IndyCar New Orleans: Kanaan tops practice 1

Tony Kanaan
Tony Kanaan

Tony Kanaan led a contingent of seven Chevy powered cars in opening practice for the Grand Prix of Louisiana IndyCar race in New Orleans. Chevy continues to eat Honda's lunch with Will Power, Scott Dixon, Sebastien Bourdais and Simon Pagenaud rounding out the top-5.

The rain held off for now and the session was run in the dry.

The fastest Honda was James Hinchcliffe in 9th, 0.6 seconds off the pace.

Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine
1 10 Tony Kanaan 1:18.875 0.000 0.000 24 26 125.058 Chevy
2 1 Will Power 1:18.929 0.0539 0.0539 23 23 124.973 Chevy
3 9 Scott Dixon 1:18.966 0.0909 0.0370 23 23 124.914 Chevy
4 11 Sebastien Bourdais 1:19.256 0.3810 0.2901 6 25 124.457 Chevy
5 22 Simon Pagenaud 1:19.278 0.4029 0.0219 8 18 124.423 Chevy
6 67 Josef Newgarden 1:19.356 0.4807 0.0778 31 31 124.301 Chevy
7 8 Sage Karam 1:19.380 0.5051 0.0244 28 29 124.262 Chevy
8 5 James Hinchcliffe 1:19.476 0.6011 0.0960 24 24 124.112 Honda
9 98 Gabby Chaves 1:19.525 0.6493 0.0482 26 26 124.037 Honda
10 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:19.588 0.7123 0.0630 19 20 123.939 Chevy
11 83 Charlie Kimball 1:19.655 0.7797 0.0674 8 16 123.834 Chevy
12 26 Carlos Munoz 1:19.657 0.7819 0.0022 24 27 123.831 Honda
13 18 Carlos Huertas 1:19.670 0.7946 0.0127 9 20 123.811 Honda
14 3 Helio Castroneves 1:19.733 0.8580 0.0634 21 23 123.712 Chevy
15 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:19.881 1.0060 0.1480 5 23 123.483 Honda
16 15 Graham Rahal 1:19.888 1.0123 0.0063 8 22 123.473 Honda
17 4 Stefano Coletti 1:19.939 1.0640 0.0517 14 25 123.394 Chevy
18 27 Marco Andretti 1:20.019 1.1440 0.0800 26 26 123.270 Honda
19 7 James Jakes 1:20.113 1.2379 0.0939 27 28 123.126 Honda
20 20 Luca Filippi 1:20.171 1.2960 0.0581 26 27 123.037 Chevy
21 25 Simona de Silvestro 1:21.003 2.1275 0.8315 25 25 121.774 Honda
22 14 Takuma Sato 1:21.221 2.3453 0.2178 20 20 121.447 Honda
23 41 Jack Hawksworth 1:21.390 2.5147 0.1694 15 18 121.194 Honda
24 19 Francesco Dracone 1:21.427 2.5516 0.0369 14 26 121.139 Honda
23 41 Jack Hawksworth 1:21.390 2.5147 0.1694 15 18 121.194 Honda