IndyCar Nashville: Ericsson sets fastest time in drenched second practice

A pre-session downpour delayed the start of practice, and when it did run for 30 minutes, Ericsson lapped the 2.1-mile temporary street course in 1m31.7999s.

Ganassi’s series dominator Alex Palou was one of the first cars on track, setting the bar at 1m35.0152s, and was also the first to find the run-off at Turn 11, requiring a spin-turn to get back on track.

He wouldn’t be the last, with Friday’s pacesetter Will Power and his Team Penske team-mate Josef Newgarden also doing likewise.

Marcus Ericsson took top spot with 1m33.9812s and worked down to 1m31.7999s.

“It was good to get out when it’s raining as it’s not long before qualifying starts,” he said. “We still have some strange things happening with the brakes [which hampered him on Friday too].”

Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing) got to within 0.8911s of Ericsson for second place, ahead of Power, the third Penske of Scott McLaughlin, Marcus Armstrong (Ganassi) and his team-mate Scott Dixon.

Ryan Hunter-Reay (ECR) chose Turn 4 for his voyage into the escape road after a big slide after coming off the Korean War Veterans Bridge. He finished the session in seventh, ahead of Newgarden, Palou and Agustin Canapino (Juncos Hollinger Racing).

The red flag waved with two minutes remaining, when series debutant Linus Lundqvist stalled his Meyer Shank Racing car at Turn 11. He was 21^st quickest.

Alexander Rossi (Arrow McLaren) and Romain Grosjean (Andretti Autosport) were the only cars that didn’t run.

IndyCar Nashville - FP2 results

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

     

Driver Info			Main Information
Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	Mph
1	M. Ericsson Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing	8	5	1'31.7999		82.353
2	R. van Kalmthout Rinus van Kalmthout Ed Carpenter Racing	21	10	+0.8911	0.8911	81.561
3	W. Power Will Power Team Penske	12	7	+1.0168	0.1257	81.451
4	S. McLaughlin Scott McLaughlin Team Penske	3	9	+1.3107	0.2939	81.194
5	M. Armstrong Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing	11	5	+1.3768	0.0661	81.136
6	S. Dixon Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing	9	7	+1.7545	0.3777	80.809
7	R. Hunter-Reay Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing	20	8	+2.3581	0.6036	80.291
8	J. Newgarden Josef Newgarden Team Penske	2	5	+2.6295	0.2714	80.060
9	A. Palou Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing	10	7	+3.2153	0.5858	79.566
10	A. Canapino Agustin Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing	78	6	+3.2875	0.0722	79.506
11	P. O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren	5	8	+3.5097	0.2222	79.320
12	C. Herta Colton Herta Andretti Autosport	26	4	+3.5673	0.0576	79.273
13	G. Rahal Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	15	6	+3.6130	0.0457	79.235
14	L. Lundqvist Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Racing	60	5	+3.9478	0.3348	78.958
15	B. Pedersen Benjamin Pedersen A.J. Foyt Enterprises	55	8	+4.1494	0.2016	78.792
16	D. DeFrancesco Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Autosport	29	3	+4.1758	0.0264	78.770
17	C. Ilott Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing	77	5	+5.2300	1.0542	77.914
18	K. Kirkwood Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport	27	3	+6.2273	0.9973	77.121
19	S. Ferrucci Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises	14	5	+6.2662	0.0389	77.091
20	R. Robb Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing	51	8	+6.2768	0.0106	77.083
21	H. Castroneves Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing	06	3	+6.8701	0.5933	76.619
22	J. Harvey Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	30	2	+6.9092	0.0391	76.589
23	D. Malukas David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing	18	7	+6.9281	0.0189	76.574
24	F. Rosenqvist Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren	6	3	+7.1885	0.2604	76.373
25	C. Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	45	3	+11.0458	3.8573	73.508
26	A. Rossi Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren	7	0
27	R. Grosjean Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport	28	0
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