Castroneves leads Chevy 1-2-3-4 in opening session at PIR
Castroneves with the latest Chevy aero package |
With a lap time of 19.5858s, Helio Castroneves led a Team Penske 1-2 in today's opening session of the Verizon IndyCar Series test at Phoenix International Raceway. Will Power was second a mere one-hundredth of a second off Castroneves' fast time as both drivers lapped the 1-mile Avondale, AZ oval quicker than Arie Luyendyk's nearly twenty-year-old track record.
Ed Carpenter Racing's Josef Newgarden was third, with Juan Pablo Montoya completing a Chevrolet sweep of the top-four spots. Graham Rahal was the fastest Honda in fifth.
Session 1 Results
Rank | Car | Driver Name | Make | Time | Speed | Diff | Gap | Best Lap | Total Laps |
1 | 3 | Castroneves, Helio | Chevy | 00:19.5858 | 187.850 | –.—- | –.—- | 46 | 48 |
2 | 12 | Power, Will | Chevy | 00:19.5931 | 187.780 | 0.0073 | 0.0073 | 41 | 42 |
3 | 21 | Newgarden, Josef | Chevy | 00:19.6810 | 186.942 | 0.0952 | 0.0879 | 75 | 77 |
4 | 2 | Montoya, Juan Pablo | Chevy | 00:19.7836 | 185.972 | 0.1978 | 0.1026 | 15 | 35 |
5 | 15 | Rahal, Graham | Honda | 00:19.8501 | 185.349 | 0.2643 | 0.0665 | 33 | 34 |
6 | 22 | Pagenaud, Simon | Chevy | 00:19.8522 | 185.330 | 0.2664 | 0.0021 | 56 | 70 |
7 | 27 | Andretti, Marco | Honda | 00:19.9517 | 184.405 | 0.3659 | 0.0995 | 43 | 49 |
8 | 9 | Dixon, Scott | Chevy | 00:19.9517 | 184.405 | 0.3659 | 0.0000 | 39 | 46 |
9 | 20 | Carpenter, Ed | Chevy | 00:20.0086 | 183.881 | 0.4228 | 0.0569 | 17 | 23 |
10 | 10 | Kanaan, Tony | Chevy | 00:20.0432 | 183.564 | 0.4574 | 0.0346 | 29 | 41 |
11 | 7 | Chaves, Gabby | Honda | 00:20.2287 | 181.880 | 0.6429 | 0.1855 | 46 | 47 |
12 | 83 | Kimball, Charlie | Chevy | 00:20.2293 | 181.875 | 0.6435 | 0.0006 | 41 | 47 |
13 | 28 | Hunter-Reay, Ryan | Honda | 00:20.2500 | 181.689 | 0.6642 | 0.0207 | 31 | 54 |
14 | 8 | Chilton, Max (R) | Chevy | 00:20.2709 | 181.502 | 0.6851 | 0.0209 | 37 | 48 |
15 | 5 | Hinchcliffe, James | Honda | 00:20.2938 | 181.297 | 0.7080 | 0.0229 | 19 | 40 |
16 | 14 | Sato, Takuma | Honda | 00:20.3268 | 181.002 | 0.7410 | 0.0330 | 30 | 47 |
17 | 26 | Munoz, Carlos | Honda | 00:20.3817 | 180.515 | 0.7959 | 0.0549 | 48 | 60 |
18 | 11 | Bourdais, Sebastien | Chevy | 00:20.4011 | 180.343 | 0.8153 | 0.0194 | 34 | 35 |
19 | 18 | Daly, Conor (R) | Honda | 00:20.4261 | 180.122 | 0.8403 | 0.0250 | 50 | 50 |
20 | 19 | Filippi, Luca | Honda | 00:20.4364 | 180.032 | 0.8506 | 0.0103 | 47 | 63 |
21 | 41 | Hawksworth, Jack | Honda | 00:20.8167 | 176.743 | 1.2309 | 0.3803 | 11 | 20 |