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Takuma Sato pips Dario Franchitti in Edmonton IndyCar practice two

Takuma Sato flew to the top of the times with his final lap of the second IndyCar Series practice session at Edmonton

In a repeat of the finish of practice one, reigning champion Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) had looked set to come away with the fastest time, only to be pipped after the chequered flag by a surprise contender.

That man had been Newman/Haas' James Hinchcliffe in the first session, but in practice two it was KV driver Sato who threw in a 1m18.9772s to beat Franchitti by 0.0085 seconds.

Underlining KV's strong form, EJ Viso put another of its cars in third place, although his other team-mate Tony Kanaan - who had been a frontrunner in the opening session - was only 18th.

Scott Dixon was fourth for Ganassi, ahead of top Penske driver Will Power.

Fastest Canadian this time was Alex Tagliani, as the Sam Schmidt Motorsports driver claimed sixth.

Oriol Servia (Newman/Haas), Helio Castroneves (Penske), Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti) and Justin Wilson (Dreyer & Reinbold) completed the top 10, with Hinchcliffe back in 11th this time.

Pos  Driver               Team               Time        Gap
 1.  Takuma Sato          KV                 1m18.9772s
 2.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi            1m18.9857s  + 0.0085s
 3.  EJ Viso              KV                 1m19.0469s  + 0.0697s
 4.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi            1m19.0753s  + 0.0981s
 5.  Will Power           Penske             1m19.1105s  + 0.1333s
 6.  Alex Tagliani        Sam Schmidt        1m19.1300s  + 0.1528s
 7.  Oriol Servia         Newman/Haas        1m19.2053s  + 0.2281s
 8.  Helio Castroneves    Penske             1m19.2505s  + 0.2733s
 9.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti           1m19.3842s  + 0.4070s
10.  Justin Wilson        Dreyer & Reinbold  1m19.4417s  + 0.4645s
11.  James Hinchcliffe    Newman/Haas        1m19.4527s  + 0.4755s
12.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske             1m19.4792s  + 0.5020s
13.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi            1m19.5204s  + 0.5432s
14.  Vitor Meira          Foyt               1m19.5405s  + 0.5633s
15.  Mike Conway          Andretti           1m19.6339s  + 0.6567s
16.  Danica Patrick       Andretti           1m19.6502s  + 0.6730s
17.  Sebastian Saavedra   Conquest           1m19.7319s  + 0.7547s
18.  Tony Kanaan          KV                 1m19.7347s  + 0.7575s
19.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dale Coyne         1m19.8646s  + 0.8874s
20.  JR Hildebrand        Panther            1m19.9340s  + 0.9568s
21.  Marco Andretti       Andretti           1m20.0125s  + 1.0353s
22.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi            1m20.0331s  + 1.0559s
23.  Ana Beatriz          Dreyer & Reinbold  1m20.0631s  + 1.0859s
24.  Paul Tracy           Dragon             1m20.4515s  + 1.4743s
25.  James Jakes          Dale Coyne         1m20.5708s  + 1.5936s
26.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM                1m20.7232s  + 1.7460s

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