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2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

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United States 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Race details
3rd round of the 2022 IndyCar season
DateApril 10, 2022
Official nameAcura Grand Prix of Long Beach
LocationStreets of Long Beach
CourseTemporary road course
1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance85 laps
167.28 mi / 269.211 km
Pole position
DriverUnited States Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian)
Time01:05.3095
Fastest lap
DriverSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time01:07.2359 (on lap 29 of 85)
Podium
FirstUnited States Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
SecondFrance Romain Grosjean (Andretti Autosport)
ThirdSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 10, 2022, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race lasted for 85 laps.

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Canada Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5 Mexico Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  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 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport Honda
27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda
28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti 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  W  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 [1]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Jimmie Johnson crashed out of turn 6 during this practice session causing an injury to his hand.[2]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:07.1991
2 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 01:07.6012
3 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.6720
OFFICIAL REPORT

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.6520
2 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.6971
3 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 01:05.9383
[ OFFICIAL REPORT]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Rookie Devlin DeFrancesco took a six place grid penalty for avoidable contact from the previous race.[3]

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:05.7283 N/A 01:05.4057 01:05.3095 1
2 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.0819 01:05.8194 01:05.7550 2
3 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.1452 01:05.7662 01:05.8667 3
4 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:06.1005 N/A 01:05.6344 01:05.9349 4
5 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 01:05.8363 N/A 01:05.5775 01:06.0674 5
6 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:05.7468 01:05.8744 No Time 6
7 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.0788 01:05.8745 N/A 7
8 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.5757 N/A 01:05.9548 N/A 8
9 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.1076 N/A 01:06.0507 N/A 9
10 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:05.8908 01:06.0678 N/A 10
11 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet N/A 01:06.1781 01:06.0726 N/A 11
12 14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:06.4676 N/A 01:06.2604 N/A 12
13 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.6896 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.2467 N/A N/A 14
15 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:06.7049 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.3241 N/A N/A 16
17 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 01:06.7418 N/A N/A N/A 23[3]
18 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.4489 N/A N/A 17
19 18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:06.7925 N/A N/A N/A 18
20 30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:06.5049 N/A N/A 19
21 45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:06.9708 N/A N/A N/A 20
22 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:06.6672 N/A N/A 21
23 51 Japan Takuma Sato  W  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:07.1001 N/A N/A N/A 22
24 4 Canada Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:06.7679 N/A N/A 24
25 48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:09.0287 N/A N/A N/A 25
26 11 Colombia Tatiana Calderón  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:07.4789 N/A N/A 26
Source:[4]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

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Top Warmup Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:05.8645
2 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.1923
3 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.3934
Source:[5]

Race

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The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 10, 2022.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 2 United States Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 85 01:46:48.0102 2 2 32 53
2 28 France Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +1.2869 2 6 40
3 10 Spain Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +1.7594 2 3 22 36
4 12 Australia Will Power  W  Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +2.9654 2 7 2 33
5 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 85 +3.7122 2 11 30
6 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +5.0605 2 16 28
7 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +5.3931 2 13 26
8 27 United States Alexander Rossi  W  Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +7.3084 2 5 24
9 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 +8.9521 2 14 22
10 14 United States Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +12.8631 2 12 20
11 7 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 85 +14.2930 2 4 19
12 20 United States Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +15.2177 2 17 18
13 21 Netherlands Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 85 +16.2460 3 15 17
14 3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +17.9291 3 9 16
15 45 United Kingdom Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +18.7807 2 20 15
16 11 Colombia Tatiana Calderón  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 3 26 14
17 51 Japan Takuma Sato  W  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 83 Accident 2 22 13
18 30 Denmark Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 83 +2 Laps 3 19 12
19 60 France Simon Pagenaud  W  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 81 +4 Laps 3 10 11
20 48 United States Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 73 Accident 3 25 10
21 18 United States David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 72 Accident 4 18 9
22 8 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 66 Collision 2 8 8
23 26 United States Colton Herta  W  Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 55 Accident 1 1 28 9
24 77 United Kingdom Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 55 Accident 2 21 6
25 29 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 35 Accident 2 23 1 6
26 4 Canada Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 5 Accident 24 5
Fastest lap: Spain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.2359 (lap 29)
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entry list" (PDF). Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Pruett, Marshall (April 9, 2022). "Johnson in doubt for Long Beach after practice crash". RACER. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "DeFrancesco gets Long Beach grid penalty for Texas crash". RACER. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. April 10, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
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