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Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing) dominated the third day of practice held Monday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Josef Newgarden (Photo: IMS)

Newgarden was able to set the quickest lap of the week so far (222.486 mph) followed by Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay and his team-mate Marco Andretti.

James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay (Photo: IMS)

Ganassi driver Scott Dixon and Sunday pacesetter Sebastian Saavedra (AFS/Andretti) rounded out the top five.

Will Power (No. 12) and Ryan Briscoe (Photo: IMS)

Meanwhile, Jean Alesi passed the third and final phase of the rookie Orientation Program after completing 40 laps with a fast time of 211.516 mph.

Indianapolis 500 - Day-3 Practice

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap

1. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 40.4519s
2. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.6065s + 0.1546s
3. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.6285s + 0.1766s
4. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 40.6323s + 0.1804s
5. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.7636s + 0.3117s
6. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy 40.7835s + 0.3316s
7. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 40.8250s + 0.3731s
8. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy 40.8527s + 0.4008s
9. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 40.8924s + 0.4405s
10. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.9079s + 0.4560s
11. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy 40.9536s + 0.5017s
12. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne DW12-Honda 41.0007s + 0.5488s
13. Ana Beatriz Andretti/Conquest DW12-Chevy 41.0121s + 0.5602s
14. James Jakes Dale Coyne DW12-Honda 41.0892s + 0.6373s
15. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy 41.1016s + 0.6497s
16. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy 41.1470s + 0.6951s
17. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy 41.1783s + 0.7264s
18. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy 41.2192s + 0.7673s
19. Bryan Clauson Fisher DW12-Honda 41.2212s + 0.7693s
20. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 41.2390s + 0.7871s
21. Townsend Bell Schmidt DW12-Honda 41.2574s + 0.8055s
22. Wade Cunningham Foyt DW12-Honda 41.3250s + 0.8731s
23. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 41.3837s + 0.9318s
24. Alex Tagliani Herta DW12-Honda 41.3897s + 0.9378s
25. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 41.4990s + 1.0471s
26. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy 41.5274s + 1.0755s
27. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy 41.5684s + 1.1165s
28. Michel Jourdain Jr Rahal DW12-Honda 41.6725s + 1.2206s
29. Jean Alesi Fan Force DW12-Lotus 42.5499s + 2.0980s