Indianapolis 500: Pagenaud fastest before Hinchcliffe crash

The Penske driver secured the top spot with a fastest lap of 225.260mph, putting him just a fraction ahead of Justin Wilson (225.256mph) and Will Power (225.196mph).

Alex Tagliani and Oriol Servia rounded out the top five.

Series officials ordered the cars back to the pits in the wake of Hinchcliffe's 222mph accident, with unofficial reports suggesting that the SAFER barrier at Turn 3 needed to be repaired before cars could return to the track.

However, an hour later the session was officially ended without any additional laps being run.

The track is scheduled to be reopened for an Indy Lights practice session later in the afternoon.

Monday's running was the final practice outing before Carb Day on Friday.

RESULTS

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	39.9538s	-	12
2	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	39.9545s	0.0007s	11
3	Will Power	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	39.9651s	0.0113s	27
4	Alex Tagliani	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara/Honda	40.1115s	0.1577s	10
5	Oriol Servia	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara/Honda	40.1149s	0.1611s	24
6	James Davison	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara/Honda	40.1249s	0.1711s	10
7	Townsend Bell	Dreyer and Reinbold	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.1299s	0.1761s	20
8	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	40.1568s	0.2030s	16
9	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara/Honda	40.1937s	0.2399s	22
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.2292s	0.2754s	19
11	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.2568s	0.3030s	10
12	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.3051s	0.3513s	24
13	Carlos Munoz	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	40.3221s	0.3683s	17
14	Sebastian Saavedra	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.3570s	0.4032s	19
15	Conor Daly	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara/Honda	40.3630s	0.4092s	13
16	Bryan Clauson	KVSH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.4002s	0.4464s	34
17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	40.4052s	0.4514s	12
18	Ed Carpenter	CFH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.4376s	0.4838s	6
19	Takuma Sato	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara/Honda	40.4558s	0.5020s	17
20	J.R. Hildebrand	CFH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.4610s	0.5072s	16
21	Stefano Coletti	KV Racing Technology	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.5050s	0.5512s	27
22	Pippa Mann	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara/Honda	40.5175s	0.5637s	13
23	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara/Honda	40.5678s	0.6140s	20
24	Sebastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	40.8252s	0.8714s	6