Indy 500 Carb Day: Tony Kanaan fastest in final practice
Tony Kanaan led the final 'Carb Day' practice session ahead of the Indianapolis 500 as Ganassi showed its strongest pace of the 2016 event so far
Prior to the traditional Friday morning session, extended by 10 minutes from its usual hour this year, Ganassi had not topped any of practice and failed to get any of its four entries into the nine-car pole shootout.
But in the last session before Sunday's race, Kanaan set the pace with a 226.280mph lap, while his reigning IndyCar champion team-mate Scott Dixon was third.
Dixon will be Ganassi's highest starter on Sunday, having qualified 13th, with Kanaan 18th on the grid.
The Chevrolet-powered pair sandwiched Andretti Autosport's Carlos Munoz on Friday, Kanaan jumping ahead late on after a lengthy spell in first place for Munoz.
Andretti was Honda's lead contender, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alexander Rossi backing Munoz up with fifth and sixth behind early pacesetter Will Power in the best Penske Dallara-Chevrolet.
Poleman James Hinchcliffe was 12th fastest, with second-place qualifier Josef Newgarden 17th. Hunter-Reay will join them on the front row.
The session was interrupted by one crash, when Pippa Mann backed her Dale Coyne Racing entry into the Turn 4 wall late on. She was unhurt.
CARB DAY TIMES
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 39.7738s | 42 |
2 | Carlos Munoz | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 0.2667s | 43 |
3 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.2964s | 44 |
4 | Will Power | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.3361s | 48 |
5 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 0.3462s | 51 |
6 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Herta | Dallara/Honda | 0.3554s | 37 |
7 | J.R. Hildebrand | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.3647s | 42 |
8 | Oriol Servia | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 0.3993s | 48 |
9 | Townsend Bell | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 0.4099s | 50 |
10 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.4122s | 50 |
11 | Mikhail Aleshin | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 0.4175s | 36 |
12 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 0.4183s | 48 |
13 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.4819s | 44 |
14 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | Dallara/Honda | 0.4877s | 47 |
15 | Takuma Sato | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Honda | 0.5068s | 40 |
16 | Conor Daly | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 0.5362s | 40 |
17 | Josef Newgarden | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.5543s | 39 |
18 | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.5581s | 37 |
19 | Alex Tagliani | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Honda | 0.5608s | 41 |
20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.5909s | 41 |
21 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 0.6173s | 35 |
22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.6610s | 52 |
23 | Sebastien Bourdais | KVSH Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.6728s | 43 |
24 | Jack Hawksworth | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Honda | 0.6858s | 32 |
25 | Gabby Chaves | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 0.6887s | 39 |
26 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.7264s | 52 |
27 | Bryan Clauson | Jonathan Byrd's Racing | Dallara/Honda | 0.7849s | 30 |
28 | Pippa Mann | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 0.8118s | 26 |
29 | Spencer Pigot | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | Dallara/Honda | 0.8150s | 42 |
30 | Max Chilton | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.9135s | 43 |
31 | Stefan Wilson | KVSH Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.9524s | 42 |
32 | Matthew Brabham | Team Murray | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1.0317s | 45 |
33 | Buddy Lazier | Lazier Burns Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 3.0872s | 19 |
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