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IndyCar testing: Will Power completest day one at Barber on top

Will Power ended the first day of the IndyCar open test at Barber Motorsports Park on top after setting the fastest time in the afternoon at the Alabama circuit

Power, who had earlier been the pacesetter in the morning session with a 1m09.8529s, remained the benchmark in the faster afternoon session to finish the day with a best lap of 1m07.8625.

"The cars are unbelievably hooked up here," Power said. "I have never felt so much grip in this car."

Helio Castroneves was 0.07 seconds behind him for a Penske one-two at the top of the timing sheets, with Andretti's James Hinchcliffe a further 0.04s back in third.

Mike Conway finished the day as best of the Honda-powered runners in fourth with a 1m08.1584s for Rahal Letterman Lanigan.

AJ Allmendinger, who will make his single-seater comeback at the Barber race in early April, was 16th fastest on a day where the top 20 times were covered by one seconds.

The five-time Champ Car race-winner's afternoon was seemingly not without incident, with eye-witness reports that his car was sent airborne after going off at Turn 8. He was able to return to the pits.

Testing continues at Barber on Wednesday.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                   Time        Gap        Laps
 1.  Will Power           Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m07.8625s             24
 2.  Helio Castroneves    Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m07.9388s  + 0.0763s  42
 3.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m07.9869s  + 0.1244s  32
 4.  Mike Conway          Rahal Dallara-Honda        1m08.1584s  + 0.2959s  49
 5.  EJ Viso              Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m08.2190s  + 0.3565s  31
 6.  Simona de Silvestro  KV Dallara-Chevy           1m08.2301s  + 0.3676s  56
 7.  Oriol Servia         Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy  1m08.2477s  + 0.3852s  72
 8.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m08.2543s  + 0.3918s  41
 9.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher Dallara-Honda       1m08.3260s  + 0.4635s  57
10.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt Dallara-Honda      1m08.3535s  + 0.4910s  31
11.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m08.3557s  + 0.4932s  54
12.  Marco Andretti       Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m08.4123s  + 0.5498s  27
13.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m08.4629s  + 0.6004s  24
14.  Alex Tagliani        BHA Dallara-Honda          1m08.4798s  + 0.6173s  45
15.  Tony Kanaan          KV Dallara-Chevy           1m08.4940s  + 0.6315s  42
16.  AJ Allmendinger      Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m08.5098s  + 0.6473s  40
17.  JR Hildebrand        Panther Dallara-Chevy      1m08.5250s  + 0.6625s  28
18.  Tristan Vautier      Schmidt Dallara-Honda      1m08.5921s  + 0.7296s  58
19.  Takuma Sato          Foyt Dallara-Honda         1m08.6877s  + 0.8252s  57
20.  Justin Wilson        Coyne Dallara-Honda        1m08.8208s  + 0.9583s  56
21.  Graham Rahal         Rahal Dallara-Honda        1m09.0141s  + 1.1516s  52
22.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon Dallara-Chevy       1m09.0215s  + 1.1590s  39
23.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m09.0381s  + 1.1756s  52
24.  Sebastian Saavedra   Dragon Dallara-Chevy       1m09.4749s  + 1.6124s  58
25.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter Dallara-Chevy    1m09.7659s  + 1.9034s  32
26.  Ana Beatriz          Coyne Dallara-Honda        1m12.0076s  + 4.1451s  47

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