IndyCar: Alexander Rossi tops Laguna Seca warmup session

Alexander Rossi topped the warmup session for the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, the 2019 IndyCar season finale, at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi topped the pit stop practice/warmup session, which isn’t technically considered one of the three practice sessions, for the 2019 IndyCar season finale at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey.

Rossi, one of the four championship contenders, topped the speed chart in this warmup session for this 90-lap race by recording a top lap time of 70.0988 seconds (114.9349 miles per hour) around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile (3.602-kilometer) WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca natural terrain road course in Monterey, California in his #27 Honda.

Rossi led a top five Honda sweep, which included three Andretti Autosport cars, four if you count the #88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda of pseudo teammate Colton Herta as a part of the Andretti Autosport team.

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Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay finished in second place in his #28 Honda ahead of Herta in third in his #88 Honda. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, another one of the four championship contenders, and Andretti Autosport’s Conor Daly rounded out the top five by finishing in fourth and fifth in their #9 Honda and #25 Honda, respectively.

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud, another one of the four championship contenders, was the fastest Chevrolet driver in this warmup session. He finished in sixth place in his #22 Chevrolet.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, Carlin’s Max Chilton, Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist and A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Matheus Leist rounded out the top 10 by finishing in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #30 Honda, #59 Chevrolet, #10 Honda and #4 Chevrolet, respectively.

The other championship contender, points leader Josef Newgarden of Team Penske, finished in 16th place in his #2 Chevrolet. Of the 24 drivers who are slated to compete in Sunday afternoon’s race, the only driver who did not participate in this session was Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan’s Sebastien Bourdais.

Here are the full practice results of the pit stop/warmup session for the 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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

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NBC Sports Gold is set to broadcast the third and final practice session for the 2019 IndyCar season finale live from WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca tomorrow beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast the qualifying session for the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey live later tomorrow afternoon beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET, and it is scheduled to begin shortly thereafter at 4:35 p.m. ET. NBC is set to broadcast the race itself live on Sunday, September 22, beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET, and it is scheduled to get underway at 3:00 p.m. ET.