Indycar practice and qualifying results from the Grand Prix of Long Beach
Tomorrow, the NTT Indycar Series takes the green flag in Long Beach, California. On Saturday the field rolled to the track for a knockout qualifying session to set the starting lineup.
View the Long Beach starting grid for the Indycar Series below.
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The following includes results from Saturday’s qualifying session. Additionally, times from both the Friday and Saturday practice sessions are also posted below.
Jimmie Johnson injured his hand in Friday’s practice and followed that up with another crash on Saturday morning. He was then penalized in the opening round of qualifying for interference on Graham Rahal.
Jimmie Johnson injures hand in Long Beach crash (Video)
Qualifying Report
The field was split into two groups for the first round of qualifying. The top 6 from each group advanced into round two.
Indycar Qualifying Times (Round 1 – Group A – Top 6) : 1. Colton Herta (107.789); 2. Alexander Rossi (107.612); 3. Felix Rosenqvist (107.182); 4. Scott McLaughlin (107.171); 4. Kyle Kirkwood (106.590); 5. Marcus Ercsson (106.417)
Indycar Qualifying Times (Round 1 – Group B – Top 6) : 1. Romain Grosjean (107.759); 2. Simon Pagenaud (107.523); 3. Will Power (107.217); 4. Josef Newgarden (107.212); 5. Alex Palou (107.110); 6. Pato O’Ward (107.057)
12 cars took to the track in round two of qualifying. The top 6 from that round advanced into the final round.
Indycar Qualifying Times (Round 2 – Top 6) : 1. Colton Herta (108.321); 2. Alexander Rossi (108.037); 3. Felix Rosenqvist (107.943); 4. Alex Palou (107.727); 5. Josef Newgarden (107.640); 6. Romain Grosjean (107.550)
Final Round
Report
Romain Grosjean was trending in the green in the closing seconds of the final round. Then he climbed the wall and found the tire barrier. He was already sitting 2nd on the board but his time is disallowed after the crash.
2 seconds remain on the clock with the red flag displayed for the crash. Indycar then announced that everyone would get one more flying lap in the session as they didn’t get the entire 6 minutes of the session. Drivers were highly confused with the ruling.
Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander Rossi were the only two drivers to take advantage of the added time in qualifying. Both of them failed to improve their time.
Colton Herta will start from the pole position with a 108.480
Long Beach
Starting Grid
April 10, 2022
Pos | Driver | Best Avg Speed
1. Colton Herta
108.480
2. Josef Newgarden
107.745
3. Alex Palou
107.563
4. Felix Rosenqvist
107.451
5. Alexander Rossi
107.236
6. Romain Grosjean
No Time
Failed to advance out of Round 2
7. Will Power
107.550
8. Marcus Ercsson
107.419
9. Scott McLaughlin
107.263
10. Simon Pagenaud
107.235
11. Pato O’Ward
107.228
12. Kyle Kirkwood
106.924
Failed to advance out of Round 1
13. Graham Rahal
106.235
14. Helio Castroneves
106.946
15. Rinus Veekay
106.235
16. Scott Dixon
106.821
17. Delvin DeFrancesce
106.152
18. Conor Daly
106.620
19. David Malukas
106.072
20. C. Lundgaard
106.530
21. Jack Harvey
105.789
22. Callum Ilott
106.271
23. Takuma Sato
105.586
24. Dalton Kellett
106.111
25. Jimmie Johnson
102.636
26. Tatiana Calderon
104.993
Long Beach
Practice Results
April 9, 2022
Pos | Driver | Best Avg Speed
1. Romain Grosjean
107.914
2. Colton Herta|
107.840
3. Will Power
107.446
4. Alexander Rossi
107.439
5. Simon Pagenaud
107.347
6. Marcus Ericsson
107.273
7. Alex Palou
107.249
8. Scott McLaughlin
107.063
9. Scott Dixon
108.995
10. Kyle Kirkwood
106.943
11. Helio Castroneves
106.933
12. Rinus VeeKay
106.892
13. Josef Newgarden
106.562
14. Felix Rosenqvist
106.545
15. Callum Ilott
106.533
16. David Malukas
106.463
17. Christian Lundgaard
106.186
18. Graham Rahal
106.122
19. Conor Daly
105.995
20. Jack Harvey
105.985
21. Pato O’Ward
105.821
22. Takuma Sato
105.438
23. Dalton Kellett
105.314
24. Delvin DeFrancesco
105.062
25. Tatiana Calderon
104.264
26. Jimmie Johnson
103.594
Long Beach
Practice Results
April 8, 2022
Pos | Driver | Best Avg Speed
1. Simon Pagenaud
105.430
2. Alexander Rossi
104.803
3. Scott McLaughlin
104.693
4. Josef Newgarden
104.606
5. Marcus Ericsson
104.430
6. Colton Herta
104.375
7. Alex Palou
104.324
8. Will Power
104.188
9. Callum Ilott
104.157
10. Kyle Kirkwood
104.154
11. Scott Dixon
104.115
12. Helio Castroneves
103.947
13. Graham Rahal
103.923
14. Pato O’Ward
103.557
15. Felix Rosenqvist
103.486
16. David Malukas
103.452
17. Jack Harvey
103.307
18. Dalton Kellett
103.126
19. Conor Daly
103.125
20. Rinus VeeKay
103.021
21. Christian Lundgaard
103.016
22. Romian Grosjean
102.916
23. Takuma Sato
102.313
24. Delvin DeFrancesco
101.787
25. Jimmie Johnson
101.763
26. Tatiana Calderon
100.909
