Colton Herta leads Barber Friday practice in strong Andretti outing

It has been a tough begin to the 2022 NTT IndyCar Sequence season for Andretti Autosport: throughout the primary three races, Romain Grosjean was the one driver to attain a podium end when he positioned runner-up at Long Beach, whereas Colton Herta gained the pole for that race earlier than hitting the wall. In search of redemption, Andretti’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama weekend is off to begin as Herta, Alexander Rossi, and Grosjean occupied three of the highest 4 positions in Friday apply.

Herta set a time of 1:06.51 whereas Rossi and Grosjean respectively positioned third and fourth. Breaking apart the Andretti celebration in second was defending race winner Álex Palou, who was .05 slower than Herta. Palou had additionally topped the first practice for the 2021 race, whereas Rossi led the second.

“It was superior to be again at a natural-terrain highway course,” stated Herta. “It feels nice to be the place we need to be on the finish of the day. Gainbridge automotive was quick. We have been fortunate to have the ability to check right here and located some great things.”

Palou commented, “The #10 American Legion automotive was actually good. It was a brief session as at all times. Slightly bit of labor to do, however needs to be weekend for us.”

Josef Newgarden, who leads all drivers in wins at Barber Motorsports Park with three, struggled as he was eighteenth. Fellow Staff Penske ally Will Energy was simply two spots forward, however the workforce’s third driver Scott McLaughlin was the highest-running Chevrolet in fifth. Penske didn’t participate within the multi-team check at Barber in early April.

Callum Illott was the quickest rookie in eighth, a substantial margin forward of Devlin DeFrancesco (fourteenth) and Christian Lundgaard (fifteenth).

Two extra practices will happen on Saturday, with qualifying in between, adopted by the race on Sunday.

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