Sao Paulo IndyCar: Will Power stays on top in practice two
Will Power continues to be the benchmark in the opening stages of this weekend's IndyCar round in Sao Paulo after again going fastest in the second practice session
The Australian, who was also quickest earlier on Saturday morning, held the top spot for the majority of the session and eventually whittled his time down to a best of 1m20.9264s, 0.3 seconds faster than his own track record.
Quick as Penske driver Power's lap was, it was only barely enough to keep him clear of Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay, who finished up 0.07s off Power's time, with EJ Viso holding a similarly tight advantage over Scott Dixon to claim third-fastest.
The session was interrupted by several stoppages, and again, Schmidt Peterson Motorsport had a hand in some of them.
Tristan Vautier followed up his brush with the barriers in the morning by nosing into the Turn 6 tyre wall five minutes into the session, although he was able to resume running after a visit to the pits.
Meanwhile, the team managed to get Simon Pagenaud's car repaired from his earlier crash in time for him to get onto the track, only for his car to stop in the Sambadrome after completing just a handful of laps.
Several other drivers endured spins and other minor mishaps, including James Hinchcliffe, Dario Franchitti and Ed Carpenter, but the only other major incident came when Tony Kanaan tripped over the tyres at Turn 2, bringing his car to a stop with wing and possible suspension damage, and prompting a spell under red flags.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Will Power Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m20.9264s 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m21.0022s + 0.0758s 3. EJ Viso Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m21.2222s + 0.2958s 4. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m21.2826s + 0.3562s 5. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Chevy 1m21.2994s + 0.3730s 6. Dario Franchitti Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m21.3993s + 0.4729s 7. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m21.4284s + 0.5020s 8. Simona de Silvestro KV Dallara-Chevy 1m21.4362s + 0.5098s 9. Marco Andretti Andretti Dallara-Chevy 1m21.4438s + 0.5174s 10. Tony Kanaan KV Dallara-Chevy 1m21.5432s + 0.6168s 11. Oriol Servia Panther DRR Dallara-Chevy 1m21.6436s + 0.7172s 12. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Dallara-Honda 1m21.7000s + 0.7736s 13. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon Dallara-Chevy 1m21.7085s + 0.7821s 14. Graham Rahal Rahal Dallara-Honda 1m21.7565s + 0.8301s 15. Justin Wilson Coyne Dallara-Honda 1m21.7876s + 0.8612s 16. Takuma Sato Foyt Dallara-Honda 1m21.8194s + 0.8930s 17. JR Hildebrand Panther Dallara-Chevy 1m21.9140s + 0.9876s 18. Alex Tagliani Herta Dallara-Honda 1m21.9250s + 0.9986s 19. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Dallara-Honda 1m21.9663s + 1.0399s 20. James Jakes Rahal Dallara-Honda 1m22.1233s + 1.1969s 21. Josef Newgarden Fisher Dallara-Honda 1m22.1334s + 1.2070s 22. Ana Beatriz Coyne Dallara-Honda 1m22.2278s + 1.3014s 23. Ed Carpenter Carpenter Dallara-Chevy 1m22.4926s + 1.5662s 24. Charlie Kimball Ganassi Dallara-Honda 1m22.6028s + 1.6764s 25. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Dallara-Chevy 1m22.7761s + 1.8497s
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