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