2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg explained

The 2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Streets of St. Petersburg. The race consisted of 100 laps and was won by Pato O'Ward, making it his first victory on this event, after the original winner Josef Newgarden was disqualified two months following the race for push-to-pass violations.[1] [2]

Entry list

KeyMeaning
Rookie
Past winner
align=center !Driver Team Engine
2 Josef Newgarden Chevrolet
3 Scott McLaughlin Chevrolet
4 Kyffin Simpson Honda
5Chevrolet
6Chevrolet
7Chevrolet
8 Linus Lundqvist Honda
9Honda
10Honda
11Honda
12 Will Power Chevrolet
14Chevrolet
15 Graham Rahal Honda
18Honda
20 Christian Rasmussen Chevrolet
21Chevrolet
26 Colton Herta Honda
27Honda
28 Marcus Ericsson Honda
30Honda
41Chevrolet
45Honda
51 Colin Braun Honda
60Honda
66 Tom Blomqvist Honda
77Chevrolet
78Chevrolet
Source:[3]

Practice

Practice 1

+ Top Practice Speeds
Driver Team Engine Lap Time
160 Felix RosenqvistMeyer Shank RacingHonda1:00.3390
25 Pato O'WardArrow McLarenChevrolet1:00.8112
311 Marcus ArmstrongChip Ganassi RacingHonda1:00.8182
Source:[4]

Practice 2

+ Top Practice Speeds
Driver Team Engine Lap Time
126 Colton HertaAndretti GlobalHonda1:00.1331
22 Josef NewgardenTeam PenskeChevrolet1:00.3872
312 Will PowerTeam PenskeChevrolet1:00.4101
Source:[5]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM ET on March 9, 2023.

Qualifying classification

DriverTeamEngineTime
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
12 Josef Newgarden Team PenskeChevrolet59.5699N/A59.321459.57141
260 Felix RosenqvistMeyer Shank RacingHondaN/A59.622059.270659.57722
35 Pato O'WardArrow McLarenChevrolet59.5507N/A 59.538259.65403
426 Colton Herta Andretti GlobalHondaN/A 59.559659.315759.81894
577 Romain GrosjeanJuncos Hollinger RacingChevroletN/A 59.570959.50741:00.06425
628 Marcus Ericsson Andretti GlobalHonda59.3703N/A 59.44841:03.55836
721 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet59.5805N/A 59.5501N/A7
812 Will Power Team PenskeChevroletN/A 59.688859.5594N/A8
93 Scott McLaughlin Team PenskeChevrolet59.6202N/A59.5741N/A9
1011 Marcus ArmstrongChip Ganassi RacingHonda59.5263N/A 59.6127N/A10
119 Scott DixonChip Ganassi RacingHondaN/A 59.720059.8483N/A11
1245 Christian LundgaardRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHondaN/A 59.79401:00.0172N/A12
1310 Álex PalouChip Ganassi RacingHonda59.7897N/AN/AN/A13
1414 Santino FerrucciA. J. Foyt RacingChevroletN/A59.8182N/AN/A14
157 Alexander RossiArrow McLarenChevrolet59.8164N/AN/AN/A15
166 Callum IlottArrow McLarenChevroletN/A59.8911N/AN/A16
1766 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank RacingHonda59.9968N/AN/AN/A17
1827 Kyle KirkwoodAndretti GlobalHondaN/A59.9102N/AN/A18
198 Linus Lundqvist Honda1:00.0034N/AN/AN/A19
2078 Agustín CanapinoJuncos Hollinger RacingChevroletN/A59.9308N/AN/A20
2120 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter RacingChevrolet1:00.2021N/AN/AN/A21
2215 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHondaN/A1:00.0953N/AN/A22
234 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi RacingHonda1:00.2956N/AN/AN/A23
2441 Sting Ray RobbA. J. Foyt RacingChevroletN/A1:00.4125N/AN/A24
2551 Colin Braun Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware RacingHonda1:01.3044N/AN/AN/A25
2630 Pietro FittipaldiRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHondaN/A1:00.5336N/AN/A26
2718 Jack HarveyDale Coyne RacingHondaN/A1:00.5712N/AN/A27
Source:[6]
Notes

Warmup

+ Top Practice Speeds
Driver Team Engine Lap Time
126 Colton HertaAndretti GlobalHonda59.9267
29 Scott DixonChip Ganassi RacingHonda59.9734
310 Álex PalouChip Ganassi RacingHonda1:00.0292
Source:[7]

Race

The race was held at 12:15 PM ET on March 10, 2023.

Race classification

DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
15 Pato O'WardArrow McLarenChevrolet1001:51:37.507523050
212 Will Power Team PenskeChevrolet100+1.143828030
326 Colton Herta Andretti GlobalHonda100+2.345724136
410 Álex PalouChip Ganassi RacingHonda100+3.8915213032
560 Felix RosenqvistMeyer Shank RacingHonda100+6.492322031
67 Alexander RossiArrow McLarenChevrolet100+7.8732215028
79 Scott DixonChip Ganassi RacingHonda100+8.3843211026
821 Rinus VeeKayEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet100+10.922527024
914 Santino FerrucciA. J. Foyt RacingChevrolet100+15.1316214022
1027 Kyle KirkwoodAndretti GlobalHonda100+16.6755218020
116 Callum IlottArrow McLarenChevrolet100+20.7992216019
124 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi RacingHonda100+21.6541223018
1330 Pietro FittipaldiRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda100+24.9054226017
1415 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda100+26.7834322016
1566 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank RacingHonda100 +32.5605217015
1678 Agustín CanapinoJuncos Hollinger RacingChevrolet100+34.2126220014
1718 Jack HarveyDale Coyne RacingHonda100+41.4332227013
1845 Christian LundgaardRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda100+50.8226312713
1920 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter RacingChevrolet99+1 Lap221011
2051 Colin Braun Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware RacingHonda99+1 Lap225010
218 Linus Lundqvist Honda97+3 Laps21909
2277 Romain GrosjeanJuncos Hollinger RacingChevrolet82Mechanical2508
2328 Marcus Ericsson Andretti GlobalHonda52Mechanical1607
2441 Sting Ray RobbA. J. Foyt RacingChevrolet33Off Course12406
2511 Marcus ArmstrongChip Ganassi RacingHonda25Contact01005
DSQ2 Josef Newgarden Team PenskeChevrolet100Disqualification11
DSQ3 Scott McLaughlin Team PenskeChevrolet100Disqualification90
Fastest lap

Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 1:00.8779 (lap 88)

Source:[8]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Pato O'Ward50
2 Colton Herta36 (-14)
3 Alex Palou32 (-16)
4 Felix Rosenqvist31 (-17)
5 Will Power30 (-18)
Source:
Engine manufacturer standings
ManufacturerPoints
1
2
Source:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INDYCAR Announces St. Petersburg Penalties .
  2. Web site: 2024-04-24 . Josef Newgarden stripped of season-opening IndyCar victory for manipulating push-to-pass system . 2024-04-26 . AP News . en.
  3. Web site: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg entry list. March 5, 2024. March 10, 2024.
  4. http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6331/2024-03-08/indycar-results-p1.pdf Practice 1 results
  5. http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6332/2024-03-09/indycar-results-p2.pdf Practice 2 results
  6. http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6336/2024-03-09/indycar-results-quals.pdf Official Qualification results
  7. http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6337/2024-03-10/indycar-results-pf.pdf Warmup results
  8. http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/6298/2024-04-24/indycar-officialraceresults.pdf Official race results