2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Race details
1st round of the 2024 IndyCar season
	Layout of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Date	March 10, 2024
Official name	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Location	Streets of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida
Course	Temporary street circuit; 1.800 mi / 2.897 km
Distance	100 laps; 180.000 mi / 289.682 km
Pole position
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	59.5714
Fastest lap
Driver	Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:00.8779 (on lap 88 of 100)
Podium
First	Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
Second	Will Power (Team Penske)
Third	Colton Herta (Andretti Global)

The 2024 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg was the first round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on March 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Streets of St. Petersburg. The race consisted of 100 laps and was won by Pato O'Ward, making it his first victory on this event, after the original winner Josef Newgarden was disqualified for push-to-pass violations.^[1]^[2]

Entry list[edit]

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Callum Ilott	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson W	Andretti Global	Honda
30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
41	Sting Ray Robb	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Colin Braun R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
66	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source:^[3]

Practice[edit]

Practice 1[edit]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	1:00.3390
2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1:00.8112
3	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:00.8182
Source:^[4]

Practice 2[edit]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global	Honda	1:00.1331
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:00.3872
3	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	1:00.4101
Source:^[5]

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying was held at 2:00 PM ET on March 9, 2023.

Qualifying classification[edit]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time				Final grid
					Round 1		Round 2	Round 3
					Group 1	Group 2	Round 2	Round 3
1	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	59.5699	N/A	59.3214	59.5714	1
2	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	N/A	59.6220	59.2706	59.5772	2
3	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	59.5507	N/A	59.5382	59.6540	3
4	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global	Honda	N/A	59.5596	59.3157	59.8189	4
5	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	59.5709	59.5074	1:00.0642	5
6	28	Marcus Ericsson W	Andretti Global	Honda	59.3703	N/A	59.4484	1:03.5583	6
7	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	59.5805	N/A	59.5501	N/A	7
8	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	N/A	59.6888	59.5594	N/A	8
9	3	Scott McLaughlin W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	59.6202	N/A	59.5741	N/A	9
10	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	59.5263	N/A	59.6127	N/A	10
11	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	N/A	59.7200	59.8483	N/A	11
12	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	59.7940	1:00.0172	N/A	12
13	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	59.7897	N/A	N/A	N/A	13
14	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	59.8182	N/A	N/A	14
15	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	59.8164	N/A	N/A	N/A	15
16	6	Callum Ilott	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	N/A	59.8911	N/A	N/A	16
17	66	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	59.9968	N/A	N/A	N/A	17
18	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	N/A	59.9102	N/A	N/A	18
19	8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:00.0034	N/A	N/A	N/A	19
20	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	59.9308	N/A	N/A	20
21	20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	1:00.2021	N/A	N/A	N/A	21
22	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	1:00.0953	N/A	N/A	22
23	4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:00.2956	N/A	N/A	N/A	23
24	41	Sting Ray Robb	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	N/A	1:00.4125	N/A	N/A	24
25	51	Colin Braun R	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing	Honda	1:01.3044	N/A	N/A	N/A	25
26	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	N/A	1:00.5336	N/A	N/A	26
27	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	N/A	1:00.5712	N/A	N/A	27
Source:^[6]

Notes

Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup[edit]

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global	Honda	59.9267
2	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	59.9734
3	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1:00.0292
Source:^[7]

Race[edit]

The race was held at 12:15 PM ET on March 10, 2023.

Race classification[edit]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	100	1:51:37.5075	2	3	0	50
2	12	Will Power W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	100	+1.1438	2	8	0	30¹
3	26	Colton Herta W	Andretti Global	Honda	100	+2.3457	2	4	1	36
4	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	100	+3.8915	2	13	0	32
5	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	100	+6.4923	2	2	0	31
6	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	100	+7.8732	2	15	0	28
7	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	100	+8.3843	2	11	0	26
8	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	100	+10.9225	2	7	0	24
9	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	100	+15.1316	2	14	0	22
10	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	100	+16.6755	2	18	0	20
11	6	Callum Ilott	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	100	+20.7992	2	16	0	19
12	4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	100	+21.6541	2	23	0	18
13	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	100	+24.9054	2	26	0	17
14	15	Graham Rahal W	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	100	+26.7834	3	22	0	16
15	66	Tom Blomqvist R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	100	+32.5605	2	17	0	15
16	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	100	+34.2126	2	20	0	14
17	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	100	+41.4332	2	27	0	13
18	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	100	+50.8226	3	12	7	13
19	20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	99	+1 Lap	2	21	0	11
20	51	Colin Braun R	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing	Honda	99	+1 Lap	2	25	0	10
21	8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	97	+3 Laps	2	19	0	9
22	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	82	Mechanical	2	5	0	8
23	28	Marcus Ericsson W	Andretti Global	Honda	52	Mechanical	1	6	0	7
24	41	Sting Ray Robb	A. J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	33	Off Course	1	24	0	6
25	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	25	Contact	0	10	0	5
DSQ	2	Josef Newgarden W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	100	Disqualification²	–	1	–	1
DSQ	3	Scott McLaughlin W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	100	Disqualification²	–	9	–	0
Fastest lap: Kyffin Simpson (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 1:00.8779 (lap 88)
Source:^[8]

Notes[edit]

^1 – Power was given a 10-point penalty due to a Push to Pass violation.
^2 – Newgarden and McLaughlin were disqualified due to a Push to Pass violation.

Championship standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Pato O'Ward	50
	2	Colton Herta	36 (-14)
	3	Alex Palou	32 (-16)
	4	Felix Rosenqvist	31 (-17)
	5	Will Power	30 (-18)
Source:

Engine manufacturer standings

	Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
	1
	2
Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References[edit]

^ "INDYCAR Announces St. Petersburg Penalties".
^ "Josef Newgarden stripped of season-opening IndyCar victory for manipulating push-to-pass system". AP News. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
^ "Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg entry list" (PDF). March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
^ Practice 1 results
^ Practice 2 results
^ Official Qualification results
^ Warmup results
^ Official race results

Previous race: 2023 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey	IndyCar Series 2024 season	Next race: 2024 The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge (Exhibition) 2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
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[1] "INDYCAR Announces St. Petersburg Penalties".

[2] "Josef Newgarden stripped of season-opening IndyCar victory for manipulating push-to-pass system". AP News. 2024-04-24. Retrieved 2024-04-26.

[2024_Firestone_Grand_Prix_of_St._Petersburg_entry_list-3] "Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg entry list" (PDF). March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.

[4] Practice 1 results

[5] Practice 2 results

[6] Official Qualification results

[7] Warmup results

[8] Official race results

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