Pato O’Ward led the pre qualifying practice with a time of 1:45.268. Will Power held the lead before O’Ward’s hot lap and he finished just behind the leader with a 1:45.3849 lap. Alex Palou was third and Alexander Rossi fourth.

Qualifying for the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America begins at 12:45 Central time.

I arrived at the track about 10 minutes into the practice session and immediately headed to turn 5. New this year at Road America are placards with the turn number and a QR code to bring upo a track map.

Simona DeSilvestro turned her first laps in an Indycar since rthe 2021 Indianapolis 500 yesterday. As expected the team is till seeking some speed.

Qualifying Groups

Group 1

Will Power

Alexander Rossi

Colton Herta

Romain Grosjean

Scott Dixon

Christian Lundgaard

Simon Pagenaud

Callum Ilott

Devlin DeFrancesco

Rinus VeeKay

\akuma Sato

Dalton Kellett

Tatiana Calderon

Group 2

Pato O’Ward

Alex Palou

Josef Newgarden

Marcus Ericsson

Scott McLaughlin

Felix Rosenqvist

Helio Castroneves

David Malukas

Conor Daly

Graham Rahal

Jack Harvey

Jimmie Johnson

Kyle Kirkwood

Simona DeSilvestro