Mike Conway sets the pace in St Petersburg warm-up
Mike Conway has gone quickest in the final warm-up session ahead of today's IndyCar season-opener at St Petersburg
On a track drying from overnight rain, the AJ Foyt driver produced a best time of 1m03.2891 to put himself just a few hundredths clear of Rahal Letterman Lanigan's Takuma Sato, who'd held the top spot earlier in the session.
The tricky conditions prompted a cautious approach throughout the field, which was reflected in the times - of the top six qualifiers, only Ryan Hunter-Reay figured anywhere near the top of the timesheets, while polesitter Will Power finished up 20th.
Pos Driver Team/Car/Engine Time Gap 1. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 1m03.2891s 2. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 1m03.3237s + 0.0346s 3. Justin Wilson Coyne DW12-Honda 1m03.6493s + 0.3602s 4. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevrolet 1m03.6559s + 0.3668s 5. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevrolet 1m03.7061s + 0.4170s 6. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevrolet 1m03.7347s + 0.4456s 7. Simona de Silvestro HVM DW12-Lotus 1m03.8157s + 0.5266s 8. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon DW12-Lotus 1m03.8856s + 0.5965s 9. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevrolet 1m03.9619s + 0.6728s 10. Alex Tagliani BHA DW12-Lotus 1m04.2080s + 0.9189s 11. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m04.3123s + 1.0232s 12. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevrolet 1m04.4307s + 1.1416s 13. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevrolet 1m04.4700s + 1.1809s 14. James Jakes Coyne DW12-Honda 1m04.7514s + 1.4623s 15. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevrolet 1m04.7771s + 1.4880s 16. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m04.8277s + 1.5386s 17. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevrolet 1m05.2021s + 1.9130s 18. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m05.3967s + 2.1076s 19. Oriol Servia Dreyer Reinbold DW12-Lotus 1m05.7768s + 2.4877s 20. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevrolet 1m05.8717s + 2.5826s 21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi DW12-Honda 1m06.2968s + 3.0077s 22. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 1m06.3599s + 3.0708s 23. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevrolet 1m12.6661s + 9.3770s 24. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 1m12.7005s + 9.4114s 25. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevrolet 1m26.1363s + 22.8472s 26. Katherine Legge Dragon DW12-Lotus 1m31.8430s + 28.5539s
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