2024 Sonsio Grand Prix

2024 Sonsio Grand Prix
Race details
4th round of the 2024 IndyCar season
	Layout of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
Date	May 11, 2024
Official name	Sonsio Grand Prix
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent road course; 2.439 mi / 3.925 km
Distance	85 laps; 207.315 mi / 333.641 km
Pole position
Driver	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:09.0004
Fastest lap
Driver	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:11.1111 (on lap 72 of 85)
Podium
First	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Will Power (Team Penske)
Third	Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)

The 2024 Sonsio Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 11, 2024, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. The race consisted of 85 laps and was won by Álex Palou.

Entry list

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Théo Pourchaire R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda
30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Luca Ghiotto R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
66	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source:^[1]^[2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	109.2863
2	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:09.3713
3	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:09.3930
Source:^[3]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:09.5588
2	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:09.6899
3	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	109.8565
Source:^[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2	Round 2	Round 3
1	10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.0414	01:08.9057	01:09.0004	1
2	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.0127	01:08.8388	01:09.0921	2
3	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:08.7890	N/A	01:08.8194	01:09.1636	3
4	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:08.9997	N/A	01:09.0319	01:09.2528	4
5	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:09.0167	N/A	01:08.9928	01:09.3320	5
6	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.1530	01:09.0616	01:09.5270	6
7	7	Alexander Rossi W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:09.0900	N/A	01:09.0801	N/A	7
8	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.0377	01:09.1175	N/A	8
9	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.0412	01:09.1491	N/A	9
10	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	01:08.9912	01:09.2923	N/A	10
11	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:09.1330	N/A	01:09.3698	N/A	11
12	21	Rinus VeeKay W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:08.9462	N/A	01:09.3915	N/A	12
13	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:09.1378	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	N/A	01:09.1712	N/A	N/A	14
15	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:09.2578	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	N/A	01:09.2637	N/A	N/A	16
17	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	01:09.3524	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	6	Théo Pourchaire R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	01:09.3816	N/A	N/A	18
19	8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:09.3385	N/A	N/A	N/A	19
20	20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	01:09.4190	N/A	N/A	20
21	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	01:09.3936	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	51	Luca Ghiotto R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.4519	N/A	N/A	22
23	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	01:09.4283	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	N/A	01:09.5391	N/A	N/A	24
25	4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:09.5613	N/A	N/A	N/A	25
26	66	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	01:09.6264	N/A	N/A	26
27	41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	01:10.0399	N/A	N/A	N/A	27
Source:^[5]

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:09.8485
2	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:10.2314
3	21	Rinus VeeKay W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	01:10.3889
Source:^[6]

Race

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on May 11, 2024.

Race classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	10	Álex Palou W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:45:27.2320	3	1	39	54
2	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+6.6106	3	3	39	40
3	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+8.0900	3	2	35	36
4	9	Scott Dixon W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+13.4262	3	6	1	33
5	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+13.8978	3	8	3	31
6	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+14.2746	3	13	2	29
7	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+18.8554	3	24		26
8	7	Alexander Rossi W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	+20.1638	3	7	1	25
9	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+22.1556	3	9	2	23
10	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	85	+26.3424	3	10		20
11	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	85	+27.4572	3	14		19
12	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	85	+29.3108	3	23		18
13	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	+31.2388	3	5		17
14	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+31.8872	3	11	2	17
15	4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+32.2895	3	25		15
16	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	85	+34.6582	3	21		14
17	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+36.9649	3	4		13
18	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	85	+38.0124	3	17		12
19	6	Théo Pourchaire R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	+38.0679	3	18		11
20	20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	+39.4219	3	20		10
21	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	15		9
22	41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	27		8
23	66	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	26		7
24	8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	19		6
25	51	Luca Ghiotto R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	22		5
26	21	Rinus VeeKay W	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	4	12		5
27	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	55	Mechanical	2	16		5
Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:11.1111 (lap 72)
Source:^[7]

Championship standings after the race

Engine manufacturer standings

	Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
	1	Chevrolet	310
	2	Honda	298
Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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