Fittipaldi fastest in Long Beach GP warm-up

The Newman-Haas driver took his Lola-Toyota around the Californian street circuit in 1m09.993s (101.222mph), edging pole-sitter Helio Castroneves's Penske Racing Reynard-Honda by 0.114s.

Fastest non-Brazilian was Sweden's Kenny Brack, driving a Team Rahal Lola-Ford, with Patrick Carpentier the fastest North American in fourth. The Canadian's Forsythe Lola-Ford headed up Shinji Nakano and Dario Franchitti, with the Scot finally making progress after a frustrating two days of practice and qualifying.

The race starts at 21:00 BST (13:00 US West Coast time). Get all the news, views and results on Autosport.com.




Christian Fittipaldi, Newman-Haas, Lola-Toyota, 1m09.993s, 101.222mph
Helio Castroneves, Penske Racing Reynard-Honda, 1m10.107s, 101.057mph
Kenny Brack, Rahal Racing Lola-Ford, 1m10.436s, 100.585mph
Patrick Carpentier, Forsythe Lola-Ford, 1m10.492s, 100.505mph
Shinji Nakano, Fernandez Reynard-Honda, 1m10.517s, 100.469mph
Dario Franchitti, Team Green Reynard-Honda, 1m10.529s, 100.452mph
Alex Tagliani, Forsythe Lola-Ford, 1m10.661s, 100.265mph
Jimmy Vasser, Patrick Racing Reynard-Toyota, 1m10.764s, 100.119mph
Scott Dixon, PacWest Reynard-Toyota, 1m10.798s, 100.071mph
Bryan Herta, Zakspeed-Forsythe Reynard-Ford, 1m10.807s, 100.058mph