Sato leads morning warmup in St. Pete
AJ Foyt driver Takuma Sato turned the fastest lap in morning warmup for today's Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. There were 3 Hondas in the top-5 so it appears the Hondas will be closer to the Chevys in race trim. There were a couple of incidents. One saw Juan Montoya hit the tires, another saw Spencer Pigot make an evasive maneuver and go down a runoff area.
Results
| POS | DRIVER | NO. | TIME | SPEED | LAPS | BEHIND | GAP |
| 1 | Takuma Sato | 14 | 01:01.2361 | 105.820 | 19 | –.—- | –.—- |
| 2 | Graham Rahal | 15 | 01:01.2362 | 105.820 | 18 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
| 3 | Josef Newgarden | 21 | 01:01.5723 | 105.242 | 18 | 0.3362 | 0.3361 |
| 4 | Marco Andretti | 27 | 01:01.6619 | 105.089 | 18 | 0.4258 | 0.0896 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | 9 | 01:01.7303 | 104.973 | 16 | 0.4942 | 0.0684 |
| 6 | Simon Pagenaud | 22 | 01:01.7449 | 104.948 | 15 | 0.5088 | 0.0146 |
| 7 | Mikhail Aleshin | 7 | 01:01.9348 | 104.626 | 21 | 0.6987 | 0.1899 |
| 8 | Sebastien Bourdais | 11 | 01:01.9545 | 104.593 | 17 | 0.7184 | 0.0197 |
| 9 | Oriol Servia | 12 | 01:01.9769 | 104.555 | 20 | 0.7408 | 0.0224 |
| 10 | James Hinchcliffe | 5 | 01:02.0060 | 104.506 | 17 | 0.7699 | 0.0291 |
| 11 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | 01:02.0226 | 104.478 | 21 | 0.7865 | 0.0166 |
| 12 | Tony Kanaan | 10 | 01:02.1714 | 104.228 | 20 | 0.9353 | 0.1488 |
| 13 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 01:02.1894 | 104.198 | 17 | 0.9533 | 0.0180 |
| 14 | Charlie Kimball | 83 | 01:02.2448 | 104.105 | 18 | 1.0087 | 0.0554 |
| 15 | Luca Filippi | 19 | 01:02.3099 | 103.996 | 16 | 1.0738 | 0.0651 |
| 16 | Alexander Rossi | 98 | 01:02.3100 | 103.996 | 14 | 1.0739 | 0.0001 |
| 17 | Conor Daly | 18 | 01:02.3578 | 103.916 | 11 | 1.1217 | 0.0478 |
| 18 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 28 | 01:02.3932 | 103.857 | 17 | 1.1571 | 0.0354 |
| 19 | Spencer Pigot | 16 | 01:02.4013 | 103.844 | 16 | 1.1652 | 0.0081 |
| 20 | Max Chilton | 8 | 01:02.6161 | 103.488 | 21 | 1.3800 | 0.2148 |
| 21 | Jack Hawksworth | 41 | 01:02.7098 | 103.333 | 14 | 1.4737 | 0.0937 |
| 22 | Carlos Munoz | 26 | 01:02.7982 | 103.188 | 13 | 1.5621 | 0.0884 |