Toronto: Franchitti pips Castroneves in opening practice

Target Chip Ganassi ace Dario Franchitti knocked Helio Castroneves from the top of the timesheets on the last lap of the opening practice for the Toronto Honda IndyCar race on the streets around Exhibition Place.

In a relatively incident free session, Franchitti's lap of 1m1.568s was just enough to beat the Penske driver who recorded a best lap of 1m1.632s.

Ryan Hunter-Reay, Justin Wilson and Will Power rounded out the top-5.

Results

Rank

Car Driver BL Diff. Gap Laps
1 10 Dario Franchitti 1:01.568 –.—- –.—- 19
2 3 Helio Castroneves 1:01.632 0.0640 0.0640 29
3 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:01.664 0.0968 0.0328 25
4 22 Justin Wilson 1:01.732 0.1648 0.0680 27
5 12 Will Power 1:01.791 0.2236 0.0588 19
6 9 Scott Dixon 1:01.796 0.2283 0.0047 15
7 77 Alex Tagliani 1:01.807 0.2399 0.0116 16
8 5 Takuma Sato 1:01.879 0.3112 0.0713 27
9 82 Tony Kanaan 1:01.891 0.3232 0.0120 12
10 27 Mike Conway 1:01.924 0.3561 0.0329 27
11 06 James Hinchcliffe 1:01.971 0.4039 0.0478 35
12 8 Paul Tracy 1:02.047 0.4798 0.0759 23
13 2 Oriol Servia 1:02.070 0.5028 0.0230 17
14 4 JR Hildebrand 1:02.321 0.7537 0.2509 34
15 83 Charlie Kimball 1:02.343 0.7754 0.0217 38
16 6 Ryan Briscoe 1:02.351 0.7833 0.0079 19
17 38 Graham Rahal 1:02.544 0.9769 0.1936 18
18 19 Sebastien Bourdais 1:02.761 1.1936 0.2167 33
19 59 EJ Viso 1:02.778 1.2099 0.0163 21
20 26 Marco Andretti 1:03.153 1.5850 0.3751 14
21 7 Danica Patrick 1:03.220 1.6523 0.0673 24
22 14 Vitor Meira 1:03.393 1.8255 0.1732 28
23 78 Simona de Silvestro 1:03.562 1.9944 0.1689 30
24 18 James Jakes 1:03.589 2.0210 0.0266 34
25 24 Ana Beatriz 1:03.724 2.1567 0.1357 36
26 34 Sebastian Saavedra 1:04.354 2.7860 0.6293 31