Nashville Warmup Results: August 8, 2021 (Indycar Series)

Indycar final practice results ahead of the Nashville Street Circuit race

Today, the NTT Indycar Series will take on their newest race track. The streets of Downtown Nashville are open for racing via the Nashville Street Circuit.

View Indycar final practice results from Nashville below.

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This is a brief practice session just hours ahead of Sunday’s race. Teams have just a half hour to get their cars right for the race in Nashville, Tennessee.

Indycar Warmup
Report

Duration: 30 min

26 minutes remain, Newgarden, Rossi and Hunter-Reay nearly tangle leaving the pit lane. Moments later, Rossi locks up on his warmup lap.

20 minutes remain, Sebastian Bourdais locls up into turn four. We’ve seen drivers lockup there all weekend. He uses the runoff room to loop it and rejoin the course.

18 minutes remain, Max Chilton locks up and continues. Moments later, Scott Dixon does the same.

16 minutes remain, Rinus VeeKay spins under braking in turn four. He backs it into the tire barrier and picks up wing damage. The red flag is out.

Nashville Practice Times (Halfway in Session) : 1. Alex Palou (1:16.4870); 2. Scott Dixon (1:16.5535); 3. Romain Grosjean (1:16.7797); 4. Simon Pagenaud (1:16.8078); 5. Alexander Rossi (1:16.9957);

14 minutes remain, Colton Herta sits at the bottom of the time sheet, last. However, he’s back on track and appears to be making his first fast lap in this session. On his third lap, Herta jumps to 4th on the board, using the harder tire.

8 minutes remain, Rosenqvist has come to a stop in turn one after spinning, no contact. The red flag is back out.

3 minutes remain, most of the field is on track and making one last run.

2 minutes remain, Herta jumps to 2nd. Seconds later, Graham Rahal jumps to the top of the board.

1 minute remains, Jimmie Johnson spins exiting the bridge! He slams the wall and the red flag is out! Heavy damage for Johnson. He hit a bump at 170mph and lost it.

Graham Rahal wins final practice at Nashville!


Indycar Warmup Results
August 8, 2021
Nashville Street Circuit

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Graham Rahal
1:15.8489

2. Scott Dixon
1:15.8794

3. Pato O’Ward
1:16.2012

4. Colton Herta
1:16.3758

5. Alex Palou
1:16.4870

6. Marcus Ericsson
1:16.5428

7. Josef Newgarden
1:16.6377

8. Jack Harvey
1:16.6859

9. Romain Grosjean
1:16.7797

10. Simon Pagenaud
1:16.8078

11. Sebastien Bourdais
1:16.9827

12. Alexander Rossi
1:16.9957

13. Scott McLaughlin
1:17.0604

14. Ryan Hunter-Reay
1:17.2387

15. James Hinchcliffe
1:17.3253

16. Conor Daly
1:17.3856

17. Takuma Sato
1:17.3858

18. Rinus VeeKay
1:17.4435

19. Will Power
1:17.5156

20. Ed Jones
1:17.5751

21. Felix Rosenqvist
1:17.5809

22. Helio Castroneves
1:17.8619

23. Santino Ferrucci
1:17.9401

24. Jimmie Johnson
1:18.1674

25. Cody Ware
1:18.4303

26. Dalton Kellett
1:18.6391

27. Max Chilton
1:18.6905

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