The 2022 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama was the fourth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 1, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race lasted for 90 laps.
Entry list
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Tatiana Calderón A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport Honda27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSOURCE
Practice Practice 1 Practice 1 took place at 4:00PM ET on April 29, 2022.
+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time126 Colton HertaAndretti AutosportHonda01:06.5149210 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi RacingHonda01:06.5657327 Alexander Rossi Andretti AutosportHonda01:06.6657 Source:
Practice 2
+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:05.9264 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:06.0136 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.0434 Source:
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.5477 01:06.2732 01:06.2507 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:06.2448 N/A 01:06.1054 01:06.4003 2 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.3877 N/A 01:06.3153 01:06.4415 3 4 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.0289 N/A 01:06.1474 01:06.4967 4 5 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.3962 N/A 01:06.1839 01:06.5549 5 6 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:06.3855 N/A 01:06.2721 01:06.6410 6 7 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.3799 01:06.3348 N/A 7 8 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.2000 01:06.3820 N/A 8 9 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.5016 N/A 01:06.6339 N/A 9 10 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:06.3396 01:06.7295 N/A 10 11 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.6649 01:07.2000 N/A 11 12 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.7305 01:07.3561 N/A 12 13 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.5142 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:06.7462 N/A N/A 14 15 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.6511 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.8138 N/A N/A 16 17 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:06.7541 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda N/A 01:06.8898 N/A N/A 18 19 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.7775 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:07.0242 N/A N/A 20 21 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:06.8213 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.0350 N/A N/A 22 23 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:07.6869 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:07.1052 N/A N/A 24 25 11 Tatiana Calderón A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:07.9248 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:09.0075 N/A N/A 26 Source:
Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup + Top Warmup Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:07.0906 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:07.1916 3 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:07.2745 Source:
Race The race started at 1:05PM ET on May 1, 2022.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 90 01:48:39.4368 2 2 27 51 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +0.9800 2 3 4 41 3 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +12.4819 2 1 57 39 4 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +15.2616 2 19 32 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +22.8297 2 13 30 6 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +24.0649 2 4 28 7 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +24.5161 3 8 26 8 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +31.9173 2 9 24 9 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 90 +33.2497 2 5 22 10 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 90 +33.5102 3 10 20 11 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +33.7418 2 24 19 12 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 90 +34.4738 3 12 18 13 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 90 +34.9140 2 17 17 14 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 90 +35.6807 3 7 2 17 15 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +37.0416 2 14 15 16 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 90 +41.6145 2 6 14 17 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 90 +42.4511 2 20 13 18 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 90 +1:02.3267 3 15 12 19 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 90 +1:03.2947 3 22 11 20 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 90 +1:03.7435 2 18 10 21 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 90 +1:04.5322 3 16 9 22 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 4 21 8 23 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 89 +1 Lap 3 23 7 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 89 +1 Lap 3 26 6 25 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 88 +2 Laps 3 11 5 26 11 Tatiana Calderón A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 88 +2 Laps 3 25 5Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:08.1541 (lap 62) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 21 Álex Palou 1442 Scott McLaughlin 141 23 Josef Newgarden 1354 Will Power 134 45 Pato O'Ward 114 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 365 2 Honda 283 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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