Simon Pagenaud fastest in IndyCar warm-up at Barber
Simon Pagenaud was quickest in the final warm-up session ahead of Sunday's IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park
The Schmidt-Hamilton rookie went to the top with his final flying lap of 1m111.2414s, bettering previous pacesetter Will Power (Penske) to the tune of 0.3368 seconds.
Takuma Sato was third-fastest in the Rahal Letterman Lanigan entry ahead of Penske's Helio Castroneves and Ganassi's Graha Rahal.
The shortage of dry running during the opening two days of the weekend made for a busy morning, with most teams taking the opportunity to log as many laps as possible, although there were two brief stoppages when Ryan Hunter-Reay and Sebastien Bourdais came to a halt on the circuit.
Hunter-Reay's car was restarted and the Andretti driver was able to complete the session, however Bourdais was less fortunate and was forced to park after having completed just two laps for Dragon Racing.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt-Hamilton DW12-Honda 1m11.2414s 2. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevrolet 1m11.5782s + 0.3368s 3. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 1m11.6927s + 0.4513s 4. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevrolet 1m11.9323s + 0.6909s 5. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m12.0375s + 0.7961s 6. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m12.0469s + 0.8055s 7. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.1166s + 0.8752s 8. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 1m12.1679s + 0.9265s 9. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.2876s + 1.0462s 10. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.3125s + 1.0711s 11. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.3502s + 1.1088s 12. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.5326s + 1.2912s 13. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.5982s + 1.3568s 14. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m12.6811s + 1.4397s 15. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.7185s + 1.4771s 16. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda 1m12.7191s + 1.4777s 17. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 1m12.7820s + 1.5406s 18. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus 1m13.0860s + 1.8446s 19. Alex Tagliani BHA DW12-Lotus 1m13.1000s + 1.8586s 20. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m13.1763s + 1.9349s 21. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda 1m13.2213s + 1.9799s 22. Oriol Servia Dreyer & Reinbold DW12-Lotus 1m13.4771s + 2.2357s 23. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevrolet 1m13.6341s + 2.3927s 24. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevrolet 1m15.1418s + 3.9004s 25. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Lotus 1m15.5133s + 4.2719s 26. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon DW12-Lotus
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