2023 Indycar Spring Training

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Preview:


Thursday/Friday testing coming up.

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Paddock tour:

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Paddock tour:

Some perdy li'l ol' liveries on display there.... even if the JHR livery is pretty to look at but a nightmare to read what it says and is [marketing hat on] therefore totally useless as a branding exercise, its whole reason for being there. [marketing hat off]

Marketing disasters aside some good looking cars.

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Paddock tour:

Some perdy li'l ol' liveries on display there.... even if the JHR livery is pretty to look at but a nightmare to read what it says and is [marketing hat on] therefore totally useless as a branding exercise, its whole reason for being there. [marketing hat off]

Marketing disasters aside some good looking cars.

Thought the same thing about the Bitnile logo. Colours all work well...But those speckled dots underneath it should have stayed on the nose!

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Combined times (two sessions were held):

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[b]Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Session Time Speed Total Laps[/b]
1 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.3721 111.110 42
2 45 Lundgaard, Christian D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.3767 111.105 46
3 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.3970 111.082 43
4 28 Grosjean, Romain D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.4826 110.986 35
5 12 Power, Will D/C/F Practice 2 01:39.5690 110.890 50
6 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.6211 110.832 37
7 77 Ilott, Callum D/C/F Practice 2 01:39.6673 110.781 45
8 3 McLaughlin, Scott D/C/F Practice 2 01:39.7657 110.671 44
9 60 Pagenaud, Simon D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.7862 110.649 44
10 11 Armstrong, Marcus (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.9077 110.514 46
11 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F Practice 2 01:39.9408 110.477 44
12 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.9746 110.440 35
13 29 DeFrancesco, Devlin D/H/F Practice 2 01:39.9805 110.434 48
14 18 Malukas, David D/H/F Practice 2 01:40.0088 110.402 55
15 27 Kirkwood, Kyle D/H/F Practice 1 01:40.0236 110.386 20
16 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F Practice 2 01:40.0468 110.360 30
17 7 Rossi, Alexander D/C/F Practice 2 01:40.1446 110.253 26
18 2 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F Practice 1 01:40.2062 110.185 50
19 30 Harvey, Jack D/H/F Practice 2 01:40.3712 110.004 45
20 6 Rosenqvist, Felix D/C/F Practice 2 01:40.3928 109.980 35
21 78 Canapino, Agustin (R) D/C/F Practice 2 01:40.4464 109.921 48
22 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F Practice 2 01:40.5516 109.806 39
23 20 Daly, Conor D/C/F Practice 2 01:40.5622 109.795 39
24 14 Ferrucci, Santino D/C/F Practice 2 01:40.5724 109.784 28
25 06 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F Practice 2 01:40.7349 109.607 45
26 51 Robb, Sting Ray (R) D/H/F Practice 2 01:41.1557 109.151 63
27 55 Pedersen, Benjamin (R) D/C/F Practice 2 01:41.5312 108.747 37

Report: https://racer.com/2023/02/02/herta-stay ... rmal-club/

A lap of the place with Scotty Mac:

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And combined times from day 2:

