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IndyCar Toronto: Sebastien Bourdais heads Penske drivers in practice

Sebastien Bourdais continued his strong form at a revamped Toronto street circuit in the third IndyCar practice, holding off the Team Penske quartet

The practice one pacesetter traded the top times with Penske's Will Power, with the weekend's fastest laps continuing to tumble throughout the 45 minute session courtesy of the pair.

Power was the first into the 1m00s, before Bourdais finished quickest with a 1m00.6035 second lap - 0.3122s ahead of Australian.

Championship leader Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves continued Penske's promising form finishing third and fourth in the final session ahead of qualifying.

A handful of changes overnight helped the session remain largely clean after Friday's fraught second practice in which Juan Pablo Montoya and Charlie Kimball were among those to clout the walls.

Smooth patches in Turn 1 and Turn 9 were sandblasted to provide a grippier surface, while the wall at Turn 8 was moved back to give around 6ft more room in the corner.

The changes meant that Mikhail Aleshin was the only one to cause a brief red flag period in Saturday's session, after catching the inside wall at Turn 7 to suffer some front right damage.

While the Penske crew was able to repair Montoya's car overnight following his heavy crash, the Colombian spent much of the session in the pits with last minute adjustments, meaning he couldn't get any more than 13 laps and 19th position under his belt.

Top Honda honours went to Jack Hawksworth who managed a time good enough for sixth 0.4418s down on Bourdais.

FINAL PRACTICE TIMES

Pos Driver Team Car Gap Laps
1 Sebastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1m00.6035s 24
2 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 0.2675s 24
3 Will Power Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 0.3122s 19
4 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 0.3575s 22
5 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.3999s 20
6 Jack Hawksworth AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 0.4418s 20
7 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Dallara/Honda 0.5765s 25
8 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.5922s 22
9 Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 0.6448s 15
10 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.6677s 25
11 Josef Newgarden Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.7014s 21
12 Luca Filippi Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 0.7126s 20
13 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 0.7172s 22
14 Alexander Rossi Andretti Herta Dallara/Honda 0.8266s 22
15 Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises Dallara/Honda 0.8748s 21
16 Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 0.8871s 22
17 Max Chilton Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 0.9773s 21
18 James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Dallara/Honda 1.0040s 18
19 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Dallara/Chevrolet 1.0573s 13
20 Conor Daly Dale Coyne Racing Dallara/Honda 1.1257s 19
21 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Dallara/Honda 1.2262s 23
22 Spencer Pigot Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara/Chevrolet 1.5403s 24

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