Hinchcliffe and Servia 1-2 in final Motegi practice

Newman/Haas Racing drivers James Hinchcliffe and Oriol Servia checked in first and second in the 60-minute practice session prior to the three rounds of PEAK Performance Pole qualifying at Twin Ring Motegi.

Hinchcliffe, a rookie driving the No. 06 Sprott entry, had a best lap of 1 minute, 39.1074 seconds on the 2.983-mile, 14-turn course. Servia, in the No. 2 Telemundo car, had a best lap of 1:39.1413.

Qualifications for the Indy Japan are scheduled for 2 a.m. (ET).

Results

Rank Car Driver Time Diff. Gap Laps
1 06 James Hinchcliffe 1:39.1074 0.0000 0.0000 19
2 2 Oriol Servia 1:39.1413 0.0339 0.0339 20
3 10 Dario Franchitti 1:39.3183 0.2109 0.1770 15
4 6 Ryan Briscoe 1:39.3354 0.2280 0.0171 17
5 9 Scott Dixon 1:39.3486 0.2412 0.0132 15
6 12 Will Power 1:39.5140 0.4066 0.1654 17
7 27 Mike Conway 1:39.5498 0.4424 0.0358 17
8 3 Helio Castroneves 1:39.5536 0.4462 0.0038 20
9 38 Graham Rahal 1:39.5639 0.4565 0.0103 19
10 59 EJ Viso 1:39.6098 0.5024 0.0459 18
11 5 Takuma Sato 1:39.6641 0.5567 0.0543 20
12 4 JR Hildebrand 1:39.7141 0.6067 0.0500 18
13 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:39.7489 0.6415 0.0348 17
14 26 Marco Andretti 1:39.8275 0.7201 0.0786 20
15 83 Charlie Kimball 1:39.8486 0.7412 0.0211 19
16 18 James Jakes 1:40.0156 0.9082 0.1670 19
17 34 Joao Paulo de Oliveira 1:40.0576 0.9502 0.0420 20
18 19 Sebastien Bourdais 1:40.0809 0.9735 0.0233 20
19 24 Ana Beatriz 1:40.1550 1.0476 0.0741 18
20 17 Hideki Mutoh 1:40.1907 1.0833 0.0357 19
21 77 Alex Tagliani 1:40.2420 1.1346 0.0513 18
22 82 Tony Kanaan 1:40.2927 1.1853 0.0507 19
23 22 Giorgio Pantano 1:40.3143 1.2069 0.0216 19
24 78 Simona de Silvestro 1:40.4398 1.3324 0.1255 18
25 14 Vitor Meira 1:40.6200 1.5126 0.1802 18
26 7 Danica Patrick (NASCAR Star) 1:40.9025 1.7951 0.2825 18