2023 IndyCar Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Full Practice Results

Full results from opening practice at Mid-Ohio where Pato O'Ward turned the fastest lap of the day.

30 Jun 2023

2023 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Practice Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
2	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
3	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
4	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
5	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
6	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
7	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
8	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
9	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
10	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
11	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
12	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	Honda
13	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
14	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
15	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
16	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
17	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
18	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
19	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
20	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
21	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
23	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
24	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
25	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
26	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
27	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet

The second half of the 2023 IndyCar season began today with opening practice at the Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course, where Pato O'Ward set a blistering lap of 66.4935 seconds to take the top spot on the board. The Arrow McLaren driver was in line to win this race last year before an engine failure ruined his race in the closing stages. He will be aiming to correct that this weekend, but there will be plenty of competition.

Alex Palou finished runner-up here a year ago, and was second-fastest in today's practice session. The current championship points leader has been on a tear this season and will seek to further distance himself in pursuit of his second series title. His Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson was third quick today, with Christian Lundgaard and Kyle Kirkwood rounding out the top five overall.

The remaining top-ten in practice featured Romain Grosjean, Josef Newgarden, defending race winner Scott McLaughlin, Alexander Rossi, and Colton Herta. It has been a disappointing season for Herta, who will have a new race strategist again this weekend. Andretti Autosport COO Rob Edwards will slide over to Herta's No. 26 Honda, swapping spots with Scott Harner on the No. 29 stand with Devlin DeFrancesco.

Scott Dixon has won six times at Mid-Ohio and has a total of 13 top-five finishes. He has dominated this track over the years but has not had recent success. He has just one podium finish in the last nine races at Mid-Ohio and is still searching for his first win of the season. Dixon is the last driver to earn back-to-back wins at Mid-Ohio, which came more than a decade ago.

Qualifying will be crucial to the race on Sunday as seven of the last eight races here have been won by a driver starting on the front row. That is good news for Will Power, who has started on the front row nine times. Oddly enough, the king of qualifying has yet to start inside the top-six this year, which is the longest drought of his career. Another driver looking for his first win is Rossi, who has finished 6th, 1st, 5th, 3rd, 2nd, and 5th in six of the last seven races at Mid-Ohio.