Colton Herta returned to the top of the time sheets Sunday for the morning warmup before the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. He led practice Saturday morning at 1:00.1331 before qualifying fourth at 59.8189 in the No. Two Chip Ganassi Racing champion drivers who had disappointing qualifying results Saturday rebounded to take the second and third spots in the final practice. Six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon, who qualified 11th, was second at 59.9734 in the No. Two-time and reigning series champion Alex Palou jumped to third at 1:00.0292 in the No. NTT P1 Award winner and two-time series champion Josef Newgarden slipped to fifth at 1:00.2893 in the No.

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