Hunter-Reay tops opening IndyCar practice in St. Pete
Andretti Autosports' Ryan Hunter-Reay put his DHL car on top of the timing charts for the opening Friday morning IndyCar practice on the 1.8-mile St. Petersburg, Florida track. Hunter-Reay's lap of 1m4.1437s was enough to keep last year's road course king, Will Power in 2nd.
Hunter-Reay's Andretti teammate Mike Conway was 3rd. Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe rounded out the top-5.
There were several incidents during the session including a crash by EJ Viso (here we go again) and a spin by Danica Patrick.
Results
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Rank |
Car No. | Car Driver Name C/E/T | Time | Speed | Diff | Gap |
| 1 | 28 | Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F | 01:04.1437 | 101.023 | –.—- | –.—- |
| 2 | 12 | Power, Will D/H/F | 01:04.1825 | 100.962 | 0.0388 | 0.0388 |
| 3 | 27 | Conway, Mike D/H/F | 01:04.2228 | 100.899 | 0.0791 | 0.0403 |
| 4 | 9 | Dixon, Scott D/H/F | 01:04.3184 | 100.749 | 0.1747 | 0.0956 |
| 5 | 6 | Briscoe, Ryan D/H/F | 01:04.3525 | 100.695 | 0.2088 | 0.0341 |
| 6 | 10 | Franchitti, Dario D/H/F | 01:04.3643 | 100.677 | 0.2206 | 0.0118 |
| 7 | 3 | Castroneves, Helio D/H/F | 01:04.4215 | 100.588 | 0.2778 | 0.0572 |
| 8 | 59 | Viso, EJ D/H/F | 01:04.5397 | 100.403 | 0.396 | 0.1182 |
| 9 | 26 | Andretti, Marco D/H/F | 01:04.6672 | 100.205 | 0.5235 | 0.1275 |
| 10 | 22 | Wilson, Justin D/H/F | 01:04.7114 | 100.137 | 0.5677 | 0.0442 |
| 11 | 5 | Sato, Takuma D/H/F | 01:04.7668 | 100.051 | 0.6231 | 0.0554 |
| 12 | 82 | Kanaan, Tony D/H/F | 01:04.8591 | 99.909 | 0.7154 | 0.0923 |
| 13 | 2 | Servia, Oriol D/H/F | 01:04.9504 | 99.768 | 0.8067 | 0.0913 |
| 14 | 77 | Tagliani, Alex D/H/F | 01:04.9827 | 99.719 | 0.839 | 0.0323 |
| 15 | 38 | Rahal, Graham D/H/F | 01:04.9983 | 99.695 | 0.8546 | 0.0156 |
| 16 | 17 | Matos, Raphael D/H/F | 01:05.1760 | 99.423 | 1.0323 | 0.1777 |
| 17 | 34 | Saavedra, Sebastian (R) | D/H/F | 01:05.2207 | 99.355 | 1.077 |
| 18 | 14 | Meira, Vitor D/H/F | 01:05.2705 | 99.279 | 1.1268 | 0.0498 |
| 19 | 7 | Patrick, Danica D/H/F | 01:05.4240 | 99.046 | 1.2803 | 0.1535 |
| 20 | 19 | Bourdais, Sebastien D/H/F | 01:05.5265 | 98.891 | 1.3828 | 0.1025 |
| 21 | 18 | Jakes, James (R) D/H/F | 01:05.9182 | 98.304 | 1.7745 | 0.3917 |
| 22 | 83 | Kimball, Charlie (R) D/H/F | 01:05.9305 | 98.285 | 1.7868 | 0.0123 |
| 23 | 4 | Hildebrand, JR (R) D/H/F | 01:05.9704 | 98.226 | 1.8267 | 0.0399 |
| 24 | 24 | Beatriz, Ana (R) D/H/F | 01:07.2488 | 96.359 | 3.1051 | 1.2784 |
| 25 | 78 | de Silvestro, Simona D/H/F | 01:07.5267 | 95.962 | 3.383 | 0.2779 |