2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama explained

The 2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 1, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race lasted for 90 laps.

Entry list

Key	Meaning
	Rookie
	Past winner

align=center	!	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden		Chevrolet
3			Chevrolet
4			Chevrolet
5			Chevrolet
06	Hélio Castroneves		Honda
7			Chevrolet
8			Honda
9			Honda
10	Álex Palou		Honda
11	Tatiana Calderón		Chevrolet
12	Will Power		Chevrolet
14	Kyle Kirkwood		Chevrolet
15			Honda
18	David Malukas		Honda
20			Chevrolet
21		Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26			Honda
27			Honda
28			Honda
29	Devlin DeFrancesco		Honda
30	Christian Lundgaard		Honda
45			Honda
48			Honda
51	Takuma Sato		Honda
60	Simon Pagenaud		Honda
77	Callum Ilott		Chevrolet
SOURCE ^[1]

Practice

Practice 1

Practice 1 took place at 4:00PM ET on April 29, 2022.

+ Top Practice Speeds
		Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:06.5149
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:06.5657
3	27		Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:06.6657
Source:^[2]

Practice 2

+ Top Practice Speeds
		Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:05.9264
2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	01:06.0136
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:06.0434
Source:^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

		Driver	Team	Engine	Time
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2
1	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:06.5477	01:06.2732	01:06.2507	1
2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	01:06.2448	N/A	01:06.1054	01:06.4003	2
3	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:06.3877	N/A	01:06.3153	01:06.4415	3
4	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.0289	N/A	01:06.1474	01:06.4967	4
5	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	01:06.3962	N/A	01:06.1839	01:06.5549	5
6	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	01:06.3855	N/A	01:06.2721	01:06.6410	6
7	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	01:06.3799	01:06.3348	N/A	7
8	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	N/A	01:06.2000	01:06.3820	N/A	8
9	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:06.5016	N/A	01:06.6339	N/A	9
10	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	N/A	01:06.3396	01:06.7295	N/A	10
11	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:06.6649	01:07.2000	N/A	11
12	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:06.7305	01:07.3561	N/A	12
13	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:06.5142	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	30	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	01:06.7462	N/A	N/A	14
15	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:06.6511	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	01:06.8138	N/A	N/A	16
17	51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	01:06.7541	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	N/A	01:06.8898	N/A	N/A	18
19	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.7775	N/A	N/A	N/A	19
20	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	N/A	01:07.0242	N/A	N/A	20
21	14	Kyle Kirkwood	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:06.8213	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:07.0350	N/A	N/A	22
23	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:07.6869	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	01:07.1052	N/A	N/A	24
25	11	Tatiana Calderón	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:07.9248	N/A	N/A	N/A	25
26	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.0075	N/A	N/A	26
Source:^[4]

Notes

• Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

+ Top Warmup Speeds
		Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:07.0906
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.1916
3	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.2745
Source:^[5]

Race

The race started at 1:05PM ET on May 1, 2022.

Race classification

		Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led
1	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	90	01:48:39.4368	2	2	27	51
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+0.9800	2	3	4	41
3	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	90	+12.4819	2	1	57	39
4	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+15.2616	2	19		32
5	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+22.8297	2	13		30
6	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+24.0649	2	4		28
7	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+24.5161	3	8		26
8	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+31.9173	2	9		24
9	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	90	+33.2497	2	5		22
10	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	90	+33.5102	3	10		20
11	60	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	90	+33.7418	2	24		19
12	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	90	+34.4738	3	12		18
13	51	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	90	+34.9140	2	17		17
14	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	90	+35.6807	3	7	2	17
15	30	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+37.0416	2	14		15
16	7	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Chevrolet	90	+41.6145	2	6		14
17	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	90	+42.4511	2	20		13
18	45	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	90	+1:02.3267	3	15		12
19	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	90	+1:03.2947	3	22		11
20	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	90	+1:03.7435	2	18		10
21	06	Hélio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	90	+1:04.5322	3	16		9
22	14	Kyle Kirkwood	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	4	21		8
23	4	Dalton Kellett	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	89	+1 Lap	3	23		7
24	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	89	+1 Lap	3	26		6
25	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	88	+2 Laps	3	11		5
26	11	Tatiana Calderón	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	88	+2 Laps	3	25		5
Fastest lap Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:08.1541 (lap 62)
Source:^[6]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
2	1	Álex Palou	144
	2	Scott McLaughlin	141
2	3	Josef Newgarden	135
	4	Will Power	134
4	5	Pato O'Ward	114
Source:

Engine manufacturer standings

		Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	365
	2	Honda	283
Source:^[7]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama entry list. April 30, 2022.
2. Web site: April 29, 2022. Practice - Results. live. April 30, 2022. racer.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20220501012731/https%3A%2F%2Fracer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F85%2F2022%2F04%2Findycar-results-p1-1.pdf . May 1, 2022 .
3. Web site: April 30, 2022. Practice - Results. May 2, 2022. indycar.com.
4. Web site: April 30, 2022. Qualifications - Postings. May 2, 2022. indycar.com.
5. Web site: April 30, 2022. Practice - Results. May 2, 2022. indycar.com.
6. Web site: May 1, 2022. Race - Results (11inch) - Final. May 2, 2022. indycar.com.
7. Web site: May 1, 2022. Points - Indycar Engine. May 3, 2022. motorsports.nbcsports.com.