The 2024 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey was the eighth round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on June 23, 2024, in Monterey, California at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.[1] The race contested of 95 laps and was won by Álex Palou.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 8th round of the 2024 IndyCar season | |
 Layout of the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | |
| Date | June 23, 2024 |
| Official name | Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey |
| Location | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.238 mi / 3.602 km |
| Distance | 95 laps 212.61 mi / 342.163 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Time | 01:07.1465 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  Marcus Ericsson (Andretti Global) |
| Time | 01:08.9728 (on lap 20 of 95) |
| Podium | |
| First | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second |  Colton Herta (Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian) |
| Third | Alexander Rossi (Arrow McLaren) |
Practice
editPractice 1
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |  Scott McLaughlin
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:07.6325 |
| 2 | 26 | Colton Herta W
|
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:07.7316 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:07.7371 |
| Source:[2] | |||||
Practice 2
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Colton Herta W
|
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 01:08.2300 |
| 2 | 12 |  Will Power
|
Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:08.4261 |
| 3 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:08.4387 |
| Source:[3] | |||||
Qualifying
editQualifying classification
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
| Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:07.2651 | 01:07.2572 | 01:07.1465 | 1 |
| 2 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood
|
Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | N/A | 01:07.3232 | 01:07.2841 | 01:07.2204 | 1 |
| 3 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist
|
Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:07.4216 | 01:07.3157 | 01:07.2917 | 2 |
| Source:[4] | |||||||||
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |  Rinus VeeKay
|
Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:08.4096 |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:08.4516 |
| 3 | 78 |  Agustín Canapino
|
Juncos Hollinger Racing | Honda | 01:08.5314 |
| Source:[5] | |||||
Race
editThe race started at 3:30 PM PT on June 23, 2024.
Race classification
edit| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Total Time | Pit Stops |
Grid | Laps Led |
Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Álex Palou W
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 95 | 02:04:09.8545 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 54 |
| 2 | 26 | Colton Herta W
|
Andretti Autosport with | Honda | 95 | 02:04:11.8325 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | 6 | Alexander Rossi
|
Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 95 | 02:04:14.3681 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 36 |
| Fastest lap: Marcus Ericsson (Andretti Global) – 01:08.9728 (lap 20)
| ||||||||||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Malukas To Race for Meyer Shank Starting at Laguna Seca". IndyCar.com.
- ^ "Practice 1 - Results". indycar.com. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "Practice 2 - Results". indycar.com. June 22, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ^ "Warmup - Results". indycar.com. June 23, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ^ "Race - Results - Final". indycar.com. June 23, 2024. Retrieved June 23, 2024.