started a robust protection of his Indianapolis 500 crown by pacing the opening day of observe on Tuesday.
The Spaniard, who was the primary driver to exit and kickstart the six-hour session, was comparatively quiet as a result of what he referred to as a “balancing subject.” Nonetheless, he returned within the ultimate 10 minutes and he threw down a 225.937mph flyer to go quickest within the #10 Honda.
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’s additionally made his presence felt and held the highest spot for almost all of the day with a fast lap of 225.895mph, which held till being bumped late by Palou.
, driving the #23 , was the quickest Chevrolet in third at 225.838mph. Two-time Indy 500 winner , additionally a two-time IndyCar Collection champion, was fourth on the speedcharts at 225.121mph within the #2 Chevrolet.
Six-time sequence champion , the 2008 Indy 500 winner, was fifth at 225.087mph within the #9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
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() was sixth, forward of (Andretti International) in seventh. (Group Penske) was eighth, adopted by () ninth, and (Group Penske) tenth.
Along with being among the many high 10 in tow speeds, Kirkwood was additionally the quickest on the no-tow checklist at 222.062mph. His teammate, 2018 Indy 500 winner , was second amongst no-tow speeds (221.455mph). Jack “Hollywood” Harvey was third for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.
ECR’s , who was thirteenth on the general speedcharts at 223.585mph, pounded the pavement of Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a session-most 116 laps. He was the one driver to interrupt the century mark. Daly and , Rossi’s teammate, have been tied for second-most laps logged at 89 every. , the 2014 Indy 500 winner who’s making his first look in a one-off with , had the fewest laps ran on the afternoon with 27. Palou was second-least with 28.
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There have been no incidents within the session.
Day 1: Indy 500 Observe Total Outcomes
1
10
Alex Palou
Chip Ganassi Racing
28
39.8342
225.937
2
66
Marcus Armstrong
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
46
39.8416
0.0074
225.895
3
23
Conor Daly
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
89
39.8516
0.0174
225.838
4
2
Josef Newgarden
Group Penske
71
39.9785
0.1443
225.121
5
9
Scott Dixon
Chip Ganassi Racing
61
39.9845
0.1503
225.087
6
15
Graham Rahal
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
47
40.0411
0.2069
224.769
7
27
Kyle Kirkwood
Andretti International
47
40.0922
0.2580
224.483
8
3
Scott McLaughlin
Group Penske
28
40.1068
0.2726
224.401
9
18
Romain Grosjean
Dale Coyne Racing
58
40.1963
0.3621
223.901
10
12
David Malukas
Group Penske
53
40.2064
0.3722
223.845
11
24
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
58
40.2247
0.3905
223.743
12
5
Arrow McLaren
78
40.2252
0.3910
223.740
13
20
Alexander Rossi
Racing
116
40.2531
0.4189
223.585
14
75
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
36
40.2818
0.4476
223.426
15
06
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
55
40.2988
0.4646
223.332
16
33
Ed Carpenter
Ed Carpenter Racing
56
40.3051
0.4709
223.297
17
51
Abel Motorsports
63
40.3308
0.4966
223.155
18
14
53
40.3714
0.5372
222.930
19
76
82
40.3920
0.5578
222.816
20
8
Chip Ganassi Racing
80
40.4003
0.5661
222.771
21
21
Christian Rasmussen
Ed Carpenter Racing
89
40.4272
0.5930
222.622
22
60
Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
84
40.4299
0.5957
222.608
23
28
Andretti International
45
40.4851
0.6509
222.304
24
6
Arrow McLaren
82
40.5096
0.6754
222.170
25
77
Ray Robb Sting
Juncos Hollinger Racing
70
40.5502
0.7160
221.947
26
19
Dennis Hauger
Dale Coyne Racing
12
40.6169
0.7827
221.583
27
26
Will Energy
Andretti International
44
40.6403
0.8061
221.455
28
7
Arrow McLaren
68
40.7027
0.8685
221.116
29
31
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Arrow McLaren
27
40.7171
0.8829
221.037
30
4
Caio Collet
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
59
40.7413
0.9071
220.906
31
45
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
76
40.7573
0.9231
220.819
32
47
Mick Schumacher
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
84
40.8570
1.0228
220.280
33
11
HMD Motorsports with A.J. Foyt Racing
51
41.2269
1.3927
218.304
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