Dario Franchitti leads Ganassi one-two in first Toronto IndyCar practice

Franchitti moved to the top of the screens with 25 minutes remaining in the session and his best time of 1m00.8972s was never bettered, although team-mate Scott Dixon fell just 0.0443 seconds short.

Schmidt Hamilton rookie Simon Pagenaud was third-fastest ahead of KV Racing Technology's Tony Kanaan and Penske's Will Power.

The session finished 10 minutes later than scheduled due to an extended stoppage triggered by a pitlane accident involving Dale Coyne's Justin Wilson and Dragon Racing's Sebastien Bourdais that resulted in several crew members from both teams needing medical attention.

Josef Newgarden (Sarah Fisher Hartman) was also responsible for a red flag when his car encountered mechanical problems and came to a stop, and there was a third stoppage later on when Alex Tagliani (BHA) spun at Turn 8, and Wilson hit the tyre barriers while trying to avoid the Canadian.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                Time       Gap
 1.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi DW12-Honda      1m00.8972s
 2.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi DW12-Honda      1m00.9415s  + 0.0443s
 3.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt DW12-Honda      1m01.0500s  + 0.1528s
 4.  Tony Kanaan          KV DW12-Chevy           1m01.0548s  + 0.1576s
 5.  Will Power           Penske DW12-Chevy       1m01.0764s  + 0.1792s
 6.  EJ Viso              KV DW12-Chevy           1m01.1214s  + 0.2242s
 7.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske DW12-Chevy       1m01.2260s  + 0.3288s
 8.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti DW12-Chevy     1m01.2480s  + 0.3508s
 9.  Helio Castroneves    Penske DW12-Chevy       1m01.4202s  + 0.5230s
10.  Takuma Sato          Rahal DW12-Honda        1m01.4414s  + 0.5442s
11.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi DW12-Honda      1m01.4653s  + 0.5681s
12.  Oriol Servia         Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy  1m01.5347s  + 0.6375s
13.  Alex Tagliani        Herta DW12-Honda        1m01.6317s  + 0.7345s
14.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi DW12-Honda      1m01.7253s  + 0.8281s
15.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti DW12-Chevy     1m01.9272s  + 1.0300s
16.  Mike Conway          Foyt DW12-Honda         1m01.9506s  + 1.0534s
17.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon DW12-Chevy       1m01.9605s  + 1.0633s
18.  Marco Andretti       Andretti DW12-Chevy     1m01.9673s  + 1.0701s
19.  JR Hildebrand        Panther DW12-Chevy      1m02.0021s  + 1.1049s
20.  James Jakes          Coyne DW12-Honda        1m02.0316s  + 1.1344s
21.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM DW12-Lotus          1m02.1949s  + 1.2977s
22.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter DW12-Chevy    1m02.2212s  + 1.3240s
23.  Rubens Barrichello   KV DW12-Chevy           1m02.4649s  + 1.5677s
24.  Justin Wilson        Coyne DW12-Honda