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2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey

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United States 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Race details
17th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
DateSeptember 22, 2019
Official nameFirestone Grand Prix of Monterey
LocationWeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
CoursePermanent road course
2.238 mi / 3.602 km
Distance90 laps
201.42 mi / 324.18 km
Pole position
DriverUnited States Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
Time01:10.1405
Fastest lap
DriverNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:12.2310 (on lap 5 of 90)
Podium
FirstUnited States Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
SecondAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)
ThirdNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the seventeenth and final round of the 2019 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 22, 2019, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and marked the return of open-wheel racing to the track for the first time since Champ Car's 2004 race. The race consisted of 90 laps & was won by rookie Colton Herta.

At the end of the race, Josef Newgarden won his second IndyCar championship in three years, while Felix Rosenqvist narrowly won rookie of the year honors, fending off Colton Herta.[1]

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
4 Brazil Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5 Canada James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson  R  Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Brazil Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan Honda
19 United States Santino Ferrucci  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet
21 United States Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet
23 United States Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet
25 United States Conor Daly Andretti Autosport Honda
26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda
27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda
30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet
60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Honda
88 United States Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda
98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda
Source:[2]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 88 United States Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 01:10.7335
2 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.8054
3 19 United States Santino Ferrucci  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda 01:10.8837
Source:[3]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 01:09.9105
2 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.9305
3 88 United States Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 01:09.9317
Source:[4]

Qualifying

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Qualifying started at 4:35 PM ET on September 21, 2019.

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 88 United States Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda N/A 01:10.2892 01:09.9828 01:10.1405 1
2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.3256 N/A 01:10.0845 01:10.1831 2
3 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.3097 N/A 01:10.2332 01:10.2105 3
4 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.3081 N/A 01:10.2674 01:10.6719 4
5 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda N/A 01:10.6462 01:10.4387 01:10.8003 5
6 22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.4809 N/A 01:10.6031 01:10.8616 6
7 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:10.4489 01:10.6086 N/A 7
8 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:10.7920 01:10.6296 N/A 8
9 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.5860 N/A 01:10.6919 N/A 9
10 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 01:10.5276 N/A 01:10.7257 N/A 10
11 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson  R  Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda N/A 01:10.5296 01:11.1666 N/A 11
12 19 United States Santino Ferrucci  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda N/A 01:10.7253 01:12.4137 N/A 12
13 25 United States Conor Daly Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.7787 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:10.5649[a] N/A N/A 14
15 21 United States Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:10.8275 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:10.8393 N/A N/A 16
17 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.8407 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 20 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet N/A 01:10.9806 N/A N/A 18
19 18 France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan Honda 01:11.0095 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 23 United States Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet N/A 01:10.9865 N/A N/A 20
21 14 Brazil Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:11.2454 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:11.0527 N/A N/A 22
23 4 Brazil Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:11.5180 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Honda N/A 01:11.2710 N/A N/A 24
Source:[5]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.0988
2 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.8926
3 88 United States Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 01:10.8950
Source:[6]

Race

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The race started at 3:15 PM ET on September 22, 2019.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 88 United States Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda 90 01:53:56.9845 3 1 83 104
2 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +0.5878 3 7 6 81
3 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +6.2404 3 2 70
4 22 France Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +6.3545 3 6 1 65
5 10 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +9.5206 3 14 60
6 27 United States Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +10.3637 3 3 56
7 18 France Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan Honda 90 +10.6831 3 19 52
8 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +19.0447 3 4 48
9 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 90 +22.8186 3 5 44
10 28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +24.7944 3 9 40
11 7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson  R  Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 90 +25.7806 3 11 38
12 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +26.6517 3 8 36
13 59 United Kingdom Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 90 +27.0743 3 10 34
14 98 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 +54.4314 3 22 32
15 23 United States Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet 90 +56.5862 3 20 30
16 14 Brazil Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 +65.8739 3 21 28
17 4 Brazil Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 90 +66.5640 3 23 26
18 26 United States Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +67.9267 3 17 24
19 60 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Honda 90 +70.7956 5 24 22
20 21 United States Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 15 20
21 30 Japan Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 5 16 18
22 25 United States Conor Daly Andretti Autosport Honda 89 +1 Lap 4 13 16
23 20 United Arab Emirates Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet 51 Mechanical 4 18 14
24 19 United States Santino Ferrucci  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda 48 Contact 2 12 12
Fastest lap: New Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:12.2310 (lap 5)
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. ^ Although Felix Rosenqvist's listed time should have allowed him into the second round of qualifying, his fasted 2 laps for the session were disallowed.

References

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  1. ^ "Newgarden Wins Second IndyCar Title, Herta Wins Laguna Seca". Indycar.com. September 22, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Fair, Asher (September 17, 2019). "IndyCar: 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey entry list". beyondtheflag.com. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 20, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 20, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  5. ^ "Qualifications - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 21, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. September 20, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. September 22, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.


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