2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey

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File:Flag of the United States.svg 2019 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey
Race details
17th round of the 2019 IndyCar season
File:Laguna Seca.svg
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
DriverFile:Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
Time01:10.1405
Fastest lap
DriverFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:12.2310 (on lap 5 of 90)
Podium
FirstFile:Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing)
SecondFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power (Team Penske)
ThirdFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg 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

Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
4 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
7 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  R  Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
9 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
14 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 File:Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 File:Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan Honda
19 File:Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet
21 File:Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
22 File:Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet
23 File:Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet
25 File:Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Andretti Autosport Honda
26 File:Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda
27 File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda
28 File:Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda
30 File:Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
59 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet
60 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Honda
88 File:Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda
98 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda
Source:[2]

Practice

Practice 1

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

Practice 2

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

Qualifying

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

Qualifying classification

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 88 File:Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  R  Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda N/A 01:10.2892 01:09.9828 01:10.1405 1
2 9 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:10.3256 N/A 01:10.0845 01:10.1831 2
3 27 File:Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.3097 N/A 01:10.2332 01:10.2105 3
4 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.3081 N/A 01:10.2674 01:10.6719 4
5 5 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Hinchcliffe Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda N/A 01:10.6462 01:10.4387 01:10.8003 5
6 22 File:Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.4809 N/A 01:10.6031 01:10.8616 6
7 12 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:10.4489 01:10.6086 N/A 7
8 15 File:Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:10.7920 01:10.6296 N/A 8
9 28 File:Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.5860 N/A 01:10.6919 N/A 9
10 59 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet 01:10.5276 N/A 01:10.7257 N/A 10
11 7 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  R  Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda N/A 01:10.5296 01:11.1666 N/A 11
12 19 File:Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci  R  Dale Coyne Racing Honda N/A 01:10.7253 01:12.4137 N/A 12
13 25 File:Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.7787 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 10 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:10.5649[lower-alpha 1] N/A N/A 14
15 21 File:Flag of the United States.svg Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:10.8275 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 30 File:Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:10.8393 N/A N/A 16
17 26 File:Flag of the United States.svg Zach Veach Andretti Autosport Honda 01:10.8407 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 20 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ed Jones Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa Chevrolet N/A 01:10.9806 N/A N/A 18
19 18 File:Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan Honda 01:11.0095 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 23 File:Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Kimball Carlin Chevrolet N/A 01:10.9865 N/A N/A 20
21 14 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:11.2454 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 98 File:Flag of the United States.svg Marco Andretti Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:11.0527 N/A N/A 22
23 4 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Leist A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:11.5180 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 60 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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

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

Race

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

Race classification

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

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

  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

  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. 7.0 7.1 "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. September 22, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
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