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Marco Andretti quickest on final practice day before Indianapolis 500 qualifying

Marco Andretti set the fastest time of the month to claim the top spot on Fast Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - the final full day of practice before Indy 500 qualifying

The Andretti Autosport driver produced a quickest lap of 39.5535s (227.540mph) on what was the first day that teams were allowed to run the additional 10 kPa of boost (equivalent to 40-50bhp) that will be utilised for qualifying and Bump Day.

"Today was a big day for us," Andretti said. "I thought we were at a bit of deficit to my team-mates to start the month, but we just kept rubbing on it, we never gave up, and we kind of woke the car up. And obviously with this added boost today, it woke my car up, in particular, as well.

"But we've been working really hard, too, and finding that every couple of tenths of a mile an hour, and it all adds up."

Penske's Ryan Briscoe was best of the rest at 226.835mph, putting him just ahead of team-mate Helio Castroneves (226.716mph) and Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay (226400mph).

Ganassi's Scott Dixon was the fastest of the Honda-powered drivers in fourth with a 226.224mph lap, while the Lotus-powered drivers Jean Alesi and Simona de Silvestro reported small gains, but still found themselves 13mph off the frontrunning pace.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                      Time      Gap
 1.  Marco Andretti       Andretti DW12-Chevy           39.5535s
 2.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske DW12-Chevy             39.6764s  + 0.1229s
 3.  Helio Castroneves    Penske DW12-Chevy             39.6973s  + 0.1438s
 4.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti DW12-Chevy           39.7526s  + 0.1991s
 5.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi DW12-Honda            39.7836s  + 0.2301s
 6.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti DW12-Chevy           39.8276s  + 0.2741s
 7.  Ana Beatriz          Andretti/Conquest DW12-Chevy  39.8842s  + 0.3307s
 8.  JR Hildebrand        Panther DW12-Chevy            39.8987s  + 0.3452s
 9.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi DW12-Honda            39.9344s  + 0.3809s
10.  Tony Kanaan          KV DW12-Chevy                 39.9428s  + 0.3893s
11.  Will Power           Penske DW12-Chevy             39.9488s  + 0.3953s
12.  EJ Viso              KV DW12-Chevy                 39.9757s  + 0.4222s
13.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher DW12-Honda             39.9963s  + 0.4428s
14.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi DW12-Honda            40.0064s  + 0.4529s
15.  James Jakes          Dale Coyne DW12-Honda         40.0071s  + 0.4536s
16.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter DW12-Chevy          40.0096s  + 0.4561s
17.  Takuma Sato          Rahal DW12-Honda              40.0312s  + 0.4777s
18.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi DW12-Honda            40.0375s  + 0.4840s
19.  Sebastian Saavedra   AFS/Andretti DW12-Chevy       40.0604s  + 0.5069s
20.  Mike Conway          Foyt DW12-Honda               40.1190s  + 0.5655s
21.  Rubens Barrichello   KV DW12-Chevy                 40.1299s  + 0.5764s
22.  Justin Wilson        Dale Coyne DW12-Honda         40.1324s  + 0.5789s
23.  Bryan Clauson        Fisher DW12-Honda             40.1384s  + 0.5849s
24.  Alex Tagliani        Herta DW12-Honda              40.2547s  + 0.7012s
25.  Wade Cunningham      Foyt DW12-Honda               40.3773s  + 0.8238s
26.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt DW12-Honda            40.4065s  + 0.8530s
27.  Townsend Bell        Schmidt DW12-Honda            40.5885s  + 1.0350s
28.  Michel Jourdain Jr   Rahal DW12-Honda              40.6511s  + 1.0976s
29.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon DW12-Chevy             40.6888s  + 1.1353s
30.  Katherine Legge      Dragon DW12-Chevy             41.0154s  + 1.4619s
31.  Jean Alesi           Fan Force DW12-Lotus          42.1697s  + 2.6162s
32.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM DW12-Lotus                42.3498s  + 2.7963s

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