Brazil: Power leads opening IndyCar practice

Just 1 second separated the top-15 cars in opening practice for the IndyCar in Sao Paulo, Brazil with Chevy powered Will Power on top ahead of the Honda of Dario Franchitti.

Franchitti's Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon was third, followed by the Hondas of Simon Pagenaud and rookie Josef Newgarden who continues to impress everyone in the paddock.

Results

Rank

Car Driver Engine Time Diff. Gap
1 12 Will Power Chevy 1:22.3875 0.0000s 0.0000s
2 10 Dario Franchitti Honda 1:22.3953 0.0078 0.0078
3 9 Scott Dixon Honda 1:22.7862 0.3987 0.3909
4 77 Simon Pagenaud Honda 1:22.8190 0.4315 0.0328
5 67 Josef Newgarden Honda 1:22.8774 0.4899 0.0584
6 3 Helio Castroneves Chevy 1:23.0390 0.6515 0.1616
7 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Chevy 1:23.0434 0.6559 0.0044
8 4 JR Hildebrand Chevy 1:23.0985 0.7110 0.0551
9 26 Marco Andretti Chevy 1:23.1406 0.7531 0.0421
10 19 James Jakes Honda 1:23.1655 0.7780 0.0249
11 27 James Hinchcliffe Chevy 1:23.2038 0.8163 0.0383
12 8 Rubens Barrichello Chevy 1:23.2890 0.9015 0.0852
13 11 Tony Kanaan Chevy 1:23.3308 0.9433 0.0418
14 2 Ryan Briscoe Chevy 1:23.3647 0.9772 0.0339
15 18 Justin Wilson Honda 1:23.3666 0.9791 0.0019
16 5 EJ Viso Chevy 1:23.6634 1.2759 0.2968
17 14 Mike Conway Honda 1:23.6999 1.4564 0.0919
18 83 Charlie Kimball Honda 1:23.7520 1.3645 0.0886
19 7 Sebastien Bourdais Lotus 1:24.0442 1.6567 0.2003
20 15 Takuma Sato Honda 1:24.1547 1.7672 0.1105
21 25 Ana Beatriz Chevy 1:24.1665 1.7790 0.0118
22 38 Graham Rahal Honda 1:24.5634 2.1759 0.3969
23 78 Simona de Silvestro Lotus 1:24.6815 2.2940 0.1181
24 22 Oriol Servia Lotus 1:24.8492 2.4617 0.1677
25 20 Ed Carpenter Chevy 1:25.0994 2.7119 0.2502
26 6 Katherine Legge Lotus 1:26.0529 3.6654 0.9535