Indy 500: Kanaan leads Daly on Day 3 practice as Ferrucci crashes

Kanaan, the 2013 Indy 500 winner, produced a 225.341mph lap on the 71st of his 80 laps on Thursday, which put the Chip Ganassi Racing driver 0.1mph ahead of Ed Carpenter Racing’s Daly.

Ferrucci’s best lap of the day held firm for third fastest despite suffering a heavy shunt on his 51st lap.

Ferrucci had been fifth in a line of cars and was behind team-mate and defending Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato when he lost the rear on entry to Turn 2, with Ferrucci drifting out of line and hitting the barrier.

The 2019 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year jammed on the brakes but still skidded a long way down the back straight before coming to a halt. The AMR Safety Team was on the scene within 15 seconds, and helped him out, with the youngster hobbling away carrying his left leg awkwardly.

Ferrucci’s team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, found its misery compounded when IndyCar decided to hand out a punishment for its role in the morning’s minor shunt involving Scott McLaughlin and Colton Herta.

Josef Newgarden’s Penske ended the day fourth fastest and looked very strong on the long runs, as did Alex Palou for Ganassi despite finishing the day 11th.

Josef Newgarden, Team Penske Chevrolet

Photo by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport Images

2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon was fifth overall ahead of Rinus VeeKay, with three-time winner Helio Castroneves’ part-time Meyer Shank Racing entry in seventh, while Marcus Ericsson impressed for the third straight day in the #8 Ganassi car.

Sato provided some pleasure for his Rahal Letterman Lanigan team in ninth, and was reported to be very happy with the handling of his car, while Herta was the top Andretti Autosport driver in 10th.

Most drivers spent the day running race set-ups, with the majority using no-tow speeds so didn’t improve from the first half of the day.

Thursday’s practice was the last time the cars will run their BorgWarner turbos at race boost – 1.3-bar – before being upped to 1.4-bar for Fast Friday and qualifying this weekend.

Indy 500 - Day 3 practice results

P	No	Name	FTime	Diff	FL	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	48	Tony Kanaan	39.9395	39.9395	71	80	225.341	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	47	Conor Daly	39.9565	0.0170	35	90	225.245	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
3	45	Santino Ferrucci	40.0139	0.0744	44	50	224.922	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
4	2	Josef Newgarden	40.0204	0.0809	67	121	224.885	Chevy	Team Penske
5	9	Scott Dixon	40.0595	0.1200	23	65	224.666	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
6	21	Rinus VeeKay	40.1054	0.1659	28	96	224.409	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
7	06	Helio Castroneves	40.1082	0.1687	85	114	224.393	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
8	8	Marcus Ericsson	40.1296	0.1901	47	89	224.273	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
9	30	Takuma Sato	40.1370	0.1975	51	93	224.232	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
10	26	Colton Herta	40.1887	0.2492	47	104	223.944	Honda	Andretti Autosport
11	10	Alex Palou	40.2362	0.2967	14	125	223.679	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
12	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	40.2599	0.3204	66	81	223.548	Honda	Andretti Autosport
13	3	Scott McLaughlin	40.2701	0.3306	20	60	223.491	Chevy	Team Penske
14	5	Pato O'Ward	40.2986	0.3591	31	64	223.333	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
15	12	Will Power	40.3172	0.3777	42	82	223.230	Chevy	Team Penske
16	7	Felix Rosenqvist	40.3228	0.3833	60	85	223.199	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
17	60	Jack Harvey	40.3378	0.3983	78	91	223.116	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
18	98	Marco Andretti	40.4270	0.4875	80	123	222.623	Honda	Andretti Herta-Haupert w/Marco & Curb-Agajanian
19	18	Ed Jones	40.4306	0.4911	46	63	222.604	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan
20	20	Ed Carpenter	40.4601	0.5206	71	96	222.441	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
21	27	Alexander Rossi	40.4655	0.5260	15	94	222.412	Honda	Andretti Autosport
22	86	Juan Pablo Montoya	40.4705	0.5310	39	73	222.384	Chevy	Arrow McLaren SP
23	22	Simon Pagenaud	40.4741	0.5346	5	42	222.364	Chevy	Team Penske
24	4	Dalton Kellett	40.5540	0.6145	47	71	221.926	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
25	25	Stefan Wilson	40.5763	0.6368	11	102	221.804	Honda	Andretti Autosport
26	15	Graham Rahal	40.5866	0.6471	31	70	221.748	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
27	51	Pietro Fittipaldi	40.6134	0.6739	22	71	221.602	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing
28	24	Sage Karam	40.6483	0.7088	20	86	221.411	Chevy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
29	11	Charlie Kimball	40.6778	0.7383	38	57	221.251	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
30	1	JR Hildebrand	40.6922	0.7527	32	62	221.173	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
31	16	Simona De Silvestro	40.7404	0.8009	35	81	220.911	Chevy	Paretta Autosport
32	29	James Hinchcliffe	40.7569	0.8174	64	97	220.822	Honda	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
33	59	Max Chilton	40.8183	0.8788	20	61	220.489	Chevy	Carlin
34	14	Sebastien Bourdais	40.9321	0.9926	81	81	219.876	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
35	75	RC Enerson	41.3899	1.4504	8	50	217.444	Chevy	Top Gun Racing