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IndyCar Drivers Adjust for Monterey Grand Prix
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In Short: Andretti Global drivers made changes ahead of the Mission Foods Grand Prix of Monterey, aiming for a strong performance in Sunday's race.
Andretti Global drivers have been making adjustments to their cars in preparation for the Mission Foods Grand Prix of Monterey, with one driver finishing fifth in practice and another expressing disappointment in their qualifying performance.
Meanwhile, the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series championship has been clinched by Chip Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou, who will start second in the Mission Foods Grand Prix of Monterey with a lap time of 1:09.1540 at 116.505 mph, according to Bgmsportstrax.
The race, set to take place on Sunday afternoon, will be the 95-lap Mission Foods Grand Prix of Monterey at the 11-turn, 2.238-mile (3.602-kilometer) natural terrain road course in Monterey, California, marking the first 18-race season since 2014.
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- We made a lot of changes last night and were pretty good in practice this morning and finished fifth.
- From the outset of qualifying, we just weren’t really near the pace.
- Yesterday, we weren’t absolutely incredible, but we made some small changes which led to some good results.
- That’s the one thing that we have at Andretti Global: three really good drivers that we can base our setup on.
- If one of us does good, we can just all shift to that setup, and it’ll be awesome.” “We were super fast.
- So I was fighting a little bit more with the car in Q2.
- Obviously, if we could have matched the time from Q1, we would have gone through easily.
- So that’s a little bit disappointing, but the DKY Foundation Honda has been good.