Pagenaud leads 1-2-3 Honda assault on 3rd Indy practice

Simon Pagenaud turned the fastest lap on a wet Indy road course track on Friday morning as practice continued for tomorrow's Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

The times are so close in IndyCar compared to F1, even on a wet track the IndyCar series is so much more competitive vs. the snore fest in F1 this year. Just 0.8 seconds covered the top 16 cars. In F1 only the top two Mercedes are within 0.8 seconds. All the rest are out to lunch.

More to follow……

Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap Laps Engine
1 77 Simon Pagenaud 1:23.160 0.000 0.000 21 Honda
2 98 Jack Hawksworth 1:23.173 0.0135 0.0135 16 Honda
3 27 James Hinchcliffe 1:23.313 0.1529 0.1394 17 Honda
4 12 Will Power 1:23.359 0.1992 0.0463 20 Chevy
5 34 Carlos Munoz 1:23.362 0.2025 0.0033 18 Honda
6 11 Sebastien Bourdais 1:23.365 0.2058 0.0033 17 Chevy
7 9 Scott Dixon 1:23.389 0.2293 0.0235 13 Chevy
8 17 Sebastian Saavedra 1:23.394 0.2347 0.0054 22 Chevy
9 3 Helio Castroneves 1:23.541 0.3812 0.1465 20 Chevy
10 67 Josef Newgarden 1:23.549 0.3896 0.0084 18 Honda
11 7 Mikhail Aleshin 1:23.667 0.5072 0.1176 11 Honda
12 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:23.684 0.5239 0.0167 12 Chevy
13 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:23.752 0.5927 0.0688 14 Honda
14 10 Tony Kanaan 1:23.861 0.7014 0.1087 13 Chevy
15 25 Marco Andretti 1:23.864 0.7044 0.0030 17 Honda
16 41 Martin Plowman 1:24.012 0.8524 0.1480 13 Honda
17 19 Justin Wilson 1:24.030 0.8703 0.0179 13 Honda
18 18 Carlos Huertas 1:24.046 0.8858 0.0155 13 Honda
19 26 Franck Montagny 1:24.171 1.0109 0.1251 17 Honda
20 20 Mike Conway 1:24.380 1.2202 0.2093 17 Chevy
21 14 Takuma Sato 1:24.436 1.2766 0.0564 16 Honda
22 8 Ryan Briscoe 1:24.515 1.3555 0.0789 12 Chevy
23 15 Graham Rahal 1:24.531 1.3713 0.0158 9 Honda
24 83 Charlie Kimball 1:24.796 1.6359 0.2646 15 Chevy
25 16 Oriol Servia 1:24.950 1.7902 0.1543 11 Honda