Behind podium trio O’Ward, Palou and McLaughlin, an intra-Andretti duel was settled by last-stint tire choice at Mid-Ohio
Andretti Global team-mates Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson found themselves flip-flopping fourth place between them in Sunday’s IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio as their tire strategies split in the closing stages. Herta started fourth ahead of Ericsson, who lost fifth place to a lunging Scott McLaughlin at the first corner, the Kiwi then also trying his luck to pass Herta on the outside of Turn 5 but got repelled.
” Marcus Ericsson, Andretti Global Honda Photo by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport Images From his side, Herta reported: “Our car was fast but we didn’t quite have the speed of the top three, so I’m happy with fourth. The pitstops were awesome and the strategy was great but we were just missing that last little bit of speed to crack into the top three.” He also pronounced himself pleased with the debut of IndyCar’s new hybrid power unit, which provided an extra power boost of 60bhp on every lap.
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