Colton Herta lowered the best lap of the weekend to 1:00.5657 to lead the morning practice before qualifying. Herta edged Andretti teammate Kyle Kirkwood by0.0315 seconds. Kirkwood led Friday’s practice as Andretti continues to assert itsel=f on street courses.
When qualifying begibns at 2:50 eastern time this afternoon, Herta will attempt to win his third consecutive pole position.
Felix Rosenqvist brought out the first red flag of the weekend when hit the wall in turn 5 with just a little more than seven minutes to go.
Cars returned to the track to run out the time, but no one got in a clean lap.
Tom Blomqvist improved one second from yesterday.
Qualifying Groups will be up in a bit.
The top 6:
- Herta 1:00.5657
- Kirkwood 1:00.5972-sec
- Ericsson 1:00.6350-sec
- Palou 1:00.6802-sec
- O’Ward 1:00.7954-sec
- Lundgaard 1:00.7366-sec
The Pit Window by Mike Silver 