2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

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 original winner Josef Newgarden was disqualified two months following the race for push-to-pass violations.

Entry list

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet4 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet6 Callum Ilott Arrow McLaren Chevrolet7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet8 Linus Lundqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda20 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda30 Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda41 Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda51 Colin Braun Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda66 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:

Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 1:00.3390 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1:00.8112 3 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.8182 Source:Practice 1 results

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 1:00.1331 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 1:00.3872 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 1:00.4101 Source:Practice 2 results

Qualifying Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM ET on March 9, 2024.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 59.5699 N/A 59.3214 59.5714 1 2 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 59.6220 59.2706 59.5772 2 3 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 59.5507 N/A 59.5382 59.6540 3 4 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda N/A 59.5596 59.3157 59.8189 4 5 77 Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 59.5709 59.5074 1:00.0642 5 6 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 59.3703 N/A 59.4484 1:03.5583 6 7 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 59.5805 N/A 59.5501 N/A 7 8 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 59.6888 59.5594 N/A 8 9 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 59.6202 N/A 59.5741 N/A 9 10 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 59.5263 N/A 59.6127 N/A 10 11 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 59.7200 59.8483 N/A 11 12 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 59.7940 1:00.0172 N/A 12 13 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 59.7897 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet N/A 59.8182 N/A N/A 14 15 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 59.8164 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 6 Callum Ilott Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 59.8911 N/A N/A 16 17 66 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 59.9968 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda N/A 59.9102 N/A N/A 18 19 8 Linus Lundqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.0034 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 59.9308 N/A N/A 20 21 20 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 1:00.2021 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 1:00.0953 N/A N/A 22 23 4 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.2956 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 41 Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet N/A 1:00.4125 N/A N/A 24 25 51 Colin Braun Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing Honda 1:01.3044 N/A N/A N/A 25 26 30 Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 1:00.5336 N/A N/A 26 27 18 Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda N/A 1:00.5712 N/A N/A 27 Source:Official Qualification results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 59.9267 2 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 59.9734 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 1:00.0292 Source:Warmup results

Race The race was held at 12:15 PM ET on March 10, 2024.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100 1:51:37.5075 2 3 0 50 2 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 100 +1.1438 2 8 0 30 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global Honda 100 +2.3457 2 4 1 36 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100 +3.8915 2 13 0 32 5 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100 +6.4923 2 2 0 31 6 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100 +7.8732 2 15 0 28 7 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100 +8.3843 2 11 0 26 8 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 100 +10.9225 2 7 0 24 9 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 100 +15.1316 2 14 0 22 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 100 +16.6755 2 18 0 20 11 6 Callum Ilott Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 100 +20.7992 2 16 0 19 12 4 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 100 +21.6541 2 23 0 18 13 30 Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 100 +24.9054 2 26 0 17 14 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 100 +26.7834 3 22 0 16 15 66 Tom Blomqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 100 +32.5605 2 17 0 15 16 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 100 +34.2126 2 20 0 14 17 18 Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda 100 +41.4332 2 27 0 13 18 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 100 +50.8226 3 12 7 13 19 20 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 99 +1 Lap 2 21 0 11 20 51 Colin Braun Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing Honda 99 +1 Lap 2 25 0 10 21 8 Linus Lundqvist Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 97 +3 Laps 2 19 0 9 22 77 Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 82 Mechanical 2 5 0 8 23 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 52 Mechanical 1 6 0 7 24 41 Sting Ray Robb A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 33 Off Course 1 24 0 6 25 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 25 Contact 0 10 0 5 26 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 100 Disqualified – 1 – 1 27 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 100 Disqualified – 9 – 0Fastest lap: Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 1:00.8779 (lap 88) Source:Official race results

Notes – Power was given a 10-point penalty due to a Push to Pass violation. – Newgarden and McLaughlin were disqualified for Push to Pass violations.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Pato O'Ward 502 Colton Herta 36 (-14)3 Alex Palou 32 (-16)4 Felix Rosenqvist 31 (-17)5 Will Power 30 (-18) Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 267 2 Chevrolet 213 Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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