2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

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Flag of the United States.svg 2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Race details
1st round of the 2024 IndyCar season
St. Petersburg street & airport racing circuit.svg
DateMarch 10, 2024
Official name Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Location Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
CourseTemporary street circuit
1.800 mi / 2.897 km
Distance100 laps
180.000 mi / 289.682 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)
Time59.5714
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:00.8779 (on lap 88 of 100)
Podium
First Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren)
Second Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  (Team Penske)
Third Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  (Andretti Global)

The 2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Streets of St. Petersburg. The race consisted of 100 laps and was won by Pato O'Ward, making it his first victory on this event, after the orignal race winner Josef Newgarden was disqualified citing Push to Pass violations. [1]

Contents

Entry list

KeyMeaning
 R Rookie
 W Past winner
No.DriverTeamEngine
2 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  W  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen  R  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 Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda
28 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Andretti Global Honda
30 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
41 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
45 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
60 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda
66 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
160 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:00.3390
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:00.8112
311 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.8182
Source: [3]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 1:00.1331
22 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:00.3872
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 1:00.4101
Source: [4]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM ET on March 9, 2023.

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
12 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 59.5699N/A59.321459.57141
260 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A59.622059.270659.57722
35 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 59.5507N/A59.538259.65403
426 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Global Honda N/A59.559659.315759.81894
577 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A59.570959.50741:00.06425
628 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Andretti Global Honda 59.3703N/A59.44841:03.55836
721 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 59.5805N/A59.5501N/A7
812 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A59.688859.5594N/A8
93 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 59.6202N/A59.5741N/A9
1011 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 59.5263N/A59.6127N/A10
119 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A59.720059.8483N/A11
1245 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A59.79401:00.0172N/A12
1310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 59.7897N/AN/AN/A13
1414 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet N/A59.8182N/AN/A14
157 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 59.8164N/AN/AN/A15
166 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A59.8911N/AN/A16
1766 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 59.9968N/AN/AN/A17
1827 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda N/A59.9102N/AN/A18
198 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.0034N/AN/AN/A19
2078 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A59.9308N/AN/A20
2120 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 1:00.2021N/AN/AN/A21
2215 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  W  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A1:00.0953N/AN/A22
234 Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.2956N/AN/AN/A23
2441 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet N/A1:00.4125N/AN/A24
2551 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing Honda 1:01.3044N/AN/AN/A25
2630 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A1:00.5336N/AN/A26
2718 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda N/A1:00.5712N/AN/A27
Source: [5]
Notes

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 59.9267
29 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 59.9734
310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.0292
Source: [6]

Race

The race was held at 12:15 PM ET on March 10, 2023.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
15 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1001:51:37.507523050
212 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 100+1.143828030 1
326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  W  Andretti Global Honda 100+2.345724136
410 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100+3.8915213032
560 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100+6.492322031
67 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100+7.8732215028
79 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100+8.3843211026
821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 100+10.922527024
914 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 100+15.1316214022
1027 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 100+16.6755218020
116 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100+20.7992216019
124 Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100+21.6541223018
1330 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 100+24.9054226017
1415 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal  W  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 100+26.7834322016
1566 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100+32.5605217015
1678 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 100+34.2126220014
1718 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda 100+41.4332227013
1845 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 100+50.8226312713
1920 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 99+1 Lap221011
2051 Flag of the United States.svg Colin Braun  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing Honda 99+1 Lap225010
218 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 97+3 Laps21909
2277 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 82Mechanical2508
2328 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Andretti Global Honda 52Mechanical1607
2441 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 33Off Course12406
2511 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 25Contact01005
DSQ2 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 100Disqualification 2 11
DSQ3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 100Disqualification 2 90
Fastest lap: Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 1:00.8779 (lap 88)
Source: [7]

Notes

  • ^1 – Power was given a 10-point penalty due to a Push to Pass violation.
  • ^2 – Newgarden and McLaughlin were disqualified due to a Push to Pass violation.

Championship standings after the race

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References

  1. "INDYCAR Announces St. Petersburg Penalties".
  2. "Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg entry list" (PDF). March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. Practice 1 results
  4. Practice 2 results
  5. Official Qualification results
  6. Warmup results
  7. Official race results
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