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Franchitti pips Sato in final practice

Dario Franchitti was quickest again in final practice ahead of qualifying for the IndyCar Series' Milwaukee round

For much of the session, it looked like KV Racing Technology might come away with an encouraging one-two. The field was split into two groups, each getting half an hour of running, and KV's Tony Kanaan was fastest in the first half, before his team-mate Takuma Sato hit the front in the second segment.

But in the closing minutes Ganassi driver Franchitti slipped ahead of Sato by 0.0474 seconds, with Will Power (Penske) then demoting Kanaan to fourth.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was the quickest Andretti Autosport runner again in fifth, ahead of Ganassi's Scott Dixon and the third KV car of EJ Viso. Helio Castroneves set th eighth quickest time for Penske.

Graham Rahal (Ganassi), Oriol Servia (Newman/Haas) and Ana Beatriz (Dreyer & Reinbold) were second, third and fourth behind Kanaan in the first half hour, which translated to ninth, 10th and 11th in combined times once the second group had been out.

Pos  Driver               Team               Time      Gap
 1.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi            21.5629s
 2.  Takuma Sato          KV                 21.6103s  + 0.0474s
 3.  Will Power           Penske             21.6110s  + 0.0481s
 4.  Tony Kanaan          KV                 21.6323s  + 0.0694s
 5.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti           21.6346s  + 0.0717s
 6.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi            21.6363s  + 0.0734s
 7.  EJ Viso              KV                 21.6447s  + 0.0818s
 8.  Helio Castroneves    Penske             21.6861s  + 0.1232s
 9.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi            21.7636s  + 0.2007s
10.  Oriol Servia         Newman/Haas        21.7766s  + 0.2137s
11.  Ana Beatriz          Dreyer & Reinbold  21.8074s  + 0.2445s
12.  Danica Patrick       Andretti           21.8977s  + 0.3348s
13.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold  21.9188s  + 0.3559s
14.  Alex Lloyd           Dale Coyne         21.9219s  + 0.3590s
15.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske             21.9426s  + 0.3797s
16.  Mike Conway          Andretti           22.0439s  + 0.4810s
17.  Marco Andretti       Andretti           22.1015s  + 0.5386s
18.  JR Hildebrand        Panther            22.1111s  + 0.5482s
19.  Vitor Meira          Foyt               22.2163s  + 0.6534s
20.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi            22.2455s  + 0.6826s
21.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                22.2748s  + 0.7119s
22.  James Jakes          Dale Coyne         22.3086s  + 0.7457s
23.  Sebastian Saavedra   Conquest           22.4787s  + 0.9158s
24.  James Hinchcliffe    Newman/Haas        22.5346s  + 0.9717s
25.  Alex Tagliani        Sam Schmidt        22.5982s  + 1.0353s
26.  Ed Carpenter         Sarah Fisher       22.6813s  + 1.1184s

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