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IndyCar: Simon Pagenaud tops third 2019 Toronto practice session

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 07: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet, prepares to drive during practice for the NTT IndyCar Series - DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 07, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 07: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet, prepares to drive during practice for the NTT IndyCar Series - DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 07, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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Simon Pagenaud topped the speed chart in the third and final practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s 11th race, the Honda Indy Toronto, at Exhibition Place.

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud topped the speed chart in the third and final practice session for the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season’s 11th race, the Honda Indy Toronto, at Exhibition Place after topping the speed chart in the second practice session for this race yesterday afternoon.

Pagenaud topped the speed chart in this practice session by recording a top lap time of 59.3651 seconds (108.3061 miles per hour) around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile (2.874-kilometer) temporary street circuit on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in his #22 Chevrolet.

Pagenaud was the only Chevrolet driver who finished this practice session in the top nine, as eight Honda drivers representing five of the six Honda teams finished from second through ninth place.

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Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist, Andretti Autosport’s Ryan-Hunter-Reay, Dale Coyne Racing rookie Santino Ferrucci and Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta rounded out the top five by finishing in second, third, fourth and fifth place in their #10 Honda, #28 Honda, #19 Honda and #88 Honda, respectively.

Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan’s Sebastien Bourdais and Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe rounded out the top nine by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth place in their #98 Honda, #27 Honda, #18 Honda and #5 Honda, respectively.

Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot was the only Chevrolet driver aside of Pagenaud who finished this practice session in the top 10. He finished in 10th place in his #21 Chevrolet.

Here are the full practice results of the third and final practice session for the 2019 Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place.

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

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The qualifying session for the 2019 IndyCar season’s 11th race is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network this afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET. The warm-up session for this race, the Honda Indy Toronto, is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. ET, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold. The race itself is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET, and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.