Toronto: Franchitti pips Castroneves in opening practice
Target Chip Ganassi ace Dario Franchitti knocked Helio Castroneves from the top of the timesheets on the last lap of the opening practice for the Toronto Honda IndyCar race on the streets around Exhibition Place.
In a relatively incident free session, Franchitti's lap of 1m1.568s was just enough to beat the Penske driver who recorded a best lap of 1m1.632s.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Justin Wilson and Will Power rounded out the top-5.
Results
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Rank |
Car | Driver | BL | Diff. | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | 1:01.568 | –.—- | –.—- | 19 |
| 2 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 1:01.632 | 0.0640 | 0.0640 | 29 |
| 3 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:01.664 | 0.0968 | 0.0328 | 25 |
| 4 | 22 | Justin Wilson | 1:01.732 | 0.1648 | 0.0680 | 27 |
| 5 | 12 | Will Power | 1:01.791 | 0.2236 | 0.0588 | 19 |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:01.796 | 0.2283 | 0.0047 | 15 |
| 7 | 77 | Alex Tagliani | 1:01.807 | 0.2399 | 0.0116 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | Takuma Sato | 1:01.879 | 0.3112 | 0.0713 | 27 |
| 9 | 82 | Tony Kanaan | 1:01.891 | 0.3232 | 0.0120 | 12 |
| 10 | 27 | Mike Conway | 1:01.924 | 0.3561 | 0.0329 | 27 |
| 11 | 06 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:01.971 | 0.4039 | 0.0478 | 35 |
| 12 | 8 | Paul Tracy | 1:02.047 | 0.4798 | 0.0759 | 23 |
| 13 | 2 | Oriol Servia | 1:02.070 | 0.5028 | 0.0230 | 17 |
| 14 | 4 | JR Hildebrand | 1:02.321 | 0.7537 | 0.2509 | 34 |
| 15 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | 1:02.343 | 0.7754 | 0.0217 | 38 |
| 16 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | 1:02.351 | 0.7833 | 0.0079 | 19 |
| 17 | 38 | Graham Rahal | 1:02.544 | 0.9769 | 0.1936 | 18 |
| 18 | 19 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:02.761 | 1.1936 | 0.2167 | 33 |
| 19 | 59 | EJ Viso | 1:02.778 | 1.2099 | 0.0163 | 21 |
| 20 | 26 | Marco Andretti | 1:03.153 | 1.5850 | 0.3751 | 14 |
| 21 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 1:03.220 | 1.6523 | 0.0673 | 24 |
| 22 | 14 | Vitor Meira | 1:03.393 | 1.8255 | 0.1732 | 28 |
| 23 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | 1:03.562 | 1.9944 | 0.1689 | 30 |
| 24 | 18 | James Jakes | 1:03.589 | 2.0210 | 0.0266 | 34 |
| 25 | 24 | Ana Beatriz | 1:03.724 | 2.1567 | 0.1357 | 36 |
| 26 | 34 | Sebastian Saavedra | 1:04.354 | 2.7860 | 0.6293 | 31 |