Andretti goes 224 mph to top morning times at Indianapolis

Bourdais was 11th quick in the morning

Marco Andretti led a Honda 1-2-3 atop the timesheets at almost 224 mph in the 2-hour morning practice for the Verizon IndyCar Series open test for all full-season veteran drivers. It will be followed on Tuesday by a day set aside for Indy 500 rookie orientation and refresher testing for veterans out of an Indy car for at least a year. Wednesday is reserved for manufacturers Chevrolet and Honda to test with a select number of drivers.

The April 30-May 2 testing dates rekindled memories of days gone by at IMS, to a time when the track opened for practice on May 1 and the race ran on May 30 for a true “Thirty Days in May."

Takuma Sato was 2nd quick in his #30 Rahal Honda and Scott Dixon third in his Ganassi Honda.

Testing will resume after lunch break.

AM Results

Pos	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	98	Marco Andretti	40.179	–.—-	–.—-	12	223.997	Honda	Andretti Herta Autosport
2	30	Takuma Sato	40.294	0.1148	0.1148	30	223.359	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
3	9	Scott Dixon	40.323	0.1437	0.0289	20	223.199	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
4	88	Gabby Chaves	40.388	0.2089	0.0652	31	222.838	Chevy	Harding Racing
5	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	40.408	0.2292	0.0203	14	222.727	Honda	Andretti Autosport
6	15	Graham Rahal	40.420	0.2407	0.0115	17	222.663	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7	20	Ed Carpenter	40.504	0.3244	0.0837	24	222.203	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
8	10	Ed Jones	40.539	0.3599	0.0355	29	222.008	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
9	5	James Hinchcliffe	40.602	0.4225	0.0626	29	221.666	Honda	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
10	22	Simon Pagenaud	40.648	0.4692	0.0467	32	221.411	Chevy	Team Penske
11	18	Sebastien Bourdais	40.678	0.4988	0.0296	27	221.250	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
12	27	Alexander Rossi	40.682	0.5026	0.0038	26	221.230	Honda	Andretti Autosport
13	14	Tony Kanaan	40.739	0.5598	0.0572	9	220.919	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
14	21	Spencer Pigot	40.740	0.5606	0.0008	28	220.915	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
15	3	Helio Castroneves	40.770	0.5914	0.0308	35	220.748	Chevy	Team Penske
16	60	Jack Harvey	40.800	0.6208	0.0294	32	220.589	Honda	Meyer Shank Racing
17	26	Zach Veach	40.836	0.6566	0.0358	15	220.395	Honda	Andretti Autosport
18	1	Josef Newgarden	40.838	0.6588	0.0022	36	220.384	Chevy	Team Penske
19	12	Will Power	40.871	0.6916	0.0328	39	220.207	Chevy	Team Penske
20	59	Max Chilton	41.205	1.0257	0.3341	24	218.421	Chevy	Carlin
21	23	Charlie Kimball	41.241	1.0622	0.0365	27	218.228	Chevy	Carlin