Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
RACE NOTES/QUOTES – July 3, 2022
LUNDGAARD, RAHAL AND HARVEY FINISHED 11TH, 12TH AND 20TH IN THE HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 Fifth Third Bank Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Unfortunately, I think that ruins a streak of like 8-10 in a row in the Top-10 here, 6 Top-5’s in the last 8, so I’m disappointed. This isn’t the place we expect to finish 12th. We just didn’t have it today, I think we salvaged a decent result, but of course 12th isn’t what we are out here to do. It felt like we really struggled with the rear of the car which was an issue our entire weekend. Today was one of the harder races I’ve driven in the last 8-10 years. It just felt like I was on my back foot at all times and felt like I couldn’t attack in any regard. Turn the page, Toronto is coming up – I’ve started on the front row in Toronto before and finished well there. We did a lot of work in Sebring focused on Toronto and hope it can play out there and give this team a little shot in the arm.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 Hendrickson Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “The whole weekend, I think it’s been pretty clear we’ve had our ups and downs from session to session. But I think with the car we had this weekend I think coming home where we did based on where we started is good. We went forward and that’s the most important thing. We showed some pace as well, but we have some work to do.”
JACK HARVEY, 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I think that’s the most pit stops I’ve ever done on a road course before. We lack pace and I was struggling with grip. (On contact with Kellett:) I went into the corner and I was quite a bit behind him and honestly just slid too far and I caught the end of his car. That was unfortunate. I think that also just shows the problems we have right now of getting the tire going early. I was bad in Turn 1 on that restart and literally as he was slowing down I slid up into him and couldn’t do anything about it. Unfortunate day to take him out that way, because while we are having a bad race ourselves, we don’t need to make other people’s day worse, unfortunately we made his day worse.”
NEXT UP: The series will take the next weekend off before returning to Canada for the first time since 2019 for the Honda Indy Toronto on July 15-17.