Castroneves stays red-hot, tops opening practice
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| Helio Castroneves says take that youngsters |
Don't tell Helio Castroneves he is too slow for IndyCars at his age. After dominating the last race in Iowa, Castroneves continues to show the younger drivers he's not over the hill just yet.
There are rumors that his boss Roger Penske wants to move him to sports cars next year, where open wheel drivers go when they are not fast enough for IndyCar and F1.
Castroneves turned a lap of 1m01.121s to lead a Team Penske 1-2–3 sweep in opening practice for the Honda Indy 200.
Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud were 3rd and 4th with the Hondas of Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal rounding out the top-10.
Toronto Practice 1 Results
| Pos | No | Name | FTime | Diff | Gap | FL | Laps | FSpeed | Engine |
| 1 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 1:01.121 | –.—- | –.—- | 14 | 20 | 105.194 | Chevy |
| 2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:01.510 | 0.3887 | 0.3887 | 20 | 21 | 104.530 | Chevy |
| 3 | 1 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:01.544 | 0.4234 | 0.0347 | 10 | 16 | 104.471 | Chevy |
| 4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:01.704 | 0.5829 | 0.1595 | 11 | 16 | 104.201 | Honda |
| 5 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:01.724 | 0.6025 | 0.0196 | 13 | 19 | 104.168 | Honda |
| 6 | 20 | Spencer Pigot | 1:01.787 | 0.6655 | 0.0630 | 17 | 22 | 104.061 | Chevy |
| 7 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:01.845 | 0.7242 | 0.0587 | 14 | 19 | 103.963 | Honda |
| 8 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | 1:01.958 | 0.8369 | 0.1127 | 8 | 16 | 103.774 | Honda |
| 9 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:02.020 | 0.8993 | 0.0624 | 15 | 17 | 103.669 | Honda |
| 10 | 26 | Takuma Sato | 1:02.024 | 0.9030 | 0.0037 | 19 | 19 | 103.663 | Honda |
| 11 | 27 | Marco Andretti | 1:02.031 | 0.9103 | 0.0073 | 9 | 11 | 103.651 | Honda |
| 12 | 19 | Ed Jones | 1:02.093 | 0.9723 | 0.0620 | 15 | 18 | 103.547 | Honda |
| 13 | 14 | Carlos Munoz | 1:02.096 | 0.9751 | 0.0028 | 16 | 19 | 103.543 | Chevy |
| 14 | 8 | Max Chilton | 1:02.102 | 0.9813 | 0.0062 | 12 | 19 | 103.532 | Honda |
| 15 | 21 | JR Hildebrand | 1:02.108 | 0.9867 | 0.0054 | 22 | 22 | 103.523 | Chevy |
| 16 | 12 | Will Power | 1:02.224 | 1.1034 | 0.1167 | 16 | 20 | 103.329 | Chevy |
| 17 | 18 | Esteban Gutierrez | 1:02.271 | 1.1503 | 0.0469 | 21 | 23 | 103.251 | Honda |
| 18 | 98 | Alexander Rossi | 1:02.291 | 1.1702 | 0.0199 | 9 | 19 | 103.218 | Honda |
| 19 | 4 | Conor Daly | 1:02.819 | 1.6977 | 0.5275 | 20 | 20 | 102.352 | Chevy |
| 20 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 1:02.869 | 1.7482 | 0.0505 | 21 | 22 | 102.269 | Honda |
| 21 | 7 | Sebastian Saavedra | 1:03.924 | 2.8029 | 1.0547 | 25 | 27 | 100.582 | Honda |