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