Power Leads Opening Practice
Will Power put the #12 Verizon Team Penske on top of the time sheet during the opening practice for The Grand Prix of Baltimore Presented by SRT. Turning a lap time of 1:20.863, Power, who has won the pole in both races here in downtown Baltimore, was more than two-tenths of a second faster than second-place EJ Viso in the #5 Team Venezuela PDVSA CITGO Chevrolet.
Oriol Servia completed a top-three for the Bowtie Brigade in the #4 National Guard Panther Racing Chevrolet. Graham Rahal was the first Honda in fourth-place, with Scott Dixon rounding out the top-5.
Results
Pos | Driver | Car No. | Time | Speed | Laps | Difference | Gap |
1 | Will Power | 12 | 01:20.8632 | 90.82 | 9 | –.—- | –.—- |
2 | E.J. Viso | 5 | 01:21.1256 | 90.526 | 16 | 0.2624 | 0.2624 |
3 | Oriol Servia | 4 | 01:21.2977 | 90.335 | 11 | 0.4345 | 0.1721 |
4 | Graham Rahal | 15 | 01:21.3134 | 90.317 | 13 | 0.4502 | 0.0157 |
5 | Scott Dixon | 9 | 01:21.3247 | 90.305 | 6 | 0.4615 | 0.0113 |
6 | Josef Newgarden | 67 | 01:21.4165 | 90.203 | 15 | 0.5533 | 0.0918 |
7 | Simon Pagenaud | 77 | 01:21.4521 | 90.163 | 10 | 0.5889 | 0.0356 |
8 | Tristan Vautier | 55 | 01:21.4625 | 90.152 | 13 | 0.5993 | 0.0104 |
9 | Marco Andretti | 25 | 01:21.5462 | 90.059 | 7 | 0.6830 | 0.0837 |
10 | Sebastien Bourdais | 7 | 01:21.5508 | 90.054 | 14 | 0.6876 | 0.0046 |
11 | James Jakes | 16 | 01:21.6477 | 89.947 | 11 | 0.7845 | 0.0969 |
12 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | 01:21.7964 | 89.784 | 11 | 0.9332 | 0.1487 |
13 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1 | 01:21.8010 | 89.779 | 7 | 0.9378 | 0.0046 |
14 | Justin Wilson | 19 | 01:21.8058 | 89.774 | 11 | 0.9426 | 0.0048 |
15 | Takuma Sato | 14 | 01:21.8487 | 89.727 | 16 | 0.9855 | 0.0429 |
16 | Charlie Kimball | 83 | 01:21.8769 | 89.696 | 12 | 1.0137 | 0.0282 |
17 | James Hinchcliffe | 27 | 01:22.1269 | 89.423 | 6 | 1.2637 | 0.2500 |
18 | Sebastian Saavedra | 6 | 01:22.1411 | 89.407 | 10 | 1.2779 | 0.0142 |
19 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | 01:22.1730 | 89.372 | 15 | 1.3098 | 0.0319 |
20 | Simona De Silvestro | 78 | 01:22.3078 | 89.226 | 18 | 1.4446 | 0.1348 |
21 | Luca Filippi | 98 | 01:22.5895 | 88.922 | 14 | 1.7263 | 0.2817 |
22 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | 01:23.4799 | 87.973 | 5 | 2.6167 | 0.8904 |
23 | Ed Carpenter | 20 | 01:24.8443 | 86.559 | 15 | 3.9811 | 1.3644 |
24 | Stefan Wilson | 18 | 01:25.2797 | 86.117 | 19 | 4.4165 | 0.4354 |