Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou in the No.10 DHL Honda was the pace-setter in the full-field practice one at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on Friday with a time of 01:09.9850s ending the morning just ahead of his teammate Kyffin Simpson in the No.8 Journie Rewards Chip Ganassi Racing Honda who set a fastest time of 01:10.0677a.
It was a great session for Santino Ferrucci and AJ Foyt Racing. He ended the session in third place with a time of 01:10.1545, just ahead of Arrow McLaren’s Nolan Siegel and Christian Lundgaard.
Colton Herta was sixth fastest, just ahead of Kyle Kirkwood, while Pato O’Ward was eighth ahead of Will Power. At the same time, Ed Carpenter Racing’s Alexander Rossi rounded out the top ten for ECR with a time of 01:10.4749s, while Louis Foster was 11th for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, and Felix Rosenqvist was 12th. Six-time series champion Scott Dixon in the No.9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda was 13th, just ahead of AJ Foyt Racing’s David Malukas.
Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Conor Daly was 15th just ahead of his teammate Sting Ray Robb, Graham Rahal was 17th just ahead of Marcus Armstrong, and Scott McLaughlin was 19th. Marcus Ericsson was 20th for Andretti Global while Josef Newgarden was 21st for Team Penske.
Christian Rasmussen was 22nd, just ahead of Callum Ilott. At the same time, Devlin DeFransceco was 24th for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Jacob Abel was 25th, just ahead of Robert Schwartzman, and Rinus VeeKay was 27th, having stopped on track.