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Felix Rosenqvist – Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach | Via Penske Entertainment, Chris Jones<\/p>\n
It was Meyer Shank’s Felix Rosenqvist who started on pole after a difficult start to his season at the lead of a formidable: O’Ward, Palou, Kirkwood, Malukas, and Dixon. After 90 laps, though, it was Alex Palou, yet again, who took home a victory \u2013 his first at Long Beach.<\/p>\n
Difficult Day for Andretti<\/p>\n
While Kyle Kirkwood, a two-time race winner on the Streets of Long Beach, finished in P4. This was not the story for his other two teammates on the Andretti Team, or even for Kyle before the race.<\/p>\n
First, the team was forced to replace a water pump and the hybrid system on Kirkwood’s #27 after the crew spotted issues during the morning warmup. Alas, this was not the only hybrid issue that the Andretti Team faced throughout the day.<\/p>\n
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Marcus Ericsson, Andretti #28 | Via Penske Entertainment, Chris Owens<\/p>\n
Marcus Ericsson, who has had an extremely strong start to the IndyCar season, was forced to retire from the race just before lap 40. It appeared that his hybrid system was unable to deploy energy above 25%, causing the car to slow dramatically.<\/p>\n
Their difficult day was not over, though. During the pit cycle triggered by the caution for debris on the track, every car entered the pits simultaneously. Long Beach features the most difficult pit lane of the season, which is not only narrow but also banked and curved. <\/p>\n
Will Power in the #26 exited his pit in a flurry of other cars and ran over what appeared to be the legs of the rear left tire changer on the AJ Foyt #4 Car of Caio Collet, Ryan Marzec. This triggered a penalty for Power, dropping him from the top five to P24 after a drive through penalty. He finished the race in 18th.<\/p>\n
IndyCar Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Results<\/p>\n
Position<\/p>\n
Driver\/ Team<\/p>\n
Time Diff from Lead<\/p>\n
1.<\/p>\n
Palou\/ Chip Ganassi<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
2.<\/p>\n
Rosenqvist\/ Meyer Shank<\/p>\n
+3.966<\/p>\n
3.<\/p>\n
Dixon\/ Chip Ganassi<\/p>\n
+5.446<\/p>\n
4.<\/p>\n
Kirkwood\/ Andretti<\/p>\n
+5.973<\/p>\n
5.<\/p>\n
O’Ward\/ McLaren<\/p>\n
+11.871<\/p>\n
6.<\/p>\n
McLaughlin\/ Penske<\/p>\n
+12.906<\/p>\n
7.<\/p>\n
Malukas\/ Penske<\/p>\n
+13.484<\/p>\n
8.<\/p>\n
Rahal\/ RLL<\/p>\n
+27.567<\/p>\n
9.<\/p>\n
Rossi\/ ECR<\/p>\n
+27.635<\/p>\n
10.<\/p>\n
Simpson\/ Chip Ganassi<\/p>\n
+28.992<\/p>\n
11.<\/p>\n
Hauger\/ Dale Coyne<\/p>\n
+28.992<\/p>\n
12.<\/p>\n
Siegel\/ McLaren<\/p>\n
+29.913<\/p>\n
13.<\/p>\n
Veekay\/ Juncos<\/p>\n
+30.587<\/p>\n
14.<\/p>\n
Newgarden\/ Penske<\/p>\n
+30.841<\/p>\n
15.<\/p>\n
Rasmussen\/ ECR<\/p>\n
+31.166<\/p>\n
16.<\/p>\n
Foster\/ RLL<\/p>\n
+36.164<\/p>\n
17.<\/p>\n
Schumacher\/ RLL<\/p>\n
+36.967<\/p>\n
18.<\/p>\n
Ferucci\/ AJ Foyt<\/p>\n
+40.866<\/p>\n
19.<\/p>\n
Power\/ Andretti<\/p>\n
+41.184<\/p>\n
20.<\/p>\n
Lundgaard\/ McLaren<\/p>\n
+42.175<\/p>\n
21.<\/p>\n
Grosjean\/ Dale Coyne<\/p>\n
+42.842<\/p>\n
22.<\/p>\n
Collet\/ AJ Foyt<\/p>\n
+43.665<\/p>\n
23.<\/p>\n
Robb\/ Juncos<\/p>\n
+44.704<\/p>\n
24.<\/p>\n
Armstrong\/ Meyer Shank<\/p>\n
+ 1 lap<\/p>\n
25.<\/p>\n
Ericsson\/ Andretti<\/p>\n
DNF<\/p>\n
Race Off Pit Road Wins Race for Palou<\/p>\n
Alex Palou and the Chip Ganassi #10 Crew came into the weekend with expectations of a P2 or P3, but not a win. The team acknowledged several times that this is not their best track. That almost held true with Palou sitting in P2 behind Meyer Shank Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist until the late race caution. <\/p>\n
When all cars pit during the caution for their final tire change and refuel of the race, Palou and Rosenqvist both exited the pits on hard tires, but the #10 car was simply faster. With that clean air, as Rosenqvist displayed throughout much of the race, it was not difficult for Palou to rocket ahead of the #60 car. <\/p>\n
Rosenqvist commented that he had mixed feelings about the race overall, and even Palou’s teammate, Scott Dixon, said he felt bad for Rosenqvist.<\/p>\n
“At the end of the day it’s great. Little bit of a bittersweet race. Alex is obviously going to be 10\/10 every pit stop. It wasn’t that ours was slow, but they probably had a great one, as well.”<\/p>\n
Felix Rosenqvist, P2<\/p>\n
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