Indycar practice results from the St. Petersburg Grand Prix
This weekend, the 2023 Indycar Series begins. The streets of Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida are set to host the open wheel machines.
View St. Petersburg practice results below.
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10 minutes into practice, Indycar rookie Benjamin Pedersen lockes up under braking. He over corrected and stuff the nose into the barrier.
25 minutes into the practice, a part of the track has begun coming up. Officials went to work to patch the asphalt with little time lost in the session.
30 minutes in, Simon Pagenaud locks up, spins and stalls the car. At the same time, Scott McLaughlin brushes the wall on the outside of the track. McLaughlin picked up minor right rear damage.
50 minutes in, Benjamin Pedersen suffers more issues. He locked up and run into the runoff area. The driver struggles to find reverse and needs assistance to rotate the car back in the correct direction.
1 hour into the session, Christian Lundgaard gets loose and slaps the outside wall with his right side. It’s a fairly significant impact but he was able to might it back to the pit lane.
Moments later, Josef Newgarden brushes the wall.
10 minutes remain in the session, Graham Rahal becomes the latest driver to lockup under braking. He spins but he’s able to drive it back to the pits.
Drivers are saying that multiple areas of the track were repaved and those areas have created new bumps. The bumps are causing the lockups and spins.
With 1 minute remaining in the session, Scott Dixon jumped to the top of the board. He wins practice for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg
Practice Results
March 3, 2023
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Scott Dixon
1:01.6145
2. Colton Herta
1:01.6475
3. Alex Palou
1:01.6790
4. Kyle Kirkwood
1:01.6851
5. Simon Pagenaud
1:01.6963
6. Rinus VeeKay
1:01.8514
7. David Malukas
1:01.8613
8. Will Power
1:01.8915
9. Marcus Armstrong
1:01.9444
10. Scott McLaughlin
1:01.9882
11. Pato O’Ward
1:02.0177
12. Callum Ilott
1:02.0360
13. Marcus Ericsson
1:02.0733
14. Romain Grosjean
1:02.1064
15. Felix Rosenqvist
1:02.1094
16. Delvin DeFrancesco
1:02.2507
17. Jack Harvey
1:02.3236
18. Helio Castroneves
1:02.3290
19. Agustin Canapino
1:02.3692
20. Santino Ferrucci
1:02.4032
21. Alexander Rossi
1:02.4616
22. Josef Newgarden
1:02.5150
23. Conor Daly
1:02.5480
24. Sting Ray Robb
1:02.8157
25. Christian Lundgaard
1:03.0412
26. Graham Rahal
1:03.1389
27. Benjamin Pedersen
1:03.5134
