GP of Indy: Bourdais leads opening practice
KV Racing's Sebastien Bourdais led opening practice for the 2nd running of the Grand Prix of Indianapolis. Bourdais was the only driver to dip into the 1m10s bracket with a 1m10.983s lap.
Chevy powered cars took the top-5 positions with Bourdais followed by Will Power, Scott Dixon, Sabastian Saavedra and Simon Pagenaud.
The fastest Honda was Takuma Sato in 6th.
Results
| Pos | No | Name | Speed | Time | Diff | Gap | FL | Laps | Engine |
| 1 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | 123.776 | 1:10.938 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 10 | 47 | Chevy |
| 2 | 1 | Will Power | 123.606 | 1:11.035 | 0.0973 | 0.0973 | 22 | 24 | Chevy |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 123.589 | 1:11.045 | 0.1072 | 0.0099 | 15 | 18 | Chevy |
| 4 | 8 | Sebastian Saavedra | 123.472 | 1:11.112 | 0.1745 | 0.0673 | 23 | 28 | Chevy |
| 5 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 123.435 | 1:11.134 | 0.1959 | 0.0214 | 7 | 27 | Chevy |
| 6 | 14 | Takuma Sato | 123.422 | 1:11.141 | 0.2035 | 0.0076 | 24 | 24 | Honda |
| 7 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 123.305 | 1:11.209 | 0.2711 | 0.0676 | 22 | 22 | Chevy |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 123.170 | 1:11.287 | 0.3493 | 0.0782 | 30 | 36 | Honda |
| 9 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 123.060 | 1:11.350 | 0.4127 | 0.0634 | 8 | 20 | Chevy |
| 10 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | 122.985 | 1:11.394 | 0.4560 | 0.0433 | 21 | 23 | Chevy |
| 11 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 122.934 | 1:11.424 | 0.4858 | 0.0298 | 9 | 25 | Honda |
| 12 | 21 | Josef Newgarden | 122.825 | 1:11.487 | 0.5492 | 0.0634 | 10 | 40 | Chevy |
| 13 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 122.799 | 1:11.502 | 0.5642 | 0.0150 | 20 | 22 | Chevy |
| 14 | 20 | Luca Filippi | 122.505 | 1:11.674 | 0.7360 | 0.1718 | 33 | 40 | Chevy |
| 15 | 26 | Carlos Munoz | 122.502 | 1:11.675 | 0.7377 | 0.0017 | 13 | 27 | Honda |
| 16 | 41 | Jack Hawksworth | 122.234 | 1:11.833 | 0.8952 | 0.1575 | 24 | 38 | Honda |
| 17 | 18 | Carlos Huertas | 122.102 | 1:11.910 | 0.9725 | 0.0773 | 25 | 31 | Honda |
| 18 | 25 | Justin Wilson | 122.102 | 1:11.910 | 0.9726 | 0.0001 | 22 | 27 | Honda |
| 19 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 122.089 | 1:11.918 | 0.9802 | 0.0076 | 14 | 54 | Honda |
| 20 | 4 | Stefano Coletti | 122.001 | 1:11.970 | 1.0320 | 0.0518 | 7 | 19 | Chevy |
| 21 | 6 | JR Hildebrand | 121.915 | 1:12.021 | 1.0831 | 0.0511 | 27 | 34 | Chevy |
| 22 | 7 | James Jakes | 121.567 | 1:12.227 | 1.2891 | 0.2060 | 27 | 37 | Honda |
| 23 | 98 | Gabby Chaves | 121.517 | 1:12.257 | 1.3188 | 0.0297 | 26 | 26 | Honda |
| 24 | 27 | Marco Andretti | 120.803 | 1:12.684 | 1.7459 | 0.4271 | 7 | 19 | Honda |
| 25 | 19 | Francesco Dracone | 120.425 | 1:12.912 | 1.9741 | 0.2282 | 35 | 44 | Honda |