Will Power hits the front in Long Beach IndyCar practice two
Will Power moved to the front in Friday's second IndyCar Series practice session on the streets of Long Beach
The Australian deposed Penske team-mate and early pacesetter Juan Pablo Montoya - who had led the morning session - and then raised his pace further to end the afternoon on a 1m07.5992s.
Two Honda runners chased Power's Dallara-Chevrolet, with Schmidt Peterson driver James Hinchcliffe and Rahal Letterman Lanigan's Graham Rahal two tenths of a second off the pace.
Championship leader Simon Pagenaud had languished near the back in practice one and early in the afternoon running too, but ultimately jumped to fourth ahead of Penske team-mates Montoya and Helio Castroneves.
Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Jack Hawksworth and Carlos Munoz completed the top 10 in an incident-free session.
PRACTICE TWO TIMES
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Power | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m07.5992s | - | 18 |
| 2 | James Hinchcliffe | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 1m07.8223s | 0.2231s | 18 |
| 3 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan | Dallara/Honda | 1m07.8853s | 0.2861s | 26 |
| 4 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m07.9015s | 0.3023s | 19 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m07.9443s | 0.3451s | 22 |
| 6 | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.0431s | 0.4439s | 18 |
| 7 | Josef Newgarden | Ed Carpenter Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.1026s | 0.5034s | 18 |
| 8 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.1123s | 0.5131s | 19 |
| 9 | Jack Hawksworth | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.1190s | 0.5198s | 15 |
| 10 | Carlos Munoz | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.1457s | 0.5465s | 21 |
| 11 | Takuma Sato | AJ Foyt Enterprises | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.1869s | 0.5877s | 17 |
| 12 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.1989s | 0.5997s | 19 |
| 13 | Sebastien Bourdais | KVSH Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.2807s | 0.6815s | 21 |
| 14 | Mikhail Aleshin | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.3091s | 0.7099s | 21 |
| 15 | Conor Daly | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.3420s | 0.7428s | 21 |
| 16 | Tony Kanaan | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.4036s | 0.8044s | 19 |
| 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.4815s | 0.8823s | 17 |
| 18 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.5406s | 0.9414s | 18 |
| 19 | Max Chilton | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 1m08.5559s | 0.9567s | 21 |
| 20 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Herta | Dallara/Honda | 1m08.5561s | 0.9569s | 19 |
| 21 | Luca Filippi | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara/Honda | 1m09.2093s | 1.6101s | 22 |
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