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Scott McLaughlin led opening practice for the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, the eighth round of the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season, at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Linus Lundqvist, Chip Gan…
Scott McLaughlin led the opening practice for the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, the eighth round of the 2024 NTT IndyCar Series season at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Linus Lundqvist, who took his first IndyCar pole position at Road America, was the early session pacesetter. Christian Lundgaard of Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda ran wide into the Corkscrew, while Graham Rahal put RLL on top with a 1m09.0374s. There were incidents involving David Malukas, Santino Ferrucci, and Agustin Canapino during the session. Marcus Ericsson, Colton Herta, and Josef Newgarden also had strong showings towards the end of the session. McLaughlin ultimately set the fastest lap time of 1m07.6325s, the first 119mph lap of the weekend.
