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Canadian James Hinchcliffe was quickest of the 22 drivers at 1 minute, 2.9326 seconds during the first Verizon IndyCar Series practice session for the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Honda, with its new twin-turbo V6 engine, held the top three spots on the time sheet (Justin Wilson in the No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing car was second at 1m02.9385 and Takuma Sato in the No. 14 ABC Supply car for A.J. Foyt Racing was third at 1m03.0603).
Will Power, the pole sitter each of the past four years in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, was fourth and St. Petersburg resident Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 11 Hydroxycut KVSH Racing car.
The top 18 cars were separated by less than a second.
Friday, free practice 1:
1 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m02.9326
2 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1m02.9385
3 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 1m03.0603
4 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1m03.1932
5 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1m03.1948
6 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.2067
7 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m03.2684
8 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1m03.3087
9 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 1m03.3254
10 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.3258
11 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1m03.3998
12 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1m03.4827
13 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.6425
14 - Juan Pablo Montoya (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1m03.6759
15 - Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m03.6948
16 - Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1m03.7559
17 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m03.7807
18 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.9023
19 - Jack Hawksworth (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Herta - 1m04.0541
20 - Mikhail Aleshin (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1m04.1986
21 - Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1m04.6781
22 - Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m07.7706
Honda, with its new twin-turbo V6 engine, held the top three spots on the time sheet (Justin Wilson in the No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing car was second at 1m02.9385 and Takuma Sato in the No. 14 ABC Supply car for A.J. Foyt Racing was third at 1m03.0603).
Will Power, the pole sitter each of the past four years in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, was fourth and St. Petersburg resident Sebastien Bourdais in the No. 11 Hydroxycut KVSH Racing car.
The top 18 cars were separated by less than a second.
Friday, free practice 1:
1 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m02.9326
2 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1m02.9385
3 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 1m03.0603
4 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1m03.1932
5 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1m03.1948
6 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.2067
7 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m03.2684
8 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1m03.3087
9 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 1m03.3254
10 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.3258
11 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1m03.3998
12 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1m03.4827
13 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.6425
14 - Juan Pablo Montoya (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1m03.6759
15 - Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m03.6948
16 - Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1m03.7559
17 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m03.7807
18 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Ganassi - 1m03.9023
19 - Jack Hawksworth (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Herta - 1m04.0541
20 - Mikhail Aleshin (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1m04.1986
21 - Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1m04.6781
22 - Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Andretti - 1m07.7706