2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

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Flag of the United States.svg 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Race details
3rd round of the 2022 IndyCar season
Long Beach Street Circuit IndyCar.svg
DateApril 10, 2022
Official name Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location Streets of Long Beach
CourseTemporary road course
1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance85 laps
167.28 mi / 269.211 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  (Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian)
Time01:05.3095
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:07.2359 (on lap 29 of 85)
Podium
First Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Second Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean  (Andretti Autosport)
Third Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 10, 2022, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race lasted for 85 laps.

Contents

Entry list

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

Practice

Practice 1

Jimmie Johnson crashed out of turn 6 during this practice session causing an injury to his hand. [2]

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
160 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:07.1991
227 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 01:07.6012
33 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.6720
OFFICIAL REPORT

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
128 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.6520
226 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.6971
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:05.9383
[ OFFICIAL REPORT]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Rookie Devlin DeFrancesco took a six place grid penalty for avoidable contact from the previous race. [3]

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:05.7283N/A01:05.405701:05.30951
22 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:06.081901:05.819401:05.75502
310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:06.145201:05.766201:05.86673
47 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:06.1005N/A01:05.634401:05.93494
527 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.8363N/A01:05.577501:06.06745
628 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:05.746801:05.8744No Time6
712 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:06.078801:05.8745N/A7
88 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.5757N/A01:05.9548N/A8
93 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.1076N/A01:06.0507N/A9
1060 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:05.890801:06.0678N/A10
115 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet N/A01:06.178101:06.0726N/A11
1214 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:06.4676N/A01:06.2604N/A12
1315 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.6896N/AN/AN/A13
1406 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A01:06.2467N/AN/A14
1521 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:06.7049N/AN/AN/A15
169 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:06.3241N/AN/A16
1729 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 01:06.7418N/AN/AN/A23 [3]
1820 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A01:06.4489N/AN/A17
1918 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:06.7925N/AN/AN/A18
2030 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:06.5049N/AN/A19
2145 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.9708N/AN/AN/A20
2277 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:06.6672N/AN/A21
2351 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato  W  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:07.1001N/AN/AN/A22
244 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A01:06.7679N/AN/A24
2548 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.0287N/AN/AN/A25
2611 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A01:07.4789N/AN/A26
Source: [4]
Notes

Warmup

Top Warmup Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:05.8645
29 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.1923
38 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.3934
Source: [5]

Race

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 10, 2022.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
12 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 8501:46:48.0102223253
228 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85+1.28692640
310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+1.7594232236
412 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85+2.965427233
55 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 85+3.712221130
69 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85+5.060521628
715 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+5.393121326
827 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 85+7.30842524
906 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85+8.952121422
1014 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85+12.863121220
117 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 85+14.29302419
1220 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85+15.217721718
1321 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85+16.246031517
143 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85+17.92913916
1545 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85+18.780722015
1611 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84+1 Lap32614
1751 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato  W  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 83Accident22213
1830 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 83+2 Laps31912
1960 Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 81+4 Laps31011
2048 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 73Accident32510
2118 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 72Accident4189
228 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 66Collision288
2326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 55Accident11289
2477 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55Accident2216
2529 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 35Accident22316
264 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 5Accident245
Fastest lap: Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.2359 (lap 29)
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entry list" (PDF). Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  2. Pruett, Marshall (April 9, 2022). "Johnson in doubt for Long Beach after practice crash". RACER. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "DeFrancesco gets Long Beach grid penalty for Texas crash". RACER. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  5. "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  7. "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. April 10, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.