Takuma Sato tops opening IndyCar test at Phoenix

2017 Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato driving for the Rahal team this year

UPDATE IndyCar has declared the first scoring box below to be the correct one. There was a glitch in the last few seconds of the session which caused Sato's time to be erased. Sato, driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the number 30 entry, was the fastest of today's afternoon session.

02/09/18

With a late session run, Takuma Sato (Honda) turned the fastest lap at 187.022 mph in the opening test session for the IndyCars at Phoenix Friday afternoon.

Or did he? At the last minute IndyCar's Timing & Scoring all changed and put Tony Kanaan at the top. It appeared to be a technical glitch.

We think Simon Pagenaud was 2nd quick in the Penske Chevy followed by the AJ Foyt Chevys of Tony Kanaan and rookie Matt Leist.

Sebastien Bourdais rounded out the top-5 in the Dale Coyne Honda.

Session Results

Pos	No	Name	FTime	Diff	Gap	Laps	FSpeed	Engine	Team
1	30	Takuma Sato	19.673	–.—-	–.—-	44	187.022	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2	22	Simon Pagenaud	19.716	0.0433	0.0433	54	186.611	Chevy	Team Penske
3	14	Tony Kanaan	19.769	0.0961	0.0528	21	186.112	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
4	4	Matheus Leist	19.771	0.0981	0.0020	40	186.094	Chevy	AJ Foyt Enterprises
5	18	Sebastien Bourdais	19.825	0.1524	0.0543	50	185.584	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
6	15	Graham Rahal	19.856	0.1833	0.0309	31	185.295	Honda	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
7	98	Marco Andretti	19.864	0.1915	0.0082	35	185.219	Honda	Andretti Autosport
8	9	Scott Dixon	19.913	0.2399	0.0484	22	184.768	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
9	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	19.955	0.2823	0.0424	44	184.376	Honda	Andretti Autosport
10	12	Will Power	20.011	0.3384	0.0561	45	183.859	Chevy	Team Penske
11	27	Alexander Rossi	20.016	0.3434	0.0050	48	183.813	Honda	Andretti Autosport
12	10	Ed Jones	20.059	0.3867	0.0433	56	183.416	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
13	6	Robert Wickens	20.194	0.5214	0.1347	53	182.193	Honda	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
14	26	Zach Veach	20.209	0.5361	0.0147	45	182.060	Honda	Andretti Autosport
15	5	James Hinchcliffe	20.225	0.5521	0.0160	38	181.916	Honda	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
16	32	Kyle Kaiser	20.237	0.5641	0.0120	62	181.808	Chevy	Juncos Racing
17	21	Spencer Pigot	20.264	0.5912	0.0271	51	181.565	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
18	19	Pietro Fittipaldi	20.278	0.6056	0.0144	36	181.436	Honda	Dale Coyne Racing
19	20	Ed Carpenter	20.284	0.6110	0.0054	16	181.388	Chevy	Ed Carpenter Racing
20	1	Josef Newgarden	20.288	0.6151	0.0041	27	181.351	Chevy	Team Penske
21	88	Gabby Chaves	20.455	0.7826	0.1675	45	179.866	Chevy	Harding Racing
22	23	Charlie Kimball	20.824	1.1518	0.3692	44	176.677	Chevy	Carlin
23	59	Max Chilton	21.239	1.5662	0.4144	34	173.230	Chevy	Carlin