Rossi tops Dixon in final practice at Gateway

Rossi on top again

IndyCar rookie Pietro Fittipaldi, driving injured, thought he had turned the fastest lap in final practice Friday night for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at 182.294mph so he got out of the car for the night. Then Alexander Rossi went out and turned a faster lap at 183.060mph to lead the first practice session just as he did the first.

And to rub salt in the wounds, point leader nipped Fittipaldi as well to slot in 2nd quick at 183.022mph.

Ed Jones and Zach Veach rounded out the top-5 with Ryan Hunter-Reay a close 6th.

More to follow……

Final Practice Results

Pos	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	27	Alexander Rossi	24.582	–.—-	–.—-	114	183.060	Honda	Andretti Autosport
2	9	Scott Dixon	24.587	0.0051	0.0051	120	183.022	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
3	19	Pietro Fittipaldi	24.685	0.1033	0.0982	119	182.294	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
4	10	Ed Jones	24.689	0.1068	0.0035	104	182.268	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
5	26	Zach Veach	24.691	0.1092	0.0024	142	182.250	Honda	Andretti Autosport
6	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	24.699	0.1167	0.0075	105	182.195	Honda	Andretti Autosport
7	14	Tony Kanaan	24.756	0.1741	0.0574	69	181.773	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
8	15	Graham Rahal	24.865	0.2828	0.1087	149	180.978	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
9	18	Sebastien Bourdais	24.872	0.2902	0.0074	124	180.924	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing with VS
10	12	Will Power	24.884	0.3014	0.0112	114	180.843	Chevy	Team Penske
11	98	Marco Andretti	24.891	0.3089	0.0075	97	180.788	Honda	Andretti Herta Autosport with CA
12	1	Josef Newgarden	24.919	0.3371	0.0282	61	180.584	Chevy	Team Penske
13	30	Takuma Sato	24.934	0.3518	0.0147	122	180.477	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
14	22	Simon Pagenaud	24.936	0.3542	0.0024	87	180.460	Chevy	Team Penske
15	5	James Hinchcliffe	25.088	0.5058	0.1516	87	179.369	Honda	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
16	88	Gabby Chaves	25.106	0.5239	0.0181	114	179.240	Chevy	Harding Racing
17	21	Spencer Pigot	25.113	0.5313	0.0074	88	179.187	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
18	20	Ed Carpenter	25.133	0.5504	0.0191	81	179.051	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
19	59	Max Chilton	25.201	0.6186	0.0682	91	178.566	Chevy	Carlin
20	4	Matheus Leist	25.297	0.7146	0.0960	88	177.889	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
21	23	Charlie Kimball	25.334	0.7521	0.0375	100	177.626	Chevy	Carlin