St. Pete P3: Briscoe on top

Ryan Briscoe, driver of the #8 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet, posted a lap of 1:02.68 to lead practice session 3 of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Helio Castroneves of Team Penske was second in the #3 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet. Practice session 2 leader Takuma Sato rounded out the top-3 in the #14 ABC Supply A.J. Foyt Racing Honda.

Results

Rank	Car	Driver	Engine	Time	Speed	Diff	Gap	BL	Laps
1	8	Briscoe, Ryan	Chevy	01:02.4236	103.807	–.—-	–.—-	16	18
2	3	Castroneves, Helio	Chevy	01:02.4730	103.725	0.0494s	0.0494s	19	23
3	14	Sato, Takuma	Honda	01:02.5243	103.640	0.1007	0.0513	17	20
4	11	Bourdais, Sebastien	Chevy	01:02.5445	103.606	0.1209	0.0202	21	23
5	12	Power, Will	Chevy	01:02.5996	103.515	0.1760	0.0551	19	20
6	77	Pagenaud, Simon	Honda	01:02.6632	103.410	0.2396	0.0636	22	22
7	27	Hinchcliffe, James	Honda	01:02.7352	103.291	0.3116	0.0720	22	22
8	10	Kanaan, Tony	Chevy	01:02.7450	103.275	0.3214	0.0098	19	19
9	9	Dixon, Scott	Chevy	01:02.7910	103.200	0.3674	0.0460	12	17
10	98	Hawksworth, Jack (R)	Honda	01:02.7951	103.193	0.3715	0.0041	19	19
11	28	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	Honda	01:02.7976	103.189	0.3740	0.0025	16	20
12	7	Aleshin, Mikhail (R)	Honda	01:02.8409	103.118	0.4173	0.0433	24	24
13	19	Wilson, Justin	Honda	01:02.9237	102.982	0.5001	0.0828	17	18
14	15	Rahal, Graham	Honda	01:02.9266	102.977	0.5030	0.0029	21	23
15	2	Montoya, Juan Pablo	Chevy	01:03.0008	102.856	0.5772	0.0742	19	19
16	34	Munoz, Carlos (R)	Honda	01:03.0537	102.770	0.6301	0.0529	25	25
17	67	Newgarden, Josef	Honda	01:03.1279	102.649	0.7043	0.0742	16	17
18	83	Kimball, Charlie	Chevy	01:03.1492	102.614	0.7256	0.0213	20	22
19	20	Conway, Mike	Chevy	01:03.2338	102.477	0.8102	0.0846	16	24
20	25	Andretti, Marco	Honda	01:03.3061	102.360	0.8825	0.0723	13	15
21	17	Saavedra, Sebastian	Chevy	01:03.3738	102.250	0.9502	0.0677	11	23
22	18	Huertas, Carlos (R)	Honda	01:03.7357	101.670	1.3121	0.3619	17	19