IndyCar Barber: Rossi leads Herta in raceday warm-up

Rossi, who will roll off 10th, lapped the 2.3-mile 17-turn course in Birmingham, AL, in 1m06.6677s, the only driver to reach the 124mph barrier. He led Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport by 0.1245s, with Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing third.

Long Beach winner Kyle Kirkwood made it two Andretti cars in the top four although he and Herta will start 12^th and 14^th respectively this afternoon.

Their polesitting teammate Romain Grosjean ran 14 laps on softer alternates, achieving a 1m08s effort on his final lap, suggesting the softer rubber will hang on well, allowing drivers to commit to a two-stop strategy – provided they have faith in their fuel-saving abilities.

All three Penskes made the Top 10, as did Graham Rahal and Simon Pagenaud. However, these former Atlantic championship rivals will be trying to make an impression – and get canny with strategy – from 19^th and 16^th respectively on the grid.

The green flag waves for the 13^th Grand Prix of Alabama at 2.30pm local (Central) time.

P	Name	FTime	Diff	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Tire	Team
1	Alexander Rossi	1:06.6677	1:06.6677	17	22	124.198	Chevy	A	Arrow McLaren
2	Colton Herta	1:06.7922	0.1245	17	21	123.967	Honda	A	Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
3	Scott Dixon	1:06.8538	0.1861	21	24	123.852	Honda	A	Chip Ganassi Racing
4	Kyle Kirkwood	1:06.9723	0.3046	16	19	123.633	Honda	A	Andretti Autosport
5	Josef Newgarden	1:07.0124	0.3447	14	24	123.559	Chevy	A	Team Penske
6	Graham Rahal	1:07.0697	0.4020	19	22	123.454	Honda	A	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7	Scott McLaughlin	1:07.1708	0.5031	21	23	123.268	Chevy	A	Team Penske
8	Alex Palou	1:07.2042	0.5365	19	21	123.207	Honda	P	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	Will Power	1:07.2155	0.5478	16	25	123.186	Chevy	A	Team Penske
10	Simon Pagenaud	1:07.2917	0.6240	14	23	123.046	Honda	A	Meyer Shank Racing
11	Callum Ilott	1:07.2964	0.6287	16	23	123.038	Chevy	A	Juncos Hollinger Racing
12	Jack Harvey	1:07.3113	0.6436	16	19	123.011	Honda	A	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
13	Pato O'Ward	1:07.3352	0.6675	15	25	122.967	Chevy	A	Arrow McLaren
14	Sting Ray Robb	1:07.3479	0.6802	17	22	122.944	Honda	A	Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
15	Rinus VeeKay	1:07.4119	0.7442	14	25	122.827	Chevy	A	Ed Carpenter Racing
16	Marcus Ericsson	1:07.5287	0.8610	6	24	122.615	Honda	P	Chip Ganassi Racing
17	David Malukas	1:07.5367	0.8690	17	23	122.600	Honda	A	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
18	Helio Castroneves	1:07.6184	0.9507	15	25	122.452	Honda	A	Meyer Shank Racing
19	Christian Lundgaard	1:07.6429	0.9752	18	18	122.408	Honda	A	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
20	Marcus Armstrong	1:07.6868	1.0191	8	24	122.328	Honda	P	Chip Ganassi Racing
21	Devlin DeFrancesco	1:07.7596	1.0919	19	24	122.197	Honda	P	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
22	Agustin Canapino	1:07.8282	1.1605	8	21	122.073	Chevy	A	Juncos Holling Racing
23	Romain Grosjean	1:07.9639	1.2962	7	24	121.829	Honda	P	Andretti Autosport
24	Conor Daly	1:08.1015	1.4338	8	20	121.583	Chevy	P	Ed Carpenter Racing
25	Benjamin Pedersen	1:08.1575	1.4898	11	23	121.483	Chevy	A	AJ Foyt Enterprises
26	Felix Rosenqvist	1:08.2370	1.5693	8	25	121.342	Chevy	P	Arrow McLaren
27	Santino Ferrucci	1:08.3430	1.6753	6	21	121.154	Chevy	A	AJ Foyt Enterprises