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2022 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey

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United States 2022 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Race details
17th round of the 2022 IndyCar season
DateSeptember 11, 2022
Official nameFirestone Grand Prix of Monterey
LocationWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
CoursePermanent racing facility
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance95 laps
212.61 mi / 342.163 km
Pole position
DriverAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)
Time01:11.6127
Fastest lap
DriverMexico Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP)
Time01:13.8486 (on lap 88 of 95)
Podium
FirstSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondUnited States Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
ThirdAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)

The 2022 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth and final round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 11, 2022, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The race consisted of 95 laps and was won by Álex Palou. Will Power claimed his second IndyCar Series championship with his third place finish in this race.

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Canada Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
16 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet
18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport Honda
27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
51 Japan Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
60 France Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[1]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:11.4103
2 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:11.8266
3 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:11.8697
Source:[2]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:11.3847
2 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:11.6920
3 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:11.7183
Source:[3]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:11.3496 01:11.4871 01:11.6127 1
2 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:11.9333 01:11.6215 01:11.6320 2
3 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:11.8960 N/A 01:11.4238 01:11.7698 3
4 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:11.5631 01:11.4793 01:11.7858 4
5 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:12.0990 01:11.5857 01:12.1625 11[a]
6 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:11.9993 N/A 01:11.5472 01:12.4542 5
7 18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:11.7507 N/A 01:11.6295 N/A 6
8 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:11.8474 N/A 01:11.6916 N/A 7
9 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet N/A 01:11.3471 01:11.7285 N/A 8
10 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:12.0856 N/A 01:12.1359 N/A 9
11 60 France Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:11.8874 N/A 01:12.2808 N/A 10
12 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:11.6618 01:12.8856 N/A 12
13 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:12.1722 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:12.1442 N/A N/A 14
15 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:12.2661 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:12.2093 N/A N/A 16
17 14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:12.4299 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:12.2720 N/A N/A 18
19 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:12.5970 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:12.2996 N/A N/A 20
21 45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:12.8366 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 51 Japan Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:12.4489 N/A N/A 22
23 48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:13.4172 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 4 Canada Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:12.8001 N/A N/A 24
25 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet No Time N/A N/A N/A 25
26 16 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet N/A 01:13.5181 N/A N/A 26
Source:[5]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

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Top Warmup Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:12.9318
2 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:13.4435
3 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:13.5703
Source:[6]

Race

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The race started at 3:30 PM ET on September 11, 2022.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95 02:03:31.0628 3 11 67 53
2 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 95 +30.3812 4 25 5 41
3 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 95 +33.8528 3 1 17 37
4 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 95 +35.5322 3 8 5 33
5 30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 95 +50.8901 3 16 30
6 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 95 +56.1091 4 7 28
7 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 95 +57.9853 3 4 26
8 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 95 +59.9521 4 5 24
9 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95 +1:02.6247 4 9 22
10 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 95 +1:05.3231 4 3 20
11 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 95 +1:07.6483 4 18 19
12 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 95 +1:07.9752 4 13 18
13 18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 94 +1 Lap 4 6 17
14 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 94 +1 Lap 4 14 16
15 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 94 +1 Lap 3 20 15
16 48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 94 +1 Lap 5 23 14
17 60 France Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 94 +1 Lap 4 10 13
18 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 94 +1 Lap 4 19 12
19 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 94 +1 Lap 4 12 11
20 45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 94 +1 Lap 5 21 10
21 14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 94 +1 Lap 4 17 9
22 16 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet 94 +1 Lap 4 26 8
23 51 Japan Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 94 +1 Lap 3 22 7
24 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 93 +2 Laps 6 15 6
25 4 Canada Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 93 +2 Laps 3 24 5
26 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 37 Engine 1 2 1 6
Fastest lap: Mexico Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren SP) – 01:13.8486 (lap 88)
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Álex Palou received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey entry list" (PDF). August 26, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Palou to receive engine change, will take a grid penalty". motorsport.com. September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  8. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022.


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