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[b]Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Session Time Speed Total Laps[/b]
1 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F Practice 3 01:38.4223 112.182 79
2 45 Lundgaard, Christian D/H/F Practice 3 01:38.5682 112.016 103
3 27 Kirkwood, Kyle D/H/F Practice 3 01:38.7885 111.766 66
4 77 Ilott, Callum D/C/F Practice 4 01:38.8404 111.707 89
5 11 Armstrong, Marcus (R) D/H/F Practice 4 01:38.8409 111.707 101
6 12 Power, Will D/C/F Practice 3 01:38.8702 111.674 97
7 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F Practice 4 01:38.8718 111.672 98
8 3 McLaughlin, Scott D/C/F Practice 3 01:38.9052 111.634 111
9 6 Rosenqvist, Felix D/C/F Practice 3 01:38.9410 111.594 85
10 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F Practice 3 01:38.9762 111.554 101
11 60 Pagenaud, Simon D/H/F Practice 4 01:38.9769 111.553 93
12 2 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F Practice 3 01:39.0301 111.493 98
13 7 Rossi, Alexander D/C/F Practice 3 01:39.0913 111.425 83
14 28 Grosjean, Romain D/H/F Practice 3 01:39.0944 111.421 92
15 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F Practice 4 01:39.1047 111.409 87
16 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F Practice 3 01:39.1486 111.360 80
17 18 Malukas, David D/H/F Practice 4 01:39.3668 111.116 122
18 06 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F Practice 3 01:39.3803 111.100 99
19 29 DeFrancesco, Devlin D/H/F Practice 3 01:39.5308 110.932 99
20 30 Harvey, Jack D/H/F Practice 3 01:39.6960 110.749 97
21 78 Canapino, Agustin (R) D/C/F Practice 4 01:39.7039 110.740 97
22 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F Practice 4 01:39.7432 110.696 95
23 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F Practice 3 01:39.8912 110.532 110
24 51 Robb, Sting Ray (R) D/H/F Practice 4 01:39.8983 110.524 122
25 14 Ferrucci, Santino D/C/F Practice 3 01:39.9366 110.482 70
26 20 Daly, Conor D/C/F Practice 3 01:40.1192 110.281 94
27 55 Pedersen, Benjamin (R) D/C/F Practice 4 01:40.1297 110.269 92

Report morning session: https://racer.com/2023/02/03/ericsson-l ... t-session/

Report afternoon session: https://racer.com/2023/02/03/kirkwood-t ... t-session/

Kirkwood train *toot toot*.

Ilott strong. Armstrong also looking comfortable.

Otherwise more or less as you'd expect I suppose if you kind of average out the results from the two days?

People like Pedersen and The People's Stingray bringing up the back. Not much of a surprise to see Daly there. Slightly surprising to see Ferrucci that low, but not unwelcome.

And for the other front runners, their order was mixed up a bit between the sessions, but everything is so close that you could generally throw a blanket over the first dozen or so in the field at any given time.

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Wasnt sure if Spring Season testing meant all pre season testing, but decided it sounded like it might be, hence posted here. If yah dont like it, move it.



Grosjean, Kirkwood fastest in IndyCar testing at Sebring

Andretti Autosport’s pre-season form continued on Monday at Sebring where Kyle Kirkwood led the morning session in his No. 27 Honda (52.192s) and was followed by teammates Colton Herta and Devlin DeFrancesco in second and third on the quick outer loop.

And in the faster afternoon session, the fourth member of the Andretti quartet – Romain Grosjean in the No. 28 Honda took charge to lead the group of nine drivers preparing for the March 3-5 season opener in St. Petersburg.

Are Andretti back?
Andretti didn’t place a driver higher than ninth in the series last season, and Kirkwood placed 24th in points as a rookie with AJ Foyt Racing.



Ilott, Armstrong Lurk Again

Kirkwood wasn’t the only driver who impressed Monday at Sebring with his continued consistency this month.
Callum Ilott ended up third overall, .077 of a second behind leader Grosjean, in the No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet..
Team Chevy and Team Penske also ran during the morning and afternoon sessions with Will Power behind the wheel of the brand’s hybrid Indy car. As expected on its first outing, teething pains were experienced with a limited number of laps turned which also prevented Power from producing a meaningful lap time.



P Driver Team-Engine Fastest lap Laps
1 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport-Honda 52.059 216
2 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport-Honda 52.089 175
3 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet 52.137 173
4 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda 52.217 251
5 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Autosport-Honda 52.253 149
6 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet 52.271 247
7 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport-Honda 52.297 184
8 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet 52.314 233
9 Agustin Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet 52.730 186
10 Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet (hybrid) 57.490 24



A smaller group of teams is testing Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Sebring, including Arrow McLaren and Chip Ganassi Racing.