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Hinchcliffe leads opening IndyCar practice

Canadian James Hinchcliffe gave the locals and sponsor Sprott something to cheer about Saturday morning in Edmonton by turning the fastest lap in practice 1 for the IndyCars on the revamped Edmonton airport circuit.

The track was a bit damp to start but quickly dried out. One thing that is clear is that the new layout is significantly slower than the old layout.

Results

Pos

 Driver Team No. Time Speed Diff Gap Laps
1 James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas Racing 06 01:19.9036 100.201 –.—- –.—- 20
2 Dario Franchitti Target Chip Ganassi Racing 10 01:20.0022 100.077 0.0986 0.0986 22
3 Will Power Team Penske 12 01:20.0186 100.057 0.1150 0.0164 20
4 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 9 01:20.0362 100.035 0.1326 0.0176 17
5 Ryan Briscoe Team Penske 6 01:20.0489 100.019 0.1453 0.0127 21
6 E.J. Viso KV Racing Technology-Lotus 59 01:20.0915 99.966 0.1879 0.0426 18
7 Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 22 01:20.1213 99.928 0.2177 0.0298 19
8 Helio Castroneves Team Penske 3 01:20.1293 99.919 0.2257 0.0080 20
9 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology-Lotus 82 01:20.2532 99.764 0.3496 0.1239 17
10 Vitor Meira A.J. Foyt Enterprises 14 01:20.2837 99.726 0.3801 0.0305 23
11 Graham Rahal Service Central Chip Ganassi 38 01:20.2857 99.724 0.3821 0.0020 19
12 Takuma Sato KV Racing Technology-Lotus 5 01:20.2867 99.723 0.3831 0.0010 20
13 Oriol Servia Newman/Haas Racing 2 01:20.3667 99.623 0.4631 0.0800 15
14 JR Hildebrand Panther Racing 4 01:20.3686 99.621 0.4650 0.0019 22
15 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 28 01:20.3973 99.585 0.4937 0.0287 17
16 Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing 19 01:20.5368 99.413 0.6332 0.1395 18
17 Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt Motorsports 77 01:20.5617 99.382 0.6581 0.0249 17
18 Mike Conway Andretti Autosport 27 01:20.6309 99.297 0.7273 0.0692 15
19 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport 26 01:21.0095 98.833 1.1059 0.3786 20
20 Danica Patrick Andretti Autosport 7 01:21.2531 98.537 1.3495 0.2436 18
21 Charlie Kimball Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing 83 01:21.3225 98.452 1.4189 0.0694 17
22 Seb. Saavedra Conquest Racing 34 01:21.4138 98.342 1.5102 0.0913 21
23 Paul Tracy Dragon Racing 8 01:21.6754 98.027 1.7718 0.2616 18
24 James Jakes Dale Coyne Racing 18 01:21.7173 97.977 1.8137 0.0419 21
25 Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 24 01:22.1572 97.452 2.2536 0.4399 21
26 S de Silvestro HVM Racing 78 01:22.1910 97.412 2.2874 0.0338 12