Iowa – Practice: Linus holds off Andretti trio to set the early pace

Linus enjoyed the strongest possible start to the first oval event of the 2022 Indy Lights campaign as he set the early pace in Friday practice at Iowa Speedway.

Fending off three Andretti Autosport cars, led by Matthew Brabham, Linus was the only driver to exceed 158 mph around the short lap, pipping Brabham by 0.03s.

Behind Brabham, team-mates Hunter McElrea and Christian Rasmussen followed, with Sting Ray Robb making it four Andretti cars in the top six – split by Jacob Abel in P5.

Further back, meanwhile, Linus’ HMD Motorsports team-mates occupied positions 7-10.

Indy Lights returns to action on Saturday with qualifying and the race.

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