Hunter-Reay leads opening practice
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| Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Ryan Hunter-Reay led Friday morning's opening Verizon IndyCar Series practice session for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. With a lap of 1:06.531, the driver of the #28 DHL Honda was 0.14 seconds quicker than second-place Simon Pagenaud, also in a Honda.
Four-time Mid-Ohio winner Scott Dixon was the fastest Chevrolet entry in third. Russian rookie Mikhail Aleshin was fourth, with Sebastien Bourdais rounding out the top five.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car No. | Time | Speed | Laps | Difference | Gap |
| 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 28 | 01:06.5316 | 122.18 | 10 | –.—- | –.—- |
| 2 | Simon Pagenaud | 77 | 01:06.6731 | 121.92 | 6 | 0.1415s | 0.1415s |
| 3 | Scott Dixon | 9 | 01:06.7140 | 121.845 | 9 | 0.1824 | 0.0409 |
| 4 | Mikhail Aleshin | 7 | 01:06.7280 | 121.82 | 18 | 0.1964 | 0.0140 |
| 5 | Sebastien Bourdais | 11 | 01:06.8192 | 121.654 | 20 | 0.2876 | 0.0912 |
| 6 | James Hinchcliffe | 27 | 01:06.8669 | 121.567 | 9 | 0.3353 | 0.0477 |
| 7 | Marco Andretti | 25 | 01:06.8675 | 121.566 | 8 | 0.3359 | 0.0006 |
| 8 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 01:06.8686 | 121.564 | 11 | 0.3370 | 0.0011 |
| 9 | Ryan Briscoe | 8 | 01:06.8962 | 121.514 | 19 | 0.3646 | 0.0276 |
| 10 | Carlos Huertas | 18 | 01:06.8977 | 121.511 | 19 | 0.3661 | 0.0015 |
| 11 | Graham Rahal | 15 | 01:07.0099 | 121.307 | 23 | 0.4783 | 0.1122 |
| 12 | Takuma Sato | 14 | 01:07.0233 | 121.283 | 10 | 0.4917 | 0.0134 |
| 13 | Will Power | 12 | 01:07.0248 | 121.28 | 11 | 0.4932 | 0.0015 |
| 14 | Josef Newgarden | 67 | 01:07.0276 | 121.275 | 13 | 0.4960 | 0.0028 |
| 15 | Justin Wilson | 19 | 01:07.0967 | 121.151 | 12 | 0.5651 | 0.0691 |
| 16 | Carlos Munoz | 34 | 01:07.1100 | 121.127 | 12 | 0.5784 | 0.0133 |
| 17 | Charlie Kimball | 83 | 01:07.1596 | 121.037 | 16 | 0.6280 | 0.0496 |
| 18 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | 01:07.2238 | 120.921 | 12 | 0.6922 | 0.0642 |
| 19 | Sebastian Saavedra | 17 | 01:07.3629 | 120.672 | 17 | 0.8313 | 0.1391 |
| 20 | Tony Kanaan | 10 | 01:07.3968 | 120.611 | 6 | 0.8652 | 0.0339 |
| 21 | Mike Conway | 20 | 01:07.7806 | 119.928 | 13 | 1.2490 | 0.3838 |
| 22 | Jack Hawksworth | 98 | 01:08.0129 | 119.519 | 19 | 1.4813 | 0.2323 |