Hinchcliffe tops opening practice in St. Petersburg
Andretti Autosport driver James Hinchcliffe turned the fastest lap in opening practice Friday for the St. Petersburg GP IndyCar race with a time of 1m02.9326s.
He was followed by Dale Coyne driver Justin Wilson and AJ Foyt driver Takuma Sato.
All three were powered by Hondas new twin turbo V6, the engine AR1.com predicted would be the engine to beat in 2014. First race and it is already showing power.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team/Engine | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti/Honda | 1m02.9326s | +0.0000s | 14 |
| 2 | Justin Wilson | Coyne/Honda | 1m02.9385s | +0.0059s | 17 |
| 3 | Takuma Sato | Foyt/Honda | 1m03.0603s | +0.1277s | 18 |
| 4 | Will Power | Penske/Chevy | 1m03.1932s | +0.2606s | 20 |
| 5 | Sebastien Bourdais | KV/Chevy | 1m03.1948s | +0.2622s | 18 |
| 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Ganassi/Chevy | 1m03.2067s | +0.2741s | 14 |
| 7 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti/Honda | 1m03.2684s | +0.3358s | 14 |
| 8 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt/Honda | 1m03.3087s | +0.3761s | 17 |
| 9 | Graham Rahal | Rahal/Honda | 1m03.3254s | +0.3928s | 20 |
| 10 | Tony Kanaan | Ganassi/Chevy | 1m03.3258s | +0.3932s | 14 |
| 11 | Helio Castroneves | Penske/Chevy | 1m03.3998s | +0.4672s | 17 |
| 12 | Josef Newgarden | Fisher/Honda | 1m03.4827s | +0.5501s | 18 |
| 13 | Scott Dixon | Ganassi/Chevy | 1m03.6425s | +0.7099s | 17 |
| 14 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Penske/Chevy | 1m03.6759s | +0.7433s | 22 |
| 15 | Carlos Munoz | Andretti/Honda | 1m03.6948s | +0.7622s | 20 |
| 16 | Mike Conway | Carpenter/Chevy | 1m03.7559s | +0.8233s | 18 |
| 17 | Marco Andretti | Andretti/Honda | 1m03.7807s | +0.8481s | 14 |
| 18 | Charlie Kimball | Ganassi/Chevy | 1m03.9023s | +0.9697s | 13 |
| 19 | Jack Hawksworth | Herta/Honda | 1m04.0541s | +1.1215s | 19 |
| 20 | Mikhail Aleshin | Schmidt/Honda | 1m04.1986s | +1.2660s | 21 |
| 21 | Sebastian Saavedra | KV/Chevy | 1m04.6781s | +1.7455s | 17 |
| 22 | Carlos Huertas | Coyne/Honda | 1m07.7706s | +4.8380s | 6 |