Papis and Brack lead the way
Team Rahal drivers Max Papis and Kenny Brack headed the times at the end of the opening day of Spring Training at Homestead, near Miami.
Brack, who will be making his CART race debut next month, was quickest in the morning session, while team mate Papis lapped half a second faster in the afternoon to top the time sheets.
Canadian Patrick Carpentier continued the strong showing of the Ford-powered cars with third fastest time, and Champion Juan Montoya showed the promise of Ganassi's all-new Lola-Toyota package with fourth fastest time.
The day ended 15 minutes early when Dario Franchitti crashed his Team Green Reynard into the wall at Turn Three.
The Scot was taken to the medical centre for examination.
In all 26 cars ran on the first day of Spring Training, many of the teams concentrating on running in new equipment rather than aiming for a time.
Testing continues on Thursday.
Times:
Pos |
Driver |
Car |
Time |
1 |
M Papis |
Rahal Reynard-Ford |
26.243 |
2 |
K Brack |
Rahal Reynard-Ford |
26.483 |
3 |
P Carpentier |
Forsythe Reynard-Ford |
26.576 |
4 |
J Montoya |
Ganassi Lola-Toyota |
26.646 |
5 |
A Tagliani |
Forsythe Reynard-Ford |
26.656 |
6 |
C Fittipaldi |
Newman-Haas Lola-Ford |
26.719 |
7 |
P Tracy |
Team Green Reynard-Honda |
26.808 |
8 |
J Vasser |
Ganassi Lola-Toyota |
26.894 |
9 |
M Gugelmin |
PacWest Reynard-Mercedes |
26.898 |
10 |
M Blundell |
PacWest Reynard-Mercedes |
26.911 |
11 |
A Fernandez |
Patrick Reynard-Ford |
26.987 |
12 |
D Franchitti |
Team Green Reynard-Honda |
27.016 |
13 |
C da Matta |
PPI Reynard-Toyota |
27.322 |
14 |
R Hearn |
Della Penna Reynard-Toyota |
27.567 |
15 |
R Moreno |
Patrick Reynard-Ford |
27.569 |
16 |
H Castro-Neves |
Penske Reynard-Ford |
27.613 |
17 |
T Kurosawa |
Coyne Lola-Ford |
27.749 |
18 |
M Andretti |
Newman-Haas Lola-Ford |
27.912 |
19 |
G Salles |
Coyne Lola-Ford |
27.921 |
20 |
O Servia |
PPI Reynard-Toyota |
27.984 |
21 |
S Nakano |
Walker Reynard-Honda |
28.073 |
22 |
B Herta |
Forsythe Swift-Honda |
28.114 |
23 |
M Jourdain Jr |
Bettenhausen Lola-Mercedes |
28.304 |
24 |
G de Ferran |
Penske Reynard-Mercedes |
34.131 |
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