Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, who rolls off third for today’s Thermal Club INDYCAR Grand Prix led the way in race day warm up with a time of 01:40.3667s.
Palou in the No.10 DHL Honda was just ahead of his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon in the No.9 PNC Bank Honda.
Dixon, who starts the race from 11th ended the session in second with a time of 01:40.8267s.
Josef Newgarden was third for Team Penske just ahead of Graham Rahal.
It was a great warm up for PREMA Racing’s Callum Ilott who was fifth and speaking following his qualifying run on Saturday he said:
“It was not the not the best session. We weren’t in the right balance when I was out on the Primaries and tried to make it better for the Alternates, but it wasn’t perfect and just couldn’t quite get it together. We still have a lot to learn from everything so far this weekend. It’s very hot and it doesn’t make it easy for us, but this race with the heat and tire degradation there’s probably quite a lot of room to move forwards. But we will have to work overnight and see on race day.”
Colton Herta was sixth for Andretti Global just ahead of Louis Foster who continued his great run from qualifying to end the warm up in seventh place just ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Marcus Armstrong.
Santino Ferrucci had a grest session rounding out top ten for AJ Foyt Racing.
Felix Rosenqvist was 11th just ahead of Arrow McLaren’s Nolan Siegel. Conor Daly in the No.76 Cyclum NextGen Travel Centers Chevrolet was 13th.
Front row starter Christian Lundgaard was 14th for Arrow McLaren just ahead of Robert Shwartzman of PREMA Racing.
Kyle Kirkwood was 16th just ahead of Will Power and Sting Ray Robb.
Pole-sitter Pato O’Ward was 19th while David Malukas rounded out the top twenty just ahead of Kyffin Simpson and Marcus Ericsson.
Ed Carpenter Racing’s Alexander Rossi who starts today’s race from P6 ended warm up in 23rd and speaking following qualifying he said:
“It was a good session for the No. 20 Java House Chevrolet. It’s been a struggle throughout the weekend. We had delays with getting laps in because of some hybrid issues, but we finally had a smooth session and were able to qualify in the Fast 6. That’s the potential we have had, but there is still work to do as we switch into race mode. It’s a good start to what will hopefully be a strong Sunday for us tomorrow!”
Devlin DeFrancesco was 24th just ahead of Jacob Abel and Christian Rasmussen while Rinus VeeKay rounded out the order.