Photo by Kyle McInnes

In a session that saw lots of sliding through sand traps and so incredible saves, Scott McLaughlin ended with the fastest lap of round one at Weather Tech Raceway as IndyCar prepares for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Monterey. His 1:07.635 circuit edged Colton Herta by one tenth of a second.

David Malukas brought out the first red flag, spinning in turn 2 about 25 minutes into the session. Pato O;’Ward caused another stoppage with a long slide that ended near the tire barrier. O’Ward did not make contact.

Several other drivers went off course, but kept the engines running and were able to continue. The track seems particularly slick near the exit of the Corkscrew.

Notes

Graham Rahal clearly has the best looking car this weekend. His teammate, Pietro Fittipaldi, arguably has the second best looking machine.

Photos by Kyle McInnes

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