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Franchitti turns tables on Power as pair continue battle in second IndyCar practice session in Sao Paulo

Dario Franchitti turned the tables on Will Power as their battle continued in the second IndyCar practice session in Sao Paulo

Power (Penske) had knocked Franchitti (Ganassi) off the top spot right at the close in opening practice on Saturday morning, but it was the Scot who returned the favour in practice two, his last-gasp 1m22.2611s beating Power by 0.0816 seconds.

Long-time pacesetter Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Autosport was pushed back to third, with Franchitti's team-mate Scott Dixon and Power's team-mate Ryan Briscoe completing the top five.

Andretti held a one-two formation with Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe for a while, with the Canadian ending up sixth.

Underdogs Mike Conway (Foyt), Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne) and Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher) all broke into the top 10, which was completed by EJ Viso in the quickest KV car.

Although the dry weather continued, the session saw more interruptions than opening practice had. The first two stoppages were caused by Penske drivers - Briscoe spinning then Helio Castroneves crashing at the first chicane.

Red flag number three was required to retrieve the stranded cars of Takuma Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan), Katherine Legge (Dragon) and Ana Beatriz (Andretti) from various parts of the course, and the session was then curtailed three minutes early when Newgarden went into the barriers and prompted another stoppage.


Pos Driver              Team/Car                     Time        Gap
 1. Dario Franchitti    Ganassi DW12-Honda           1m22.2611s
 2. Will Power          Penske DW12-Chevy            1m22.3427s  + 0.0816s
 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay    Andretti DW12-Chevy          1m22.3611s  + 0.1000s
 4. Scott Dixon         Ganassi DW12-Honda           1m22.4266s  + 0.1655s
 5. Ryan Briscoe        Penske DW12-Chevy            1m22.4404s  + 0.1793s
 6. James Hinchcliffe   Andretti DW12-Chevy          1m22.6446s  + 0.3835s
 7. Mike Conway         Foyt DW12-Honda              1m22.7082s  + 0.4471s
 8. Justin Wilson       Dale Coyne DW12-Honda        1m22.7181s  + 0.4570s
 9. Josef Newgarden     Fisher DW12-Honda            1m22.7301s  + 0.4690s
10. EJ Viso             KV DW12-Chevy                1m22.8191s  + 0.5580s
11. Marco Andretti      Andretti DW12-Chevy          1m22.8320s  + 0.5709s
12. Helio Castroneves   Penske DW12-Chevy            1m22.8573s  + 0.5962s
13. Rubens Barrichello  KV DW12-Chevy                1m22.9772s  + 0.7161s
14. Graham Rahal        Ganassi DW12-Honda           1m23.0972s  + 0.8361s
15. JR Hildebrand       Panther DW12-Chevy           1m23.1038s  + 0.8427s
16. Tony Kanaan         KV DW12-Chevy                1m23.1766s  + 0.9155s
17. Simon Pagenaud      Schmidt DW12-Honda           1m23.2940s  + 1.0329s
18. Charlie Kimball     Ganassi DW12-Honda           1m23.3399s  + 1.0788s
19. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus               1m23.4205s  + 1.1594s
20. Takuma Sato         Rahal DW12-Honda             1m23.4361s  + 1.1750s
21. Sebastien Bourdais  Dragon DW12-Lotus            1m23.4866s  + 1.2255s
22. Oriol Servia        Dreyer & Reinbold DW12-Lotus 1m23.9460s  + 1.6849s
23. Ana Beatriz         Andretti DW12-Chevy          1m24.1085s  + 1.8474s
24. Katherine Legge     Dragon DW12-Lotus            1m25.4287s  + 3.1676s
25. Ed Carpenter        Carpenter DW12-Chevy         1m25.8987s  + 3.6376s
26. James Jakes         Dale Coyne DW12-Honda        1m26.5203s  + 4.2592s

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