Marco Andretti tops second IndyCar practice session at Iowa
Marco Andretti set the quickest time in a frantic second IndyCar practice session at Iowa
Times from the session will be used to determine which of Friday night's three qualifying heat races drivers will be placed in, with only the eight fastest earning a spot in the third race, which will determine pole position.
Andretti's best lap of 186.041mph, in his Andretti Autosport entry, came shortly after the green flag, but the rest of the order was set in a manic final few minutes that were more akin to qualifying, with drivers scrambling to get themselves into the top eight.
Chip Ganassi's Dario Franchitti leapt from the middle of the field up to second place in the dying seconds of the session with a 185.715mph lap, bumping KV Racing's Rubens Barrichello out of the top eight in the process.
Joining Andretti and Franchitti in having a shot at pole position are Penske's Helio Castroneves, Will Power and Ryan Briscoe, Andretti Autosport's James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Ganassi's Scott Dixon.
Barichello's final position of ninth means that he will start from pole in the second heat race, which is for cars in odd-numbered positions from ninth and below, while Ganassi's Graham Rahal, who was 10th-fastest, will start from the front in the first heat.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 17.2994s 2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 17.3298s + 0.0304s 3. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy 17.3300s + 0.0306s 4. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy 17.3487s + 0.0493s 5. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy 17.3608s + 0.0614s 6. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy 17.4133s + 0.1139s 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy 17.4225s + 0.1231s 8. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 17.4312s + 0.1318s 9. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy 17.4353s + 0.1359s 10. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 17.4542s + 0.1548s 11. Alex Tagliani Herta DW12-Honda 17.4614s + 0.1620s 12. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 17.4772s + 0.1778s 13. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda 17.4845s + 0.1851s 14. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy 17.4940s + 0.1946s 15. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy 17.5121s + 0.2127s 16. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy 17.5421s + 0.2427s 17. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda 17.5653s + 0.2659s 18. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy 17.5772s + 0.2778s 19. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda 17.5953s + 0.2959s 20. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 17.6269s + 0.3275s 21. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 17.6842s + 0.3848s 22. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy 17.7010s + 0.4016s 23. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Chevy 17.7728s + 0.4734s 24. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 17.8094s + 0.5100s 25. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus 18.3626s + 1.0632s Heat one grid: 1. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 2. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 3. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy 4. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy 5. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy 6. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 7. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy 8. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda Heat two grid: 1. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy 2. Alex Tagliani Herta DW12-Honda 3. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda 4. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy 5. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda 6. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda 7. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 8. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Chevy 9. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus Heat three grid: 1. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 2. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 3. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy 4. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy 5. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy 6. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy 8. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda
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