Dixon fastest as Hondas continue to dominate in St. Pete

Scott Dixon

Scott Dixon led a 1-6 sweep of the top speeds in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Firestone GP St. Petersburg Saturday morning. James Hinchcliffe was 2nd quick just 0.04sec behind Dixon followed by Andretti Autosport driver Alexander Rossi who made a big improvement from Friday's practice.

Max Chilton was 4th in the 2nd Chip Ganassi car with Sebastien Bourdais rounding out the top-5 for Dale Coyne Racing.

Marco Andretti was 6th ahead of the fastest Chevy driven by Josef Newgarden who brushed the wall on his final lap trying hard to catch the Hondas.

Hondas had 8 of the top-10 times.

Results

Pos	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	Laps	FSpeed	Engine
1	9	Scott Dixon	1:01.624	0.000	0.000	18	105.154	Honda
2	5	James Hinchcliffe	1:01.666	0.0420	0.0420	22	105.082	Honda
3	98	Alexander Rossi	1:01.702	0.0775	0.0355	19	105.022	Honda
4	8	Max Chilton	1:01.748	0.1237	0.0462	17	104.943	Honda
5	18	Sebastien Bourdais	1:01.763	0.1394	0.0157	24	104.917	Honda
6	27	Marco Andretti	1:01.809	0.1845	0.0451	19	104.840	Honda
7	2	Josef Newgarden	1:01.823	0.1989	0.0144	17	104.816	Chevy
8	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1:01.855	0.2310	0.0321	20	104.761	Honda
9	10	Tony Kanaan	1:01.856	0.2322	0.0012	22	104.759	Honda
10	12	Will Power	1:01.917	0.2926	0.0604	13	104.657	Chevy
11	1	Simon Pagenaud	1:02.031	0.4070	0.1144	25	104.464	Chevy
12	83	Charlie Kimball	1:02.035	0.4105	0.0035	20	104.458	Honda
13	15	Graham Rahal	1:02.079	0.4553	0.0448	27	104.383	Honda
14	14	Carlos Munoz	1:02.329	0.7049	0.2496	21	103.965	Chevy
15	3	Helio Castroneves	1:02.331	0.7074	0.0025	12	103.960	Chevy
16	21	JR Hildebrand	1:02.417	0.7934	0.0860	22	103.817	Chevy
17	26	Takuma Sato	1:02.420	0.7965	0.0031	19	103.812	Honda
18	20	Spencer Pigot	1:02.421	0.7967	0.0002	24	103.812	Chevy
19	19	Ed Jones	1:02.493	0.8688	0.0721	20	103.692	Honda
20	7	Mikhail Aleshin	1:02.597	0.9728	0.1040	22	103.520	Honda
21	4	Conor Daly	1:02.779	1.1548	0.1820	21	103.220	Chevy