St. Pete P3: Briscoe on top
Ryan Briscoe, driver of the #8 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, posted a lap of 1:02.68 to lead practice session 3 of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Helio Castroneves of Team Penske was second in the #3 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet. Practice session 2 leader Takuma Sato rounded out the top-3 in the #14 ABC Supply A.J. Foyt Racing Honda.
Results
Rank | Car | Driver | Engine | Time | Speed | Diff | Gap | BL | Laps |
1 | 8 | Briscoe, Ryan | Chevy | 01:02.4236 | 103.807 | –.—- | –.—- | 16 | 18 |
2 | 3 | Castroneves, Helio | Chevy | 01:02.4730 | 103.725 | 0.0494s | 0.0494s | 19 | 23 |
3 | 14 | Sato, Takuma | Honda | 01:02.5243 | 103.640 | 0.1007 | 0.0513 | 17 | 20 |
4 | 11 | Bourdais, Sebastien | Chevy | 01:02.5445 | 103.606 | 0.1209 | 0.0202 | 21 | 23 |
5 | 12 | Power, Will | Chevy | 01:02.5996 | 103.515 | 0.1760 | 0.0551 | 19 | 20 |
6 | 77 | Pagenaud, Simon | Honda | 01:02.6632 | 103.410 | 0.2396 | 0.0636 | 22 | 22 |
7 | 27 | Hinchcliffe, James | Honda | 01:02.7352 | 103.291 | 0.3116 | 0.0720 | 22 | 22 |
8 | 10 | Kanaan, Tony | Chevy | 01:02.7450 | 103.275 | 0.3214 | 0.0098 | 19 | 19 |
9 | 9 | Dixon, Scott | Chevy | 01:02.7910 | 103.200 | 0.3674 | 0.0460 | 12 | 17 |
10 | 98 | Hawksworth, Jack (R) | Honda | 01:02.7951 | 103.193 | 0.3715 | 0.0041 | 19 | 19 |
11 | 28 | Hunter-Reay, Ryan | Honda | 01:02.7976 | 103.189 | 0.3740 | 0.0025 | 16 | 20 |
12 | 7 | Aleshin, Mikhail (R) | Honda | 01:02.8409 | 103.118 | 0.4173 | 0.0433 | 24 | 24 |
13 | 19 | Wilson, Justin | Honda | 01:02.9237 | 102.982 | 0.5001 | 0.0828 | 17 | 18 |
14 | 15 | Rahal, Graham | Honda | 01:02.9266 | 102.977 | 0.5030 | 0.0029 | 21 | 23 |
15 | 2 | Montoya, Juan Pablo | Chevy | 01:03.0008 | 102.856 | 0.5772 | 0.0742 | 19 | 19 |
16 | 34 | Munoz, Carlos (R) | Honda | 01:03.0537 | 102.770 | 0.6301 | 0.0529 | 25 | 25 |
17 | 67 | Newgarden, Josef | Honda | 01:03.1279 | 102.649 | 0.7043 | 0.0742 | 16 | 17 |
18 | 83 | Kimball, Charlie | Chevy | 01:03.1492 | 102.614 | 0.7256 | 0.0213 | 20 | 22 |
19 | 20 | Conway, Mike | Chevy | 01:03.2338 | 102.477 | 0.8102 | 0.0846 | 16 | 24 |
20 | 25 | Andretti, Marco | Honda | 01:03.3061 | 102.360 | 0.8825 | 0.0723 | 13 | 15 |
21 | 17 | Saavedra, Sebastian | Chevy | 01:03.3738 | 102.250 | 0.9502 | 0.0677 | 11 | 23 |
22 | 18 | Huertas, Carlos (R) | Honda | 01:03.7357 | 101.670 | 1.3121 | 0.3619 | 17 | 19 |