O'Ward leads Kirkwood, Grosjean in extremely tight FP2 IndyCar session at GPLongBeach
O’Ward then lowered the target to 1m06.5273s. Newgarden and McLaughlin took turns at knocking him off his pedestal, moving up to second and third respectively.
In the closing 10 minutes, drivers started coming out on Firestone’s green sidewalled alternate compound tires, with Dixon hitting P1 with a 1m06.2407s. However, this was never going to stand, and O’Ward slammed in a 1m05.9982s, which left him just 0.0167s ahead of Kirkwood, who got a nudge around the hairpin by a frustrated Power. The reigning champion had already smacked a wall broadside, and he wasn’t the only Penske driver to make an error in the closing stages as McLaughlin suffered a spin.
That left Grosjean in third ahead of Herta – who was hampered by yellows caused by McLaughlin’s incident – making it three Andretti cars in the top four.slithered with brakes locked down the Turn 9 escape road.Qualifying begins at 12.05pm local time.
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