Indy 500 practice: Marco Andretti fastest in Wednesday session
Marco Andretti topped Wednesday's Indianapolis 500 practice session, as all 35 cars hit the track and turned over 3300 laps between them
Andretti's #98 Andretti-Herta Autosport machine turned a total of 117 laps but his best came at around the halfway point of his day, a 227.053mph lap that made him the only driver to breach that barrier.
Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda's Scott Dixon was second fastest with a 226.329mph lap, while in the closing 40 minutes, last year's winner Takuma Sato slotted Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing ahead of Schmidt Peterson's rookie Robert Wickens as they claimed third and fourth.
Charlie Kimball did a great job to clock the fifth fastest tome for Carlin, which is entering the Indy 500 for the first time this year.
Tony Kanaan brought out the only yellow flag that wasn't for a track inspection or debris when a throttle sensor failed, but he was able to remain firmly in the top 10, and his best no-tow speed of 223.048 kept him top of the 'NT' charts.
The top one-off Indy entry was Oriol Servia in the Scuderia Corsa-Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda, grabbing ninth place ahead of another Indy-only driver, Sage Karam with Dreyer & Reinbold.
The Penske quartet had a relatively subdued day judging by lap speeds alone, but Josef Newgarden (11th), Helio Castroneves (18th), Will Power (21st) and Simon Pagenaud (24th) did a lot of running in convoy in the mid-afternoon to gauge aero effect.
James Hinchcliffe turned the most laps (129) and only one car (Matheus Leist) did fewer than 60.
Wednesday practice times
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Speed | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Herta | Dallara/Honda | 227.053 | 39.6383s | 117 |
2 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 226.329 | 0.1268s | 115 |
3 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | Dallara/Honda | 226.108 | 0.1656s | 112 |
4 | Robert Wickens | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 226.086 | 0.1695s | 113 |
5 | Charlie Kimball | Carlin | Dallara/Chevrolet | 225.887 | 0.2047s | 87 |
6 | Tony Kanaan | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Chevrolet | 225.740 | 0.2305s | 85 |
7 | Gabby Chaves | Harding Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 225.475 | 0.2775s | 79 |
8 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 225.164 | 0.3326s | 93 |
9 | Oriol Servia | Scuderia Corsa | Dallara/Honda | 224.934 | 0.3735s | 115 |
10 | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.887 | 0.3818s | 82 |
11 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.766 | 0.4034s | 90 |
12 | Danica Patrick | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.570 | 0.4383s | 85 |
13 | Carlos Munoz | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 224.562 | 0.4397s | 123 |
14 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.544 | 0.4429s | 86 |
15 | Jay Howard | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 224.539 | 0.4438s | 113 |
16 | Matheus Leist | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.507 | 0.4496s | 59 |
17 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.451 | 0.4595s | 80 |
18 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.417 | 0.4656s | 98 |
19 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 224.213 | 0.5021s | 103 |
20 | J.R. Hildebrand | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.128 | 0.5173s | 69 |
21 | Will Power | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 224.004 | 0.5395s | 97 |
22 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 223.959 | 0.5476s | 112 |
23 | Jack Harvey | Michael Shank Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.923 | 0.5540s | 117 |
24 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 223.727 | 0.5893s | 98 |
25 | Pippa Mann | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.633 | 0.6062s | 78 |
26 | Zach Veach | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 223.624 | 0.6078s | 120 |
27 | Ed Jones | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.592 | 0.6135s | 68 |
28 | Kyle Kaiser | Juncos Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 223.254 | 0.6745s | 106 |
29 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 223.180 | 0.6879s | 129 |
30 | Sebastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.145 | 0.6942s | 110 |
31 | Conor Daly | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.662 | 0.7817s | 87 |
32 | Stefan Wilson | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 222.430 | 0.8238s | 104 |
33 | James Davison | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Chevrolet | 222.429 | 0.8240s | 74 |
34 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | Dallara/Honda | 222.102 | 0.8837s | 78 |
35 | Zachary Claman | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.823 | 0.9346s | 67 |
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