A week after the Detroit double header, the IndyCar Series moves to Wiconsin and moves into the second half of the championship for the REV Group Grand Prix at Road America.
Romain Grosjean dominated the first practice session of the REV Group Grand Prix this Friday afternoon at Road America, continuing his steady pace this season.
Road America, Fast Grosjean this Friday
Grosjean’s best lap, was achieved in 1 minute, 1’47 “6781 seconds on the Honda of Dale Coyne Racing, on the circuit of 14 turns and 4.014 miles. A circuit which he was able to discover at the wheel of a IndyCar in a private session Grosjean has qualified in the top seven in four of his five starts of the 2021 season, including the pole position he claimed in the GMR Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
“It’s a good start,” Grosjean said. “The track is very different from where we came to test. I think we have some work to do on the set-up. We managed to do a good lap at the end. It’s a good thing for the week. -end of race. “
2012 IndyCar Series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay, who is looking to put behind him a difficult first half of the season, set the second time in 1’47 “8024 on the # 28 Honda DHL. Hunter-Reay is 15th in the series after eight of the 16. Two-time series champion Josef Newgarden is third in 1’47 “8417 on the No. 2 Chevrolet Hitachi Team Penske.
Alex Palou, who is only one point behind Pato O’Ward for the championship lead, is fourth in 1’47 “8515 on the # 10 Honda NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing. Graham Rahal completed the top 5 in 1’48’0938 on the Honda Hy-Vee n ° 15.
Championship leader O’Ward is 11th in 1’48 “4251 in the No.5 Chevrolet Arrow McLaren SP. His new teammate this weekend, Formula 1 veteran Kevin Magnussen, was 23rd at 1 ‘ 50 “4921 for its first run on the Chevrolet Arrow McLaren SP n ° 7.
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