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De Ferran fastest in warm-up

Gil de Ferran waited until the final moments of the session to set the fastest time in the Sunday morning warm-up for the Michigan 500

The Penske driver, starting fifth for this evening's race, was 0.028s faster than Michael Andretti, who had been quickest for most of the half-hour.

An excellent fifth fastest was Memo Gidley, the American replacing Norberto Fontana in the Della Penna Reynard for this event.

Polesitter Paul Tracy was eighth quickest despite being penalised for speeding in the pits.

The race begins at 6.30pm UK time and Autosport.com will be bringing you full lap-by-lap coverage.

Warm-up times from Michigan:

1 Gil de Ferran Penske Reynard-Honda 31.039s
2 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Lola-Ford 31.067s
3 Max Papis Rahal Reynard-Ford 31.257s
4 Helio Castroneves Penske Reynard-Honda 31.321s
5 Memo Gidley Della Penna Reynard-Toyota 31.331s
6 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Reynard-Ford 31.360s
7 Cristiano da Matta PPI Reynard-Toyota 31.360s
8 Paul Tracy Green Reynard-Honda 31.399s
9 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Lola-Ford 31.417s
10 Jimmy Vasser Ganassi Lola-Toyota 31.482s
11 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Reynard-Mercedes 31.488s
12 Dario Franchitti Green Reynard-Honda 31.502s
13 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Reynard-Mercedes 31.548s
14 Kenny Brack Rahal Reynard-Ford 31.559s
15 Juan Montoya Ganassi Lola-Toyota 31.665s
16 Oriol Servia PPI Reynard-Toyota 31.793s
17 Adrian Fernandez Patrick Reynard-Ford 31.796s
18 Mark Blundell PacWest Reynard-Mercedes 31.825s
19 Shinji Nakano Walker Reynard-Honda 31.935s
20 Alex Tagliani Forsythe Reynard-Ford 31.994s
21 Roberto Moreno Patrick Reynard-Ford 32.027s
22 Michel Jourdain Jr Bettenhausen Lola-Mercedes 32.414s
23 Tarso Marques Coyne Swift-Ford 33.122s
24 Luiz Garcia Jr Arciero Reynard-Mercedes 34.070s

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