Power goes top in final practice

The Penske driver waited until the final ten minutes of the session before bumping team-mate and Barber winner Helio Castroneves from the top of the times with a 1m09.960s lap - becoming the only driver to break the 1m10s barrier.

Dario Franchitti also moved ahead of the Brazilian with a late flyer, having temporarily zipped off down an escape road in his Ganassi car on a previous lap.

Street course specialist Justin Wilson was fourth fastest for Dreyer & Reinbold ahead of Ryan Hunter-Reay and Ryan Briscoe, who recovered from a shunt into the Turn 1 wall five minutes in, causing the only full caution of the session.

Mike Conway was another to make a move in the final stages, jumping to seventh in the times ahead of Alex Tagliani, both drivers pushing Marco Andretti down to ninth.

Simona de Silvestro completed the top 10, the impressive rookie outpacing former champion Scott Dixon and Hideki Mutoh as the flag fell.

Other than Briscoe and Franchitti, Raphael Matos, EJ Viso, Alex Lloyd and Takuma Sato also all brought out local yellows for harmless spins/trips down the run-offs during the hour long session.


Pos  Driver               Team                    Time        Gap
 1.  Will Power           Penske                  1m09.9597s  
 2.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi                 1m10.3147s  + 0.3550s
 3.  Helio Castroneves    Penske                  1m10.3738s  + 0.4141s
 4.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold       1m10.4007s  + 0.4410s
 5.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti                1m10.5430s  + 0.5833s
 6.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske                  1m10.5761s  + 0.6164s
 7.  Mike Conway          Dreyer & Reinbold       1m10.6014s  + 0.6417s
 8.  Alex Tagliani        Fazzt                   1m10.6160s  + 0.6563s
 9.  Marco Andretti       Andretti                1m10.6640s  + 0.7043s
10.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                     1m10.6780s  + 0.7183s
11.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi                 1m10.7836s  + 0.8239s
12.  Hideki Mutoh         Newman/Haas/Lanigan     1m10.8175s  + 0.8578s
13.  Raphael Matos        Luczo Dragon/de Ferran  1m10.8677s  + 0.9080s
14.  Tony Kanaan          Andretti                1m10.8930s  + 0.9333s
15.  Mario Moraes         KV                      1m10.8990s  + 0.9393s
16.  Vitor Meira          Foyt                    1m10.9482s  + 0.9885s
17.  Danica Patrick       Andretti                1m11.1602s  + 1.2005s
18.  Dan Wheldon          Panther                 1m11.2080s  + 1.2483s
19.  Graham Rahal         Sarah Fisher            1m11.4103s  + 1.4506s
20.  Takuma Sato          KV                      1m11.4167s  + 1.4570s
21.  Alex Lloyd           Dale Coyne              1m11.4956s  + 1.5359s
22.  Bertrand Baguette    Conquest                1m11.6459s  + 1.6862s
23.  Mario Romancini      Conquest                1m11.8176s  + 1.8579s
24.  EJ Viso              KV                      1m11.8565s  + 1.8968s
25.  Milka Duno           Dale Coyne              1m21.1336s  + 11.1739s