Kirkwood Sets The Pace In Saturday Mornings Practice Session

Kyle Kirkwood during Saturday mornings practice session at the Arlington Grand Prix (Photo by: Kylar Boggs/RacingClipsAndPics)

Kyle Kirkwood was quickest in the Saturday morning practice session, and the quickest time of the weekend so far. The Andretti driver was frustrated after Friday's practice after not getting a lot of track time.

Early into the session, Mick Schumacher has the same issues as he did yesterday, with locking up the brakes going into turn 4 again, the same spot he had issues during Friday's session. Schumacher spoke about the bumps saying "The bumps are insane, this is another level of bumpiness" when talking about the track.

The trouble didn't stop there as Scott Dixon spun in turn 4, and Will Power coming around the corner did not see Dixon and collided with Dixon. Power damaged his front wing, and Dixon had recieved damage to the left rear suspension due to the contact with Will Power. The yellow flags were not displayed until Power was already turning into the corner making it an unlucky incident with Dixon and Power.

Towards the end of the session, Josef Newgarden found the wall in turn 2, making contact with the front left suspension ending his session. Newgarden had lost the rear end and over corrected into the wall. Following the end of the session, it was Kyle Kirkwood setting the fastest time of the weekend with a 1.33.1409, and behind him were Alex Palou, Marcus Armstrong, Will Power, and Marcus Ericsson to round out the top 5.