2024 Honda Indy 200

2024 Honda Indy 200
Race details
9th round of the 2024 IndyCar season
	Layout of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course circuit
Date	July 7, 2024
Official name	Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
Location	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Course	Permanent road course; 2.258 mi / 3.634 km
Distance	80 laps; 180.64 mi / 290.71 km
Pole position
Driver	Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:05.3511
Fastest lap
Driver	Josef Newgarden (Team Penske)
Time	1:06.5386 (on lap 72 of 80)
Podium
First	Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren)
Second	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Third	Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)

The 2024 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio was the ninth round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Lexington, Ohio at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Pato O'Ward scored his second win of the 2024 season by holding off polesitter Álex Palou in the final laps. Scott McLaughlin rounded out the podium in third.

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.0650
2	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:07.5093
3	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:07.5442
Source:^[1]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:05.9862
2	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:06.0439
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:06.1639
Source:^[2]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Final grid
						1	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	1
						2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	1
3	66	David Malukas	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	2
Source:^[3]

Notes

Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

Top Practice Speeds
Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:06.2555
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	01:06.4005
3	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:06.5162
Source:^[4]

Race

This race saw the introduction of IndyCar's new hybrid power units, allowing up to 120 more horsepower, for a total of over 800.^[5]

Pato O'Ward took his second win of the season over points leader Alex Palou.

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	80	01:33:22.6191	2	2	24	51
2	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	80	01:33:23.1184	2	1	53	44
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	80	01:33:38.7749	2	6	3	36
4	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	80	01:33:47.4916	2	4	0	32
5	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	80	01:33:54.3000	2	5	0	30
6	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	80	01:33:54.8634	2	7	0	28
7	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	80	01:33:55.1905	2	9	0	26
8	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Global	Honda	80	01:33:57.8409	2	14	0	24
9	20	Christian Rasmussen R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	80	01:34:02.9373	2	8	0	22
10	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	80	01:34:09.5275	2	21	0	20
11	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	80	01:34:11.2737	2	15	0	19
12	66	David Malukas	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	80	01:34:12.0097	2	3	0	18
13	51	Toby Sowery R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	80	01:34:12.5057	2	24	0	17
14	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	80	01:34:14.4353	3	19	0	16
15	8	Linus Lundqvist R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	80	01:34:16.0985	3	10	0	15
16	41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	80	01:34:17.3604	2	25	0	14
17	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	80	01:34:18.4590	3	11	0	13
18	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	80	01:34:21.4872	3	18	0	12
19	21	Rinus Veekay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	80	01:34:23.0741	3	20	0	11
20	6	Nolan Siegel R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	80	01:34:28.4782	3	16	0	10
21	4	Kyffin Simpson R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	80	01:34:29.6604	3	23	0	9
22	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	79	+1 Lap	2	22	0	8
23	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	79	+1 Lap	2	12	0	7
24	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	79	+1 Lap	3	27	0	6
25	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	79	+1 Lap	3	17	0	5
26	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	79	+1 Lap	2	26	0	5
27	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	40	Mechanical	1	13	0	5
Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) – 01:06.5386 (lap 72)
Source:^[6]

References

^ "Practice - Results". indycar.com. July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "Practice - Results". indycar.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
^ "Qualifications" (PDF). nbcsports.com. NTT IndyCar Series. July 6, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
^ "Warm-Up" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. July 7, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
^ "NTT INDYCAR SERIES Hybrid Era To Debut July 5–7 at Mid-Ohio". indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. May 14, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
^ "Race" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. July 7, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

[1] "Practice - Results". indycar.com. July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[2] "Practice - Results". indycar.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

[3] "Qualifications" (PDF). nbcsports.com. NTT IndyCar Series. July 6, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

[4] "Warm-Up" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. July 7, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

[5] "NTT INDYCAR SERIES Hybrid Era To Debut July 5–7 at Mid-Ohio". indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. May 14, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

[6] "Race" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. July 7, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

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