Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou led Friday morning’s two-hour test session for the IndyCar Series at The Thermal Club.
The first of four test sessions ahead of this weekend's $1 Million Challenge, Palou, the reigning and two-time IndyCar champion, vaulted to the top of the timesheets early with a flying lap of 1m39.5149s around the 3.067-mile, 17-turn road course. The No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda of Christian Lundgaard ended up second, 0.1825s behind. Marcus Armstrong, the 2023 Rookie of the Year, came across third to give Chip Ganassi Racing two of the top three spots.
There were no major incidents that brought out the caution, but there were a few off-track moments in Turn 2 for the likes of Santino Ferrucci , Graham Rahal and rookie Christian Rasmussen . Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay also went into a power slide that led to a brief off course excursion in Turn 6 in the final three minutes of the test. Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson suffered an issue in the final 20 minutes after his left-front caught fire on his No. 28 Honda.
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