Sato tops Final IndyCar practice in St. Pete

Proving that his preseason form was no mistake, Takuma Sato put his AJ Foyt Honda atop the time sheets in final practice for tomorrow's Honda GP of St. Petersburg IndyCar race.

Sato beat yesterday's fast man and pole favorite Will Power by 2/10ths of a second. James Hinchcliffe, Tony Kanaan and Sebastian Saavedra rounded out the top-5. Results

Rank Car Driver Engine Time Speed Diff Gap Laps
1 14 Sato, Takuma Honda 01:01.5293 105.316 0.0000s 0.0000s
2 12 Power, Will Chevy 01:01.7386 104.959 0.2093 0.2093 18
3 27 Hinchcliffe, James Chevy 01:01.8971 104.690 0.3678 0.1585 18
4 11 Kanaan, Tony Chevy 01:01.9087 104.670 0.3794 0.0116 15
5 6 Saavedra, Sebastian Chevy 01:01.9457 104.608 0.4164 0.0370 17
6 25 Andretti, Marco Chevy 01:01.9880 104.536 0.4587 0.0423 14
7 1 Hunter-Reay, Ryan Chevy 01:02.0207 104.481 0.4914 0.0327 16
8 10 Franchitti, Dario Honda 01:02.0490 104.434 0.5197 0.0283 22
9 67 Newgarden, Josef Honda 01:02.0981 104.351 0.5688 0.0491 19
10 78 de Silvestro, Simona Chevy 01:02.1157 104.321 0.5864 0.0176 14
11 15 Rahal, Graham Honda 01:02.1223 104.310 0.5930 0.0066 21
12 7 Bourdais, Sebastien Chevy 01:02.1459 104.271 0.6166 0.0236 18
13 9 Dixon, Scott Honda 01:02.1850 104.205 0.6557 0.0391 21
14 16 Jakes, James Honda 01:02.2040 104.173 0.6747 0.0190 16
15 55 Vautier, Tristan (R) Honda 01:02.2576 104.084 0.7283 0.0536 18
16 3 Castroneves, Helio Chevy 01:02.2606 104.079 0.7313 0.0030 18
17 22 Servia, Oriol Chevy 01:02.3027 104.008 0.7734 0.0421 13
18 4 Hildebrand, JR Chevy 01:02.3174 103.984 0.7881 0.0147 20
19 19 Wilson, Justin Honda 01:02.3795 103.880 0.8502 0.0621 14
20 77 Pagenaud, Simon Honda 01:02.3936 103.857 0.8643 0.0141 21
21 98 Tagliani, Alex Honda 01:02.4715 103.727 0.9422 0.0779 17
22 83 Kimball, Charlie Honda 01:02.5344 103.623 1.0051 0.0629 14
23 5 Viso, EJ Chevy 01:03.0992 102.695 1.5699 0.5648 5
24 20 Carpenter, Ed Chevy 01:03.1658 102.587 1.6365 0.0666 16
25 18 Beatriz, Ana Honda 01:03.3169 102.342 1.7876 0.1511 17