Power tops wet opening IndyCar practice at Barber

Will Power was quickest in the opening practice session for this weekend's IndyCar event at Barber Motorsports Park.

The Australian Penske driver only completed five laps of the Alabama track before rain hit, but managed to set a 1m12.750s to beat St Petersburg winner and reigning champion Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) to the top spot.

Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon and Mike Conway rounded out the top-5.

Results

Rank Car Driver Time Speed Behind Gap
1 12 Power, Will 01:12.7502 113.814 –.—- –.—- 5 5
2 10 Franchitti, Dario 01:13.4078 112.795 0.6576 0.6576
3 6 Briscoe, Ryan 01:13.5017 112.65 0.7515 0.0939
4 9 Dixon, Scott 01:13.6461 112.43 0.8959 0.1444
5 27 Conway, Mike 01:13.7786 112.228 1.0284 0.1325
6 3 Castroneves, Helio 01:13.7958 112.202 1.0456 0.0172
7 5 Sato, Takuma 01:13.8155 112.172 1.0653 0.0197
8 22 Wilson, Justin 01:13.9165 112.018 1.1663 0.101
9 28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan 01:14.0133 111.872 1.2631 0.0968
10 83 Kimball, Charlie (R) 01:14.2019 111.587 1.4517 0.1886
11 6 Hinchcliffe, James (R) 01:14.2344 111.539 1.4842 0.0325
12 82 Kanaan, Tony 01:14.2371 111.535 1.4869 0.0027
13 26 Andretti, Marco 01:14.2532 111.51 1.503 0.0161
14 77 Tagliani, Alex 01:14.3615 111.348 1.6113 0.1083
15 7 Patrick, Danica 01:14.3840 111.314 1.6338 0.0225
17 19 Bourdais, Sebastien 01:14.4307 111.244 1.6805 0.0352
18 59 Viso, EJ 01:14.4955 111.148 1.7453 0.0648
19 38 Rahal, Graham 01:14.6531 110.913 1.9029 0.1576
20 2 Servia, Oriol 01:14.6808 110.872 1.9306 0.0277
21 34 Saavedra, Sebastian (R) 01:14.7969 110.7 2.0467 0.1161
22 78 de Silvestro, Simona 01:14.8736 110.586 2.1234 0.0767
23 4 Hildebrand, JR (R) 01:14.9225 110.514 2.1723 0.0489
24 18 Jakes, James (R) 01:15.0750 110.29 2.3248 0.1525
25 24 Pagenaud, Simon (R) 01:15.2944 109.968 2.5442 0.2194
26 17 Matos, Raphael 01:15.2960 109.966 2.5458 0.0016