Alexander Rossi led the first free practice for Indy at Road America, held on Friday afternoon (10). With a time of 1min45s602, the driver led a double for Andretti in the activity, as he had teammate Colton Herta 0s133 behind.

Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson of Sweden led Ganassi to third place, followed by Penske's Will Power, the current championship leader. Indy champion in 2021 and last winner at Road America, Álex Palou rounded out the top five.

Next came New Zealander Scott McLaughlin, followed by six-time champion Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud, and Mexican Pato O'Ward, who rounded out the top-10.

Brazilian Helio Castroneves was only 25th in the session at Elkhart Lake. With Meyer Shank, he had the best time of 1min48s171, and ended up with the only red flag of the day when he spun in turn 12.

The cars are back on track at Elkhart Lake this Saturday at 11:45 a.m. (ET) for the second free practice. Qualifying is scheduled for 2:45 pm.

Find out how free practice 1 of the Elkhart Lake GP went:

Rossi andando em Elkhart Lake (Vídeo: Indycar) — Rossi riding at Elkhart Lake (Video: Indycar)

The 75-minute free practice session started at 5:25 pm (Brasília time). The first moments of the session had many warm-up laps. After 15 minutes, only 8 drivers had recorded laps, with Andretti's Devlin DeFrancesco leading the way with 1min47s957.

The first place was taken by Juncos' Callum Ilott with 1min47s676. In the sequence, Andretti was back at the top, but now by Frenchman Romain Grosjean, with 1min46s930. The next new leader was Grosjean's teammate Alexander Rossi with a 1min46s671.

At 35 minutes into the session, the top-10 was made up of Rossi, Herta, Ericsson, Grosjean, Power, Newgarden, Palou, McLaughlin, Dixon, and Pagenaud. Time passed, but the top positions remained intact.

Brazilian Helio Castroneves was the one who ended up moving the practice. In 21st place, the Meyer Shank driver lost control at turn 12 and stopped on the grass, interrupting the session with the red flag. The stopwatch continued to run and was released with 13 minutes to go.

Josef Newgarden took Rossi off the top spot with a 1:46.171, but the lead didn't last long as Colton Herta put Andretti back on top with a 1:45.736. Eventually, Alexander retook the top spot with 1min45s602 and didn't lose it again.

Indy 2022, Elkhart Lake GP, Free Practice 1:

1ROSSIAndretti Honda1:45.6022C HERTAAndretti Honda1:45.736+0.1343M ERICSSONGanassi Honda1:45.805+0.2034W POWERPenske Chevrolet1:45.859+0.2575A PALOUGanassi Honda1:45.914+0.3126S MCLAUGHLINPenske Chevrolet1:45.931+0.3297S DIXONGanassi Honda1:46.049+0.4478J NEWGARDENPenske Chevrolet1:46.059+0.4579S PAGENAUDMeyer Shank Honda1:46.110+0.50810P O'WARDMcLaren Chevrolet1:46.342+0.74011D DEFRANCESCOAndretti Honda1:46.383+0.78112F ROSENQVISTMcLaren Chevrolet1:46.518+0.91613C LUNDGAARDRLL Honda1:46.551+0.94914R GROSJEANAndretti Honda1:46.645+1.04315C ILOTTJuncos Chevrolet1:46.767+1.16516J HARVEYRLL Honda1:46.949+1.34717C DALYCarpenter Chevrolet1:46.967+1.36518G RAHALRLL Honda1:46.972+1.37019T SATODale Coyne Honda1:47.043+1,44120D MALUKASDale Coyne Honda1:47.282+1.68021K KIRKWOODFoyt Chevrolet1:47.298+1.69622R VEEKAYCarpenter Chevrolet1:47.735+2.13323J JOHNSONGanassi Honda1:47.769+2.16724D KELLETTFoyt Chevrolet1:48.072+2.47025H CASTRONEVESMeyer Shank Honda1:48.171+2.56926T CALDERÓNFoyt Chevrolet1:48.671+3.06927S DE SILVESTROParetta Chevrolet1:48.749+3.147