2024 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 3rd round of the 2024 IndyCar season | |
 Layout of the Barber Motorsports Park | |
| Date | April 28, 2024 |
| Official name | Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix |
| Location | Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Course | Permanent road course 2.380 mi / 3.830 km |
| Distance | 90 laps 214.200 mi / 344.700 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) |
| Time | 01:05.9490 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) |
| Time | 01:07.7544 (on lap 74 of 90) |
| Podium | |
| First | Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) |
| Second |  Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Third |  Linus Lundqvist (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2024 Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 28, 2024, in Birmingham, Alabama at the Barber Motorsports Park. The race consisted of 90 laps and was won by Scott McLaughlin.
Entry list[edit]
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
Practice[edit]
Practice 1[edit]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Josef Newgarden
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.7045 |
| 2 | 5 |  Pato O'Ward W
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:06.7875 |
| 3 | 12 | Will Power W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.7914 |
| Source:[2] | |||||
Practice 2[edit]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |  Rinus Veekay
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.5463 |
| 2 | 77 |  Romain Grosjean
|
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.5819 |
| 3 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin W
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Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.6099 |
| Source:[3] | |||||
Qualifying[edit]
Qualifying classification[edit]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:05.8147 | 01:05.9344 | 01:05.9490 | 1 |
| 2 | 12 | Will Power W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.0450 | 01:05.8765 | 01:06.0460 | 2 |
| 3 | 45 |  Christian Lundgaard
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:06.2147 | 01:05.8130 | 01:06.0818 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | Pato O'Ward W
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:05.8193 | N/A | 01:06.0374 | 01:06.2940 | 4 |
| 5 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:06.2483 | 01:06.0418 | 01:06.4524 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:05.9767 | N/A | 01:05.9593 | 01:06.9022 | 6 |
| 7 | 15 | Graham Rahal
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:05.9948 | N/A | 01:06.0942 | N/A | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | Josef Newgarden W
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.1385 | 01:06.2908 | N/A | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood
|
Andretti Global | Honda | 01:06.0350 | N/A | 01:06.2959 | N/A | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |  Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:05.5862 | N/A | 01:06.3013 | N/A | 10 |
| 11 | 77 | Romain Grosjean
|
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.0343 | N/A | 01:06.3526 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 66 |  Tom Blomqvist R
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:06.4519 | 01:06.3871 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 9 | Scott Dixon
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.1425 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 20 | Christian Rasmussen R
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.4803 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 26 | Colton Herta
|
Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:06.1481 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Alexander Rossi
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.5054 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci
|
A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.2751 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson
|
Andretti Global | Honda | N/A | 01:06.5846 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 8 | Linus Lundqvist R
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.2825 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 78 |  Agustín Canapino
|
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.6706 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 21 | 51 |  Luca Ghiotto R
|
Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | 01:06.4788 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21 |
| 22 | 18 | Jack Harvey
|
Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:06.7969 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
| 23 | 4 |  Kyffin Simpson R
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Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.5267 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23 |
| 24 | 6 | Théo Pourchaire R
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Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:06.9052 | N/A | N/A | 24 |
| 25 | 41 | Sting Ray Robb
|
A. J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 01:06.8404 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25 |
| 26 | 30 |  Pietro Fittipaldi
|
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:07.4920 | N/A | N/A | 26 |
| 27 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay
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Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:07.7392 | N/A | N/A | 27 |
| Source:[4] | |||||||||
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup[edit]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:06.3195 |
| 2 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:06.8069 |
| 3 | 2 | Josef Newgarden
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:06.8787 |
| Source:[5] | |||||
Race[edit]
The race started at 1:30 PM ET on April 28, 2024.
Race classification[edit]
Championship standings after the race[edit]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References[edit]
- ^ "Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix entry list" (PDF). April 25, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 26, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifications - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. April 27, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ Warmup results
- ^ "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. April 28, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2024_Childrens_of_Alabama_Indy_Grand_Prix/O/