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Sato keeps Rahal team on top in Phoenix

Takuma Sato
Takuma Sato

Takuma Sato turned a lap at 189.728 mph to lead the 4th IndyCar preseason test session at ISM in Phoenix Saturday afternoon. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda team has been fastest in all three sessions so far.

Will Power was 2nd quick in his No. 12 Penske Chevy just 0.0463 sec. slower.

Power was followed by the Hondas of Scott Dixon and Ryan Hunter-Reay while Simon Pagenaud rounded out the top-5 in his Penske Chevy.

This three hour session will be followed by the final test session tonight from 8 PM to 11 PM ET and can be watched Online Here.

Session 4 Results

Pos No Name FTime Diff Gap Laps FSpeed Engine Team
1 30 Takuma Sato 19.392 –.—- –.—- 63 189.728 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan
2 12 Will Power 19.438 0.0463 0.0463 51 189.276 Chevy Team Penske
3 9 Scott Dixon 19.521 0.1287 0.0824 50 188.477 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
4 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 19.536 0.1438 0.0151 39 188.331 Honda Andretti Autosport
5 22 Simon Pagenaud 19.537 0.1451 0.0013 49 188.319 Chevy Team Penske
6 18 Sebastien Bourdais 19.575 0.1826 0.0375 45 187.958 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
7 10 Ed Jones 19.602 0.2099 0.0273 81 187.696 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
8 1 Josef Newgarden 19.622 0.2296 0.0197 32 187.508 Chevy Team Penske
9 4 Matheus Leist 19.630 0.2376 0.0080 50 187.431 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
10 27 Alexander Rossi 19.641 0.2490 0.0114 39 187.322 Honda Andretti Autosport
11 15 Graham Rahal 19.647 0.2548 0.0058 72 187.267 Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan
12 98 Marco Andretti 19.676 0.2840 0.0292 15 186.989 Honda Andretti Autosport
13 6 Robert Wickens 19.750 0.3575 0.0735 48 186.293 Honda Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
14 19 Pietro Fittipaldi 19.829 0.4371 0.0796 64 185.545 Honda Dale Coyne Racing
15 14 Tony Kanaan 19.832 0.4405 0.0034 17 185.514 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
16 26 Zach Veach 19.908 0.5164 0.0759 54 184.806 Honda Andretti Autosport
17 23 Charlie Kimball 19.957 0.5649 0.0485 71 184.357 Chevy Carlin
18 21 Spencer Pigot 20.043 0.6508 0.0859 54 183.567 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
19 59 Max Chilton 20.057 0.6647 0.0139 55 183.440 Chevy Carlin
20 20 Ed Carpenter 20.144 0.7516 0.0869 56 182.649 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
21 5 James Hinchcliffe 20.246 0.8543 0.1027 91 181.722 Honda Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
22 88 Gabby Chaves 20.720 1.3277 0.4734 27 177.570 Chevy Harding Racing
23 32 Kyle Kaiser No Time — — — — Chevy Juncos Racing