Sato fastest if Round 1 knockout qualifying
The top 6 advance to round 2
| Rank | Car | Driver | BL | Diff. | Gap | TL |
| 1 | 5 | Takuma Sato | 1:18.1544 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 1:18.3894 | 0.2350 | 0.2350 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:18.4007 | 0.2463 | 0.0113 | 7 |
| 4 | 59 | EJ Viso | 1:18.5848 | 0.4304 | 0.1841 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 1:18.8263 | 0.6719 | 0.2415 | 6 |
| 6 | 19 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:18.9165 | 0.7621 | 0.0902 | 7 |
| 7 | 14 | Vitor Meira | 1:18.9781 | 0.8237 | 0.0616 | 6 |
| 8 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | 1:19.2084 | 1.0540 | 0.2303 | 9 |
| 9 | 18 | James Jakes | 1:19.3533 | 1.1989 | 0.1449 | 9 |
| 10 | 27 | Mike Conway | 1:19.4007 | 1.2463 | 0.0474 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 1:19.4713 | 1.3169 | 0.0706 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | JR Hildebrand | 1:19.5237 | 1.3693 | 0.0524 | 9 |
| 13 | 34 | Sebastian Saavedra | 1:19.7200 | 1.5656 | 0.1963 | 8 |