Toronto: Franchitti tops opening practice

On a hot humid day in Toronto, Dario Franchitti led a Honda 1-2-3 sweep of the opening practice session for the Honda Indy Toronto race on the 1.76-mile 11-turn street circuit at Exhibition Place.

Franchitti's Target Chip Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon was 2nd fastest. Rookie sensation Simon Pagenaud was 3rd quick.

Tony Kanaan led a contingent of six Chevys in fourth with E.J. Viso rounding out the top-5.

Results

Rank

Car Driver Engine Time Diff. Gap Laps
1 10 Dario Franchitti Honda 1:00.8972 0.0000 0.0000 14
2 9 Scott Dixon Honda 1:00.9415 0.0443 0.0443 13
3 77 Simon Pagenaud Honda 1:01.0500 0.1528 0.1085 20
4 11 Tony Kanaan Chevy 1:01.0548 0.1576 0.0048 14
5 12 Will Power Chevy 1:01.0764 0.1792 0.0216 14
6 5 EJ Viso Chevy 1:01.1214 0.2242 0.0450 15
7 2 Ryan Briscoe Chevy 1:01.2260 0.3288 0.1046 14
8 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Chevy 1:01.2480 0.3508 0.0220 12
9 3 Helio Castroneves Chevy 1:01.4202 0.5230 0.1722 15
10 15 Takuma Sato Honda 1:01.4414 0.5442 0.0212 18
11 38 Graham Rahal Honda 1:01.4653 0.5681 0.0239 15
12 22 Oriol Servia Chevy 1:01.5347 0.6375 0.0694 20
13 98 Alex Tagliani Honda 1:01.6317 0.7345 0.0970 15
14 83 Charlie Kimball Honda 1:01.7253 0.8281 0.0936 22
15 27 James Hinchcliffe Chevy 1:01.9272 1.0300 0.2019 14
16 14 Mike Conway Honda 1:01.9506 1.0534 0.0234 19
17 7 Sebastien Bourdais Chevy 1:01.9605 1.0633 0.0099 12
18 26 Marco Andretti Chevy 1:01.9673 1.0701 0.0068 15
19 4 JR Hildebrand Chevy 1:02.0021 1.1049 0.0348 19
20 19 James Jakes Honda 1:02.0316 1.1344 0.0295 23
21 78 Simona de Silvestro Lotus 1:02.1949 1.2977 0.1633 17
22 20 Ed Carpenter Chevy 1:02.2212 1.3240 0.0263 25
23 8 Rubens Barrichello Chevy 1:02.4649 1.5677 0.2437 26
24 18 Justin Wilson Honda 7:58.3897 6:57.4925 6:55.9248 3
25 67 Josef Newgarden Honda 0 0.0000 0 0