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IndyCar Indy April Testing
Daly heads Indy test Friday morning, all rookies cleared
Conor Daly again put his US Air Force Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet on top in testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Friday morning, while all rookies have now completed their orientation practice.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: Apr 9, 2021, 6:12 PM
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Because of how much time was lost to rain yesterday, IndyCar started running at 9am U.S. ET, beginning with a session for the rookies and refreshers, whose track time yesterday was pinched by bad weather and eventually fading light.
Those starting the day still needing to complete their ‘Phase 3’ – 15 laps above 215mph – included Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda duo Pietro Fittipaldi and Cody Ware, along with Simona de Silvestro of Paretta Autosport-Chevrolet, Max Chilton (Carlin-Chevy), and Sage Karam (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing-Chevy).
All have now fulfilled the requirements of IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway and are cleared to practice with others.
Once the track was open to all, the teams swiftly got on with running in packs, and Daly moved to the top of the times with a 224.790mph on the 16th of his 23 laps so far. That was a mere 0.05mph faster than 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda who was 0.45mph faster than the Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy of Pato O’Ward.
As yesterday, Colton Herta’s #26 Gainbridge car heads the Andretti Autosport-Honda contingent, while one of last year’s Indy 500 revelations Alex Palou has ensured two Ganassi cars are in the top five.
The Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Hondas are being best represented currently by Santino Ferrucci in the third car, but Graham Rahal has the strongest no-tow lap speed of all at the moment, with a 221.949mph.
Second in the no-tows is Team Penske-Chevrolet’s 2018 Indy winner Will Power, although he sits 22nd on the overall speed chart.
There are five hours left in the session which has resumed after a brief but heavy shower. Should further precipitation occur, IndyCar could feasibly extend track time to 7pm, as it did yesterday.
One car that will not be seen today is the #21 ECR-Chevrolet of Rinus VeeKay who suffered a big shunt in yesterday morning’s session, and is still nursing a broken finger.
P
No
Name
FTime
Diff
Gap
FL
Laps
FSpeed
Engine
Team
1
47
Conor Daly
40.0374
0.000
0.000
16
23
224.790
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
2
9
Scott Dixon
40.0462
0.0088
0.0088
2
11
224.740
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
3
5
Pato O'Ward
40.1304
0.0930
0.0842
36
55
224.269
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
4
26
Colton Herta
40.1422
0.1048
0.0118
42
45
224.203
Honda
Andretti Autosport
5
10
Alex Palou
40.1545
0.1171
0.0123
20
31
224.134
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
6
18
Ed Jones
40.1956
0.1582
0.0411
15
20
223.905
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing
7
22
Simon Pagenaud
40.2344
0.1970
0.0388
5
41
223.689
Chevy
Team Penske
8
20
Ed Carpenter
40.2707
0.2333
0.0363
32
42
223.488
Chevy
Ed Carpenter Racing
9
45
Santino Ferrucci
40.3126
0.2752
0.0419
46
46
223.255
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10
15
Graham Rahal
40.3213
0.2839
0.0087
35
35
223.207
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
11
48
Tony Kanaan
40.3404
0.3030
0.0191
38
39
223.101
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
12
06
Helio Castroneves
40.3974
0.3600
0.0570
3
21
222.787
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
13
3
Scott McLaughlin
40.4133
0.3759
0.0159
6
52
222.699
Chevy
Team Penske
14
98
Marco Andretti
40.4195
0.3821
0.0062
4
43
222.665
Honda
Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian
15
7
Felix Rosenqvist
40.4623
0.4249
0.0428
26
28
222.429
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
16
59
Max Chilton
40.4935
0.4561
0.0312
3
11
222.258
Chevy
Carlin
17
24
Sage Karam
40.5059
0.4685
0.0124
32
32
222.190
Chevy
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
18
86
Juan Pablo Montoya
40.5384
0.5010
0.0325
6
12
222.012
Chevy
Arrow McLaren SP
19
30
Takuma Sato
40.5755
0.5381
0.0371
26
26
221.809
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20
60
Jack Harvey
40.5955
0.5581
0.0200
3
49
221.699
Honda
Meyer Shank Racing
21
8
Marcus Ericsson
40.6259
0.5885
0.0304
29
68
221.534
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
22
12
Will Power
40.6486
0.6112
0.0227
39
43
221.410
Chevy
Team Penske
23
14
Sebastien Bourdais
40.6690
0.6316
0.0204
4
20
221.299
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
24
2
Josef Newgarden
40.6699
0.6325
0.0009
24
25
221.294
Chevy
Team Penske
25
29
James Hinchcliffe
40.6755
0.6381
0.0056
6
14
221.263
Honda
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
26
16
Simona De Silvestro
40.7075
0.6701
0.0320
17
29
221.089
Chevy
Paretta Autosport
27
27
Alexander Rossi
40.7917
0.7543
0.0842
34
37
220.633
Honda
Andretti Autosport
28
28
Ryan Hunter-Reay
40.9883
0.9509
0.1966
12
16
219.575
Honda
Andretti Autosport
29
4
Dalton Kellett
40.9922
0.9548
0.0039
13
15
219.554
Chevy
AJ Foyt Enterprises
30
51
Pietro Fittipaldi
41.2469
1.2095
0.2547
4
9
218.198
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
31
52
Cody Ware
41.7824
1.7450
0.5355
3
3
215.402
Honda
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
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