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Qualifying Groups: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Group 12 Newgarden, Josef5 O’Ward, Pato21 VeeKay, Rinus3 McLaughlin, Scott11 Armstrong, Marcus7 Rossi, Alexander28 Ericsson, Marcus8 Lundqvist, Linus66 Blomqvist, Tom10 Palou, Alex20 Rasmussen, Christian4 Simpson, Kyffin51 Braun, Colin Group 226 Herta, Colton12 Power, Will77 Grosjean, Romain27 Kirkwood, Kyle9 Dixon, Scott60 Rosenqvist, Felix45 Lundgaard, Christian6 Ilott, Callum15 Rahal, Graham78 Canapino, Agustin41 Robb, Sting Ray18 Harvey, Jack30...

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NTT INDYCAR Series Saturday Practice Notes: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

By Patrick Stephan This weekend’s pre-qualifying practice for the NTT INDYCAR Series got underway about 6 minutes late as the track was being cleaned up and reset following the INDY NXT by Firestone practice session. The air temp at the start was 78F, with the track at 91.6F. As noted a few minutes ago, it’s...

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Welcome to Saturday at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

By Patrick Stephan Good morning from a hazy and humid St. Petersburg, Florida, where it’s currently 78F, with the at 89.4 and climbing. The marine layer (or at least that’s what I’m calling it) is still burning off and humidity is running 85% at the moment. Note that it’s also considerably windier today. That said,...

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End of Day Notes – Friday – Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

By Patrick Stephan Getting a little caught up, so here are some end of day notes from the first track day of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR Series season. It was a busy day of media avails, so lots of notes to go through. Here are some of the more interesting nuggets from all those conversations....

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Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Practice #1 Notes and Results

By Patrick Stephan The first practice session of the season was run in front of a pretty strong Friday crowd in St. Petersburg. The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg session got underway a few minutes later than the planned 2:45 pm ET. The air temp was a balmy 84F with the track at 113.7F....

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Welcome to the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg – Friday 1:15pm ET

By Patrick Stephan (@TSO_Patrick) Welcome to Friday action from the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Sorry to get this first note out a little later than planned as it’s already been a busy day here on the eastern shore of the Tampa Bay. The weather here on the Pinellas Peninsula is pretty dang nice....

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Welcome to the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg – Schedule and Other Quick Notes

By Patrick Stephan Welcome to TrackSideOnline.com presented by Honda Racing’s coverage of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding, featuring the NTT INDYCAR Series, INDY NXT by Firestone, USF Pro 2000 presented by Continental, USF 2000 presented by Continental, and the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge (whew – that’s a lot,...

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Arrow McLaren 2024 Group Test at Sebring International Raceway Report – Day 2

Group Test at Sebring International Raceway Test Date: February 27 Length: 1.7 mi / 2.74 km Number of Turns: 11 Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet Best Lap Time: 3rd, 00:52.0104 Total Laps: 66 “Back with the No. 5 team today. It was a really smooth testing day for us today. We got through our whole run plan, and...

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Ericsson Climbs to Top Lateas Sebring Test Finishes

SEBRING, Fla. (Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024) – It appears Marcus Ericsson is settling in nicely at Andretti Global. 2022 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge winner Ericsson led the second day of NTT INDYCAR SERIES testing Feb. 27 at Sebring International Raceway, turning a top lap of 51.9512 seconds in the No. 28 Delaware Life Honda. Ericsson...

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Sebring Testing – Tuesday End of Day Time Sheets and Photos

By Patrick Stephan and Derek Ross First, here are the time sheets, with the afternoon session and then a combined time sheet for all four sessions over the past two days. Marcus Ericsson jumping to P1 late with his second to last lap has to be a confidence booster for him and his new Andretti...

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