Kanaan quickest in practice
Tony Kanaan was fastest in Saturday morning practice for the Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
Last season's Rookie of the Year was nearly 0.3s faster than the sensational Richie Hearn, who has looked like a top five contender all weekend for the small Della Penna team.
Juan Montoya had a disappointing session and was only 19th fastest despite topping the timesheets in first qualifying. His title rival Dario Franchitti was fourth quickest behind Greg Moore. The Forsythe team are looking strong, with Patrick Carpentier seventh fastest despite having to use his back-up car.
The session was interrupted by a collision involving Max Papis and Andrea Montermini. Friday hero Naoki Hattori ended practice in a more traditional position, down in 24th, but will still hold fifth on the grid unless others improve in this afternoon's qualifying runs. Given the way the track was improved over the weekend, that seems highly likely.
Saturday morning practice times from Houston:
|
1 |
Tony Kanaan |
McDonald's |
Reynard-Honda |
59.938s |
|
2 |
Richie Hearn |
Della Penna |
Reynard-Toyota |
1m00.202s |
|
3 |
Greg Moore |
Forsythe |
Reynard-Mercedes |
1m00.342s |
|
4 |
Dario Franchitti |
Team KOOL Green |
Reynard-Honda |
1m00.404s |
|
5 |
Scott Pruett |
Arciero-Wells |
Reynard-Toyota |
1m00.440s |
|
6 |
Christian Fittipaldi |
Newman-Haas |
Swift-Ford |
1m00.446s |
|
7 |
Patrick Carpentier |
Forsythe |
Reynard-Mercedes |
1m00.463s |
|
8 |
Helio Castro-Neves |
Hogan |
Lola-Mercedes |
1m00.609s |
|
9 |
Christiano da Matta |
Arciero-Wells |
Reynard-Toyota |
1m00.638s |
|
10 |
Bryan Herta |
Team Rahal |
Reynard-Ford |
1m00.730s |
|
11 |
Jimmy Vasser |
Ganassi |
Reynard-Honda |
1m00.797s |
|
12 |
Adrian Fernandez |
Patrick |
Reynard-Ford |
1m00.872s |
|
13 |
Gil de Ferran |
Walker |
Reynard-Honda |
1m00.882s |
|
14 |
Paul Tracy |
Team KOOL Green |
Reynard-Honda |
1m01.182s |
|
15 |
Mark Blundell |
PacWest |
Reynard-Mercedes |
1m01.379s |
|
16 |
Max Papis |
Team Rahal |
Reynard-Ford |
1m01.399s |
|
17 |
Jan Magnussen |
Patrick |
Reynard-Ford |
1m01.432s |
|
18 |
Michael Andretti |
Newman-Haas |
Swift-Ford |
1m01.527s |
|
19 |
Juan Montoya |
Ganassi |
Reynard-Honda |
1m01.596s |
|
20 |
Robby Gordon |
Team Gordon |
Eagle-Toyota |
1m01.647s |
|
21 |
Mauricio Gugelmin |
PacWest |
Reynard-Mercedes |
1m02.182s |
|
22 |
Al Unser Jr |
Penske |
Lola-Mercedes |
1m02.490s |
|
23 |
Michel Jourdain Jr |
Payton-Coyne |
Lola-Ford |
1m02.509s |
|
24 |
Naoki Haottori |
Walker |
Reynard-Honda |
1m02.819s |
|
25 |
Memo Gidley |
Payton-Coyne |
Reynard-Ford |
1m03.086s |
|
26 |
Andrea Montermini |
AAR |
Eagle-Toyota |
1m03.316s |
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