Brazil: Franchitti tops 2nd IndyCar practice

With the help of a little better turbo performance, Dario Franchitti put Honda on top for the second IndyCar practice session on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Will Power, who topped the first session, and who is the favorite to win the pole, was 2nd just 0.0816sec behind in hi Chevy.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was third in another Chevy. Scot Dixon (Honda) and Ryan Briscoe (Chevy) rounded out the top-5.

Red flags flew for Helio Castroneves, who stuffed it in the wall with about 30 minutes to go, and #67 Josef Newgarden made contact with the tire barrier in Turn 11 to end the session.

Results

Rank

Car Driver Engine Time Diff. Gap
1 10 Dario Franchitti Honda 1:22.2611 0.0000s 0.0000s
2 12 Will Power Chevy 1:22.3427 0.0816 0.0816
3 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Chevy 1:22.3611 0.1000 0.0184
4 9 Scott Dixon Honda 1:22.4266 0.1655 0.0655
5 2 Ryan Briscoe Chevy 1:22.4404 0.1793 0.0138
6 27 James Hinchcliffe Chevy 1:22.6446 0.3835 0.2042
7 14 Mike Conway Honda 1:22.7082 0.4471 0.0636
8 18 Justin Wilson Honda 1:22.7181 0.4570 0.0099
9 67 Josef Newgarden Honda 1:22.7301 0.4690 0.0120
10 5 EJ Viso Chevy 1:22.8191 0.5580 0.0890
11 26 Marco Andretti Chevy 1:22.8320 0.5709 0.0129
12 3 Helio Castroneves Chevy 1:22.8573 0.5962 0.0253
13 8 Rubens Barrichello Chevy 1:22.9772 0.7161 0.1199
14 38 Graham Rahal Honda 1:23.0972 0.8361 0.1200
15 4 JR Hildebrand Chevy 1:23.1038 0.8427 0.0066
16 11 Tony Kanaan Chevy 1:23.1766 0.9155 0.0728
17 77 Simon Pagenaud Honda 1:23.2940 1.0329 0.1174
18 83 Charlie Kimball Honda 1:23.3399 1.0788 0.0459
19 78 Simona de Silvestro Lotus 1:23.4205 1.1594 0.0806
20 15 Takuma Sato Honda 1:23.4361 1.1750 0.0156
21 7 Sebastien Bourdais Lotus 1:23.7231 1.4620 0.2870
22 77 Oriol Servia Lotus 1:23.9460 1.6849 0.2229
23 25 Ana Beatriz Chevy 1:24.1085 1.8474 0.1625
24 6 Katherine Legge Lotus 1:25.4287 3.1676 1.3202
25 20 Ed Carpenter Chevy 1:25.8987 3.6376 0.4700
26 19 James Jakes Honda 1:26.5203 4.2592 0.6216