Milwaukee: Newgarden tops opening IndyCar practice
Josef Newgarden driving for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing turned the fastest lap in opening practice for Saturday's IndyCar race at the historic 1-mile flat oval in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Newgarden turned at lap at 165.916 mph in his Honda to beat the Chevys of Helio Castroneves (165.268 mph) and EJ Viso (164.021 mph).
Alex Tagliani (Honda) and JR Hildebrand (Chevy) rounded out the top-5 in the incident free session. For being here the first time, Rubens Barrichello was an impressive 6th fastest.
Results
Rank |
Car | Driver | Engine | Speed | Diff. | Gap | Laps |
1 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Honda | 165.916 | 0.0000s | 0.0000s | 48 |
2 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | Chevy | 165.268 | 0.0863 | 0.0863 | 40 |
3 | 5 | EJ Viso | Chevy | 164.021 | 0.2544 | 0.1681 | 67 |
4 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Honda | 163.377 | 0.3422 | 0.0878 | 55 |
5 | 4 | JR Hildebrand | Chevy | 163.179 | 0.3694 | 0.0272 | 62 |
6 | 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Chevy | 162.285 | 0.4928 | 0.1234 | 66 |
7 | 19 | James Jakes | Honda | 161.810 | 0.5589 | 0.0661 | 52 |
8 | 38 | Graham Rahal | Honda | 161.595 | 0.5889 | 0.0300 | 60 |
9 | 15 | Takuma Sato | Honda | 161.571 | 0.5922 | 0.0033 | 47 |
10 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Honda | 161.568 | 0.5927 | 0.0005 | 27 |
11 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Honda | 161.461 | 0.6077 | 0.0150 | 36 |
12 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Chevy | 161.449 | 0.6093 | 0.0016 | 25 |
13 | 22 | Oriol Servia | Chevy | 161.101 | 0.6582 | 0.0489 | 39 |
14 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Chevy | 160.843 | 0.6946 | 0.0364 | 29 |
15 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Honda | 160.826 | 0.6970 | 0.0024 | 33 |
16 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Chevy | 160.418 | 0.7548 | 0.0578 | 32 |
17 | 2 | Ryan Briscoe | Chevy | 159.924 | 0.8252 | 0.0704 | 26 |
18 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Chevy | 159.780 | 0.8458 | 0.0206 | 37 |
19 | 12 | Will Power | Chevy | 159.754 | 0.8495 | 0.0037 | 49 |
20 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Honda | 159.362 | 0.9058 | 0.0563 | 56 |
21 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | Honda | 158.980 | 0.9608 | 0.0550 | 54 |
22 | 14 | Mike Conway | Honda | 157.372 | 1.1956 | 0.2348 | 36 |
23 | 6 | Katherine Legge | Chevy | 157.339 | 1.2005 | 0.0049 | 52 |
24 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Chevy | 155.330 | 1.5009 | 0.3004 | 44 |
25 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | Lotus | 154.897 | 1.5666 | 0.0657 | 41 |