2022 GMR Grand Prix

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Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian)
SecondFrance Simon Pagenaud (Meyer Shank Racing)
ThirdAustralia Will Power (Team Penske)

The 2022 GMR Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on May 14, 2022, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The race was originally scheduled for 85 laps, but under INDYCAR rules, the race was declared a wet race at the start, meaning the race was limited to two hours.[1]

Entry list

Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3
Scott McLaughlin
Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Canada Dalton Kellett
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet
5
Patricio O'Ward
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet
7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
11 Colombia Tatiana Calderón  R 
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet
12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet
14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R 
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet
15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports
Honda
20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta
Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian
Honda
27 United States Alexander Rossi
Andretti Autosport
Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean
Andretti Autosport
Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R 
Steinbrenner Autosport
Honda
30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
51 Japan Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing
Honda
60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
SOURCE [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
01:10.4555
2 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:10.4593
3 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:10.5277
Source:[3]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 01:09.7839
2 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
01:09.8137
3 26 United States Colton Herta
Andretti Autosport w/ Curb Agajanian
Honda
01:09.8423
Source:[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.5544 N/A 01:09.4905 01:09.7664 1
2 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
01:09.5683 N/A 01:09.4114 01:09.8090 2
3 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:09.7151 N/A 01:09.5837 01:09.8343 3
4 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:09.7210 01:09.6387 01:09.9063 4
5 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet N/A 01:09.4708 01:09.4574 01:10.0546 5
6 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 01:09.6831 N/A 01:09.4379 01:10.0605 6
7 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:09.7025 01:09.6530 N/A 7
8 30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
N/A 01:09.6777 01:09.6594 N/A 8
9 45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
01:09.7910 N/A 01:09.6899 N/A 9
10 28 France Romain Grosjean
Andretti Autosport
Honda
01:09.8214 N/A 01:09.7100 N/A 10
11 3
Scott McLaughlin
Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:09.5511 01:09.7847 N/A 11
12 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
N/A 01:09.7458 01:10.2950 N/A 12
13 51 Japan Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing
Honda
01:09.8239 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 26 United States Colton Herta
Andretti Autosport w/ Curb Agajanian
Honda
N/A 01:09.8527 N/A N/A 14
15 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:09.9550 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 27 United States Alexander Rossi
Andretti Autosport
Honda
N/A 01:09.9178 N/A N/A 16
17 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R 
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
Honda
01:10.1306 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
N/A 01:09.9294 N/A N/A 18
19 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
01:10.1417 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
N/A 01:09.9717 N/A N/A 20
21 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
01:10.1694 N/A N/A N/A 21
22 14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R 
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet N/A 01:10.1954 N/A N/A 22
23 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 01:10.7610 N/A N/A N/A 23
24 18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/ HMD Motorsports
Honda
N/A 01:10.4755 N/A N/A 24
25 11 Colombia Tatiana Calderón  R 
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet 01:11.0020 N/A N/A N/A 25
26 4 Canada Dalton Kellett
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet N/A 01:10.7187 N/A N/A 26
27 48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
01:11.4599 N/A N/A N/A 27
Source:[5]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Top Warmup Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
01:11.0839
2 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:11.1970
3 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 01:11.2391
Source:[6]

Race

Originally set for a 3:46 PM ET start, the race was then rescheduled for 3:07 PM ET on May 14, 2022. After a lightning delay caused the Indy Lights race to be suspended and resumed after the NTT IndyCar Series feature, the race started at 3:46 PM ET as planned. As it was declared a wet race, series officials removed the initial 85 lap distance and replaced it with a two hour time limit.

Race classification

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps1 Time/Retired2 Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 26 United States Colton Herta
Andretti Autosport w/ Curb Agajanian
Honda
75 02:01:56.3273 4 14 50 53
2 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
75 +3.0983 4 20 40
3 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 75 +7.1538 4 1 36
4 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
75 +7.8193 6 18 10 33
5 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 75 +9.6535 4 4 30
6 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 75 +11.0949 6 6 4 29
7 51 Japan Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing
Honda
75 +11.5104 5 13 26
8 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 75 +11.5105 4 7 24
9 30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
75 +11.8047 6 8 22
10 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
75 +13.9916 3 21 20
11 27 United States Alexander Rossi
Andretti Autosport
Honda
75 +16.7300 5 16 19
12 18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing w/ HMD Motorsports
Honda
75 +17.9817 5 24 18
13 45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
75 +19.5748 4 9 17
14 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing
Honda
75 +24.4881 4 19 16
15 11 Colombia Tatiana Calderón  R 
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet 75 +31.9259 5 25 1 16
16 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Honda
75 +41.8037 5 12 14
17 28 France Romain Grosjean
Andretti Autosport
Honda
74 +1 Lap 5 10 13
18 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
74 +1 Lap 7 2 12
19 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 74 +1 Lap 4 5 5 12
20 3
Scott McLaughlin
Team Penske Chevrolet 74 +1 Lap 4 11 5 11
21 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R 
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
Honda
73 +2 Laps 5 17 9
22 48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing
Honda
73 +2 Laps 6 27 8
23 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay  W  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 73 +2 Laps 6 15 7
24 6 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Arrow McLaren SP
Chevrolet 72 Contact 4 23 6
25 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 60 +15 Laps 6 3 5
26 14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R 
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet 53 Contact 5 22 5
27 4 Canada Dalton Kellett
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Chevrolet 34 Contact 2 26 5
Andretti Autosport w/ Curb Agajanian
) – 01:11.7415 (lap 31)
Source:[7]

1 Race shortened to two-hour timed race.

2 Race ended under caution period.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ Malsher-Lopez, David (May 14, 2022). "IndyCar GP Indy: Herta takes victory in crazy wet-dry-wet race". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "GMR Grand Prix entry list" (PDF). Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  4. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  6. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  8. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022.