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 |