Indy, Carb Sato Day in the intense session

Indianapolis Carbon Day 2023 was a little different than usual. Typically, teams set their buttons to avoid problems, collide as little as possible, and take no risks. This year, on the other hand, many protagonists took full advantage of the turn, and even the difficult and messy situation.

Several drivers have crossed 80 laps, with Josef Newgarden and Rinus Veekay who have reached 89. Many teams have worked on race setups, with results that were also different from those of qualifying due to different weather conditions. The most promising case is that of Andretti Autosport, with Kyle Kirkwood fifth and both Colton Herta and Romain Grosjean in the top 10.

It should be said that instead some teams have chosen a different strategy, stopping around 50, especially McLaren, while others such as Ryan Hunter-Reay have encountered problems (gearbox) and have preferred to focus on fixing them, or have had problems. adapting to new situations, like Graham Rahal with DRR:

Good results for Jack Harvey, the “cinderella” of qualifying with RLL, and Conor Daly, just outside the top 10, while Foyt’s team seemed to be among the most troubled, especially Santino Ferrucci. Takuma Sato finished in command, followed by Scott Dixon, Will Power and Alex Palou. It is surprising that the sixth Agustin Canapino, an Argentine musician with the Juncos Hollinger team.

A message with a clean sports element: Stefan Wilson, after breaking a thoracic vertebra in contact with Katherine Legge on Monday, underwent a successful operation.

Friday May 28, Carb Day

1 – Takuma Sato (Dallara-Honda) – Ganassi – 227.855 mph (366.697 km/h)

2 – Scott Dixon (Dallara-Honda) – Ganassi – 227.285

3 – Will Power (Dallara-Chevy) – Penske – 226,953

4 – Alex Palou (Dallara-Honda) – Ganassi – 226.945

5 – Kyle Kirkwood (Dallara-Honda) – Andretti – 226,872

6 – Agustin Canapino (Dallara-Chevy) – Juncos – 226.532

7 – Colton Herta (Dallara-Honda) – Andretti – 226,300

8 – Romain Grosjean (Dallara-Honda) – Andretti – 226.286

9 – Josef Newgarden (Dallara-Chevy) – Penske – 225766

10 – Scott McLaughlin (Dallara-Chevy) – Penske – 225565

11 – Tony Kanaan (Dallara-Chevy) – McLaren – 225.440

12 – Conor Daly (Dallara-Chevy) – ECR – 225.378

13 – Jack Harvey (Dallara-Honda) – RLL – 225.251

14 – Alexander Rossi (Dallara-Chevy) – McLaren – 225.233

15 – Pato O’Ward (Dallara-Chevy) – McLaren – 225.114

16 – David Malukas (Dallara-Honda) – Coyne – 225.019

17 – Benjamin Pedersen (Dallara-Chevy) – Foyt – 224905

18 – Marcus Ericsson (Dallara-Honda) – Ganassi – 224.751

19 – Marco Andretti (Dallara-Honda) – Andretti – 224.702

20 – Helio Castroneves (Dallara-Honda) – Meyer Shank – 224.659

21 – Ed Carpenter (Dallara-Chevy) – ECR – 224.627

22 – Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara-Chevy) – DRR – 224519

23 – Sting Ray Robb (Dallara-Honda) – Coyne – 224158

24 – Simon Pagenaud (Dallara-Honda) – Meyer Shank – 224094

25 – Christian Lundgaard (Dallara-Honda) – RLL – 223.996

26 – Devlin DeFrancesco (Dallara-Honda) – Andretti – 223.838

27 – RC Enerson (Dallara-Chevy) – Abel – 223814

28 – Felix Rosenqvist (Dallara-Chevy) – McLaren – 223,783

29 – Katherine Legge (Dallara-Honda) – RLL – 223.562

30 – Graham Rahal (Dallara-Honda) – RLL – 223.491

31 – Santino Ferrucci (Dallara-Chevy) – Foyt – 223.444

32 – Callum Ilott (Dallara-Chevy) – Juncos Hollinger – 222265

33 – Rinus VeeKay (Dallara-Chevy) – ECR – 222.166