2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach explained

2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach should not be confused with 2022 Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 10, 2022, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race lasted for 85 laps.

Entry list

KeyMeaning
Rookie
Past winner
align=center !Driver Team Engine
2Chevrolet
3Chevrolet
4Chevrolet
5Chevrolet
06 Hélio Castroneves Honda
7Chevrolet
8Honda
9 Scott Dixon Honda
10Honda
11 Tatiana Calderón Chevrolet
12 Will Power Chevrolet
14 Kyle Kirkwood Chevrolet
15Honda
18 David Malukas Honda
20Chevrolet
21Ed Carpenter RacingChevrolet
26 Colton Herta Honda
27 Alexander Rossi Honda
28Honda
29 Devlin DeFrancesco Honda
30 Christian Lundgaard Honda
45Honda
48Honda
51 Takuma Sato Honda
60 Simon Pagenaud Honda
77Chevrolet
SOURCE [1]

Practice

Practice 1

Jimmie Johnson crashed out of turn 6 during this practice session causing an injury to his hand.[2]

+ Top Practice Speeds
Driver Team Engine Lap Time
160 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank RacingHonda01:07.1991
227 Alexander Rossi Andretti AutosportHonda01:07.6012
33 Scott McLaughlinTeam PenskeChevrolet01:07.6720
OFFICIAL REPORT

Practice 2

+ Top Practice Speeds
Driver Team Engine Lap Time
128 Romain GrosjeanAndretti AutosportHonda01:05.6520
226 Colton Herta Andretti AutosportHonda01:05.6971
312 Will Power Team PenskeChevrolet01:05.9383
[OFFICIAL REPORT]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Rookie Devlin DeFrancesco took a six place grid penalty for avoidable contact from the previous race.[3]

DriverTeamEngineTime
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
126 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-AgajanianHonda01:05.7283N/A01:05.405701:05.30951
22 Josef NewgardenTeam PenskeChevroletN/A01:06.081901:05.819401:05.75502
310 Álex PalouChip Ganassi RacingHondaN/A01:06.145201:05.766201:05.86673
47 Felix RosenqvistArrow McLaren SPChevrolet01:06.1005N/A01:05.634401:05.93494
527 Alexander Rossi Andretti AutosportHonda01:05.8363N/A01:05.577501:06.06745
628 Romain GrosjeanAndretti AutosportHondaN/A01:05.746801:05.8744No Time6
712 Will Power Team PenskeChevroletN/A01:06.078801:05.8745N/A7
88 Marcus EricssonChip Ganassi RacingHonda01:06.5757N/A01:05.9548N/A8
93 Scott McLaughlinTeam PenskeChevrolet01:06.1076N/A01:06.0507N/A9
1060 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank RacingHondaN/A01:05.890801:06.0678N/A10
115 Pato O'WardArrow McLaren SPChevroletN/A01:06.178101:06.0726N/A11
1214 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet01:06.4676N/A01:06.2604N/A12
1315 Graham RahalRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda01:06.6896N/AN/AN/A13
1406 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank RacingHondaN/A01:06.2467N/AN/A14
1521 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet01:06.7049N/AN/AN/A15
169 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi RacingHondaN/A01:06.3241N/AN/A16
1729 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner AutosportHonda01:06.7418N/AN/AN/A23
1820 Conor DalyEd Carpenter RacingChevroletN/A01:06.4489N/AN/A17
1918 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD MotorsportsHonda01:06.7925N/AN/AN/A18
2030 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHondaN/A01:06.5049N/AN/A19
2145 Jack HarveyRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda01:06.9708N/AN/AN/A20
2277 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger RacingChevroletN/A01:06.6672N/AN/A21
2351 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware RacingHonda01:07.1001N/AN/AN/A22
244 Dalton KellettA. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevroletN/A01:06.7679N/AN/A24
2548 Jimmie JohnsonChip Ganassi RacingHonda01:09.0287N/AN/AN/A25
2611 Tatiana Calderón A. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevroletN/A01:07.4789N/AN/A26
Source:[4]
Notes

Warmup

+ Top Warmup Speeds
Driver Team Engine Lap Time
126 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-AgajanianHonda01:05.8645
29 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi RacingHonda01:06.1923
38 Marcus EricssonChip Ganassi RacingHonda01:06.3934
Source:[5]

Race

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 10, 2022.

Race classification

DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops		GridLaps
Led
12 Josef NewgardenTeam PenskeChevrolet8501:46:48.0102223253
228 Romain GrosjeanAndretti AutosportHonda85+1.28692640
310 Álex PalouChip Ganassi RacingHonda85+1.7594232236
412 Will Power Team PenskeChevrolet85+2.965427233
55 Pato O'WardArrow McLaren SPChevrolet85+3.712221130
69 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi RacingHonda85+5.060521628
715 Graham RahalRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda85+5.393121326
827 Alexander Rossi Andretti AutosportHonda85+7.30842524
906 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank RacingHonda85+8.952121422
1014 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet85+12.863121220
117 Felix RosenqvistArrow McLaren SPChevrolet85+14.29302419
1220 Conor DalyEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet85+15.217721718
1321 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet85+16.246031517
143 Scott McLaughlinTeam PenskeChevrolet85+17.92913916
1545 Jack HarveyRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda85+18.780722015
1611 Tatiana Calderón A. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet84+1 Lap32614
1751 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware RacingHonda83Accident 22213
1830 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda83+2 Laps31912
1960 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank RacingHonda81+4 Laps31011
2048 Jimmie JohnsonChip Ganassi RacingHonda73Accident 32510
2118 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD MotorsportsHonda72Accident 4189
228 Marcus EricssonChip Ganassi RacingHonda66Collision 288
2326 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-AgajanianHonda55Accident 11289
2477 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger RacingChevrolet55Accident 2216
2529 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner AutosportHonda35Accident 22316
264 Dalton KellettA. J. Foyt EnterprisesChevrolet5Accident 245
Fastest lap

Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.2359 (lap 29)

Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
31 Josef Newgarden118
12 Scott McLaughlin113
3 Álex Palou103
24 Will Power102
15 Scott Dixon83
Source:
Engine manufacturer standings
ManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet274
2Honda213
Source:[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entry list. April 7, 2022.
  2. Web site: Pruett. Marshall. Johnson in doubt for Long Beach after practice crash. RACER. April 9, 2022. April 9, 2022.
  3. Web site: DeFrancesco gets Long Beach grid penalty for Texas crash. RACER. April 8, 2022. . April 9, 2022.
  4. Web site: April 9, 2022. Qualifications - Postings. April 11, 2022. indycar.com.
  5. Web site: April 10, 2022. Practice - Results. April 11, 2022. indycar.com.
  6. Web site: April 10, 2022. Race - Results (11inch) - Final. April 11, 2022. indycar.com.
  7. Web site: April 10, 2022. Points - Indycar Engine. May 2, 2022. motorsports.nbcsports.com.

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