FP3: Rossi puts Andretti on top, Ericsson crashes

Alexander Rossi has topped the final practice session from the Circuit of the Americas, beating Chip Ganassi Racing's Felix Rosenqvist to the leading spot.

It was an underwhelming session for Ericsson, who met the barriers at Turn 19. Although it's his first time competing at the track in IndyCar, the Swede has five years experience at the circuit from racing in Formula 1.

The car will need to be checked before qualifying, but fortunately, Ericsson was able to walk away from the shunt.

Ericsson ended the session in 17th, one position behind teammate James Hinchcliffe.

Graham Rahal will be encouraged by his P3 result, as he headed some of the big names in Ryan Hunter-Reay, Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon and Will Power.

Spencer Pigot was eighth, while Simon Pagenaud sneaked his Penske into the top ten. He was ahead of the second Dale Coyne car of Sebastian Bourdais.

After impressing at St. Petersburg, Colton Herta just failed to break into the top ten, as did the Andretti Autosport car of Zach Veach.

Qualifying for the IndyCar Classic kicks off at 2PM local time, as the drivers attempt to set themselves up for a chance of victory at the first IndyCar race from the Circuit of the Americas.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1.	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	1:46.9148	-
2.	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:47.0536	0.1388
3.	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1:47.4397	0.5249
4.	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1:47.5363	0.6215
5.	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	1:47.5372	0.6224
6.	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:47.6218	0.7070
7.	Will Power	Team Penske	1:47.6660	0.7512
8.	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	1:47.6855	0.7707
9.	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	1:47.7387	0.8239
10.	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	1:47.7700	0.8552
11.	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	1:47.8036	0.8888
12.	Colton Herta	Harding Racing	1:47.8097	0.8949
13.	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1:47.9333	1.0185
14.	Patricio O'Ward	Carlin	1:47.9816	1.0668
15.	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing	1:48.1228	1.2080
16.	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1:48.1706	1.2558
17.	Marcus Ericsson	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1:48.2911	1.3763
18.	Jack Harvey	Meyer Shank Racing	1:48.4150	1.5002
19.	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	1:48.5342	1.6194
20.	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing	1:48.5392	1.6244
21.	Matheus Leist	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	1:48.5783	1.6635
22.	Max Chilton	Carlin	1:48.9655	2.0507
23.	Tony Kanaan	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	1:49.1023	2.1875
24.	Kyle Kaiser	Juncos Racing	1:50.0297	3.1149