden, finished in 15th and 18th in their #22 Chevrolet and #2 Chevrolet, respectively.

Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist, who topped the speed chart in the first practice session for this Sunday’s race, finished this session in 17th place in his #10 Honda.

The lone remaining practice session for is scheduled to air live on NBC Sports Gold tomorrow morning beginning at 11:45 a.m. ET. Qualifying for the race is scheduled to air live on NBC Sports Network later tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Gold is scheduled to air the race warmup session live on Sunday, April 7 beginning at 12:10 p.m. ET, and NBC Sports Network is scheduled to air the race itself live later that afternoon beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET.

Here are the full practice results of the second practice session for the 2019 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.

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

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Be sure not to miss the final practice session as well as the qualifying session and warmup session for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, and be sure not to miss the live broadcast of the third race of the 2019 IndyCar season itself this Sunday, April 7.