Team Rahal dominates first practice

The rookie Swede was 0.09s quicker than team-mate Max Papis, with last year's winner Juan Montoya in third position for track owner Chip Ganassi.

The session was heavily disrupted by a big accident for Christian Fittipaldi in turn two. The Newman-Haas Lola driver is believed to have suffered minor injuries and we will bring you more news as soon as we can.

Cristiano da Matta was the fastest driver in the 'slow' group and ended up fourth quickest overall.



1 Kenny Brack Rahal Reynard-Ford 22.626s
2 Max Papis Rahal Reynard-Ford 22.720s
3 Juan Montoya Ganassi Lola-Toyota 22.853s
4 Cristiano da Matta PPI Reynard-Toyota 22.983s
5 Gil de Ferran Penske Reynard-Honda 23.056s
6 Helio Castroneves Penske Reynard-Honda 23.062s
7 Adrian Fernandez Patrick Reynard-Ford 23.091s
8 Dario Franchitti Green Reynard-Honda 23.125s
9 Oriol Servia PPI Reynard-Toyota 23.161s
10 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Reynard-Ford 23.195s
11 Roberto Moreno Patrick Reynard-Ford 23.209s
12 Paul Tracy Green Reynard-Honda 23.213s
13 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Reynard-Mercedes 23.226s
14 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Lola-Ford 23.286s
15 Jimmy Vasser Ganassi Lola-Toyota 23.321s
16 Michel Jourdain Jr Bettenhausen Lola-Mercedes 23.390s
17 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Reynard-Mercedes 23.391s
18 Alex Tagliani Forsythe Reynard-Ford 23.429s
19 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Lola-Ford 23.576s
20 Memo Gidley Della Penna Reynard-Toyota 23.614s
21 Shinji Nakano Walker Reynard-Honda 23.760s
22 Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard-Mercedes 23.769s
23 Gualter Salles Coyne Lola-Ford 24.472s
24 Tarso Marques Coyne Swift-Ford 25.000s
25 Luiz Garcia Jr Arciero Reynard-Mercedes 25.621s