GP of Indy: Castroneves tops 3rd practice
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| Helio Castroneves |
Things are not getting any better for the Honda teams. In fact they are getting worse. In the third practice for the GP of Indianapolis on Friday morning, the top-6 drivers were all Chevy powered led by Helio Castroneves 1m10.376s.
KV Racing's Sebastien Bourdais was 2nd just 0.0257s behind. Castroneves' Penske teammates, Simon Pagenaud and Will Power were 3rd and 4th and fast man yesterday, Scott Dixon, rounded out the top-5.
Graham Rahal was the fastest Honda in 8th, 6/10ths of a sec off the pace.
Results
| Pos | No | Name | Speed | Time | Diff | Gap | FL | Laps | Engine |
| 1 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 124.765 | 1:10.376 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 17 | 17 | Chevy |
| 2 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | 124.719 | 1:10.401 | 0.0257 | 0.0257 | 20 | 20 | Chevy |
| 3 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 124.584 | 1:10.478 | 0.1021 | 0.0764 | 20 | 20 | Chevy |
| 4 | 1 | Will Power | 124.538 | 1:10.504 | 0.1282 | 0.0261 | 13 | 17 | Chevy |
| 5 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 124.502 | 1:10.524 | 0.1483 | 0.0201 | 19 | 19 | Chevy |
| 6 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 124.024 | 1:10.796 | 0.4204 | 0.2721 | 6 | 15 | Chevy |
| 7 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | 123.741 | 1:10.958 | 0.5821 | 0.1617 | 19 | 19 | Chevy |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 123.597 | 1:11.040 | 0.6649 | 0.0828 | 23 | 24 | Honda |
| 9 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 123.555 | 1:11.065 | 0.6890 | 0.0241 | 3 | 16 | Chevy |
| 10 | 4 | Stefano Coletti | 123.451 | 1:11.125 | 0.7492 | 0.0602 | 22 | 22 | Chevy |
| 11 | 14 | Takuma Sato | 123.417 | 1:11.144 | 0.7686 | 0.0194 | 6 | 15 | Honda |
| 12 | 8 | Sebastian Saavedra | 123.167 | 1:11.288 | 0.9128 | 0.1442 | 18 | 19 | Chevy |
| 13 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth | 123.108 | 1:11.323 | 0.9469 | 0.0341 | 15 | 15 | Honda |
| 14 | 20 | Luca Filippi | 123.039 | 1:11.363 | 0.9870 | 0.0401 | 18 | 23 | Chevy |
| 15 | 98 | Gabby Chaves | 123.030 | 1:11.368 | 0.9921 | 0.0051 | 21 | 21 | Honda |
| 16 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 122.939 | 1:11.421 | 1.0451 | 0.0530 | 17 | 17 | Honda |
| 17 | 21 | Josef Newgarden | 122.922 | 1:11.430 | 1.0549 | 0.0098 | 6 | 21 | Chevy |
| 18 | 6 | JR Hildebrand | 122.881 | 1:11.455 | 1.0790 | 0.0241 | 6 | 18 | Chevy |
| 19 | 7 | James Jakes | 122.867 | 1:11.463 | 1.0873 | 0.0083 | 5 | 18 | Honda |
| 20 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 122.800 | 1:11.502 | 1.1263 | 0.0390 | 17 | 17 | Honda |
| 21 | 27 | Marco Andretti | 122.563 | 1:11.640 | 1.2645 | 0.1382 | 20 | 20 | Honda |
| 22 | 26 | Carlos Munoz | 122.538 | 1:11.654 | 1.2788 | 0.0143 | 20 | 20 | Honda |
| 23 | 25 | Justin Wilson | 122.272 | 1:11.810 | 1.4348 | 0.1560 | 19 | 21 | Honda |
| 24 | 18 | Carlos Huertas | 121.557 | 1:12.233 | 1.8569 | 0.4221 | 5 | 21 | Honda |
| 25 | 19 | Francesco Dracone | 120.804 | 1:12.683 | 2.3075 | 0.4506 | 17 | 17 | Honda |