Heavy rain and standing water introduced IndyCar qualifying to a halt on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway street course.
The afternoon was met with rain that started in the course of the first race of the doubleheader weekend for Indy NXT, which was received by Enzo Fittipaldi.
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Nonetheless, the persistent downpour left sufficient standing water across the 2.439-mile, 14-turn street course for race officers to name off the session and reschedule it for 10:45am ET on Saturday morning rather than the morning warm-up.
Drivers within the first group, reminiscent of Andretti World’s Marcus Ericsson, AJ Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci, and Crew Penske’s Josef Newgarden, amongst others, have been of their respective vehicles and ready to exit for roughly 25 minutes as officers and sweepers patrolled the observe. Officers made the decision to desert the try to get Friday qualifying in simply previous 6pm ET.
Protection for the rescheduled qualifying will start at 10:30am ET on Fox Sports activities 2 earlier than transferring to Fox Sports activities 1 at 11:30am.
4-time and reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou, who has additionally received the final three consecutive years on the IMS street course, led each apply classes on Friday.
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