#SaoPauloIndy: Practice One
The Sao Paulo Indy 300 event weekend got underway this morning in Brazil, with the first practice session led by Will Power. The IndyCar championship leader and winner of the last two events threw down a time of 82.3875 seconds on his final lap of the session to take the top spot. Behind him were the two Target Chip Ganassi Racing pilots, Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon.
Honda got a big win heading into the weekend when a panel upheld INDYCAR's decision to approve a new compressor cover to the single turbocharger that the Japanese manufacturer uses. Time will tell if that helps them earn their first win of the season in Sao Paulo, but in this session, four of the top 5 cars were Honda-powered...all except the one in front.
Position/Car/Driver/Engine/Gap/Best Lap
Honda got a big win heading into the weekend when a panel upheld INDYCAR's decision to approve a new compressor cover to the single turbocharger that the Japanese manufacturer uses. Time will tell if that helps them earn their first win of the season in Sao Paulo, but in this session, four of the top 5 cars were Honda-powered...all except the one in front.
Position/Car/Driver/Engine/Gap/Best Lap
| 1 |  |
Will Power |  |
0 | 1:22.3875 | |
| 2 |  |
Dario Franchitti |  |
0.0078 | 1:22.3953 | |
| 3 |  |
Scott Dixon | |
0.3987 | 1:22.7862 | |
| 4 |  |
Simon Pagenaud | |
0.4315 | 1:22.8190 | |
| 5 |  |
Josef Newgarden | |
0.4899 | 1:22.8774 | |
| 6 |  |
Helio Castroneves | |
0.6515 | 1:23.0390 | |
| 7 |  |
Ryan Hunter-Reay | |
0.6559 | 1:23.0434 | |
| 8 |  |
JR Hildebrand | |
0.7110 | 1:23.0985 | |
| 9 |  |
Marco Andretti | |
0.7531 | 1:23.1406 | |
| 10 |  |
James Jakes | |
0.7780 | 1:23.1655 | |
| 11 |  |
James Hinchcliffe | |
0.8163 | 1:23.2038 | |
| 12 |  |
Rubens Barrichello | |
0.9015 | 1:23.2890 | |
| 13 |  |
Tony Kanaan | |
0.9433 | 1:23.3308 | |
| 14 |  |
Ryan Briscoe | |
0.9772 | 1:23.3647 | |
| 15 |  |
Justin Wilson | |
0.9791 | 1:23.3666 | |
| 16 |  |
EJ Viso | |
1.2759 | 1:23.6634 | |
| 17 |  |
Mike Conway | |
1.4564 | 1:23.6999 | |
| 18 |  |
Charlie Kimball | |
1.3645 | 1:23.7520 | |
| 19 |  |
Sebastien Bourdais |  |
1.6567 | 1:24.0442 | |
| 20 |  |
Takuma Sato | |
1.7672 | 1:24.1547 | |
| 21 |  |
Ana Beatriz | |
1.7790 | 1:24.1665 | |
| 22 |  |
Graham Rahal | |
2.1759 | 1:24.5634 | |
| 23 |  |
Simona de Silvestro | |
2.2940 | 1:24.6815 | |
| 24 |  |
Oriol Servia | |
2.4617 | 1:24.8492 | |
| 25 |  |
Ed Carpenter | |
2.7119 | 1:25.0994 | |
| 26 |  |
Katherine Legge | |
3.6654 | 1:26.0529 |
