The 2-time IndyCar champion lapped the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 227.686mph, zero.9mph forward of 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon.
That’s the way in which it remained till very late within the session when 1Conor Daly sprung into the 227s, laying down a 227.466mph lap in his Ed Carpenter Racing entry.
Behind Dixon was Lengthy Seaside winner Kyle Kirkwood, who was fourth quickest for Andretti Autosport forward of double Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato for Chip Ganassi Racing.
With the second day of testing forecast to be blighted by showers, the observe was very busy as groups plowed by their nine-set Firestone tyre allocation.
The stress to get as a lot of Friday’s work performed on Thursday meant the drivers felt compelled to hit the observe although circumstances had been removed from superb, as sturdy headwinds alongside the entrance straight, tail winds on the again straight, and gusts of as much as 30mph hit the circuit.
Tony Kanaan, Arrow McLaren-Chevrolet
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One of many busiest drivers was Stefan Wilson, making ready for his fifth Indianapolis 500, who turned properly over 100 laps of the two.5-mile oval within the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with Cusick Motorsports entry, and he completed the day sixth, forward of Colton Herta (Andretti) and Alex Palou (Ganassi).
One other late enchancment got here from final 12 months’s Indy 500 runner-up, Pato O’Ward, who slotted his Arrow McLaren automobile into ninth forward of Scott McLaughlin (Penske).
Marco Andretti (Andretti), David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing and 2018 winner Will Power (Penske) had been subsequent up, with returning 2014 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay 14th within the second Dreyer & Reinbold machine.
The 2013 winner, Tony Kanaan, making ready for his final ever IndyCar race, was 15th for Arrow McLaren.
Callum Ilott turned solely 10 laps, his better of which was solely 212mph. He stopped early, having discovered his Juncos Hollinger Racing entry too troublesome to drive.
The busiest driver of the day was defending Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, who lapped the course 120 occasions in his #eight Chip Ganassi Racing automobile.
Tomorrow’s motion is meant to start at 10.00am ET and run by till four.00pm.
Indy 500 testing: Day one occasions
|
P |
Title |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Crew |
|
1 |
39.5281 |
39.5281 |
52 |
93 |
227.686 |
Chevy |
||
|
2 |
Conor Daly |
39.5664 |
zero.0383 |
114 |
119 |
227.466 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
three |
Scott Dixon |
39.6846 |
zero.1565 |
14 |
58 |
226.788 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
four |
Kyle Kirkwood |
39.6954 |
zero.1673 |
38 |
43 |
226.727 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
5 |
Takuma Sato |
39.7764 |
zero.2483 |
20 |
48 |
226.265 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
6 |
Stefan Wilson |
39.8300 |
zero.3019 |
26 |
106 |
225.960 |
Chevy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
|
7 |
Colton Herta |
39.8347 |
zero.3066 |
22 |
29 |
225.934 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian |
|
eight |
Alex Palou |
39.8471 |
zero.3190 |
94 |
96 |
225.863 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
9 |
39.9020 |
zero.3739 |
73 |
79 |
225.553 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren |
|
|
10 |
Scott McLaughlin |
39.9126 |
zero.3845 |
22 |
109 |
225.493 |
Chevy |
Crew Penske |
|
11 |
Marco Andretti |
39.9505 |
zero.4224 |
14 |
23 |
225.279 |
Honda |
Andretti |
|
12 |
David Malukas |
39.9713 |
zero.4432 |
88 |
91 |
225.162 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
|
13 |
Will Energy |
39.9720 |
zero.4439 |
17 |
85 |
225.158 |
Chevy |
Crew Penske |
|
14 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
40.0065 |
zero.4784 |
41 |
59 |
224.963 |
Chevy |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
|
15 |
Tony Kanaan |
40.0371 |
zero.5090 |
29 |
40 |
224.792 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren |
|
16 |
Ed Carpenter |
40.0547 |
zero.5266 |
61 |
91 |
224.693 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
17 |
40.0790 |
zero.5509 |
21 |
47 |
224.557 |
Honda |
||
|
18 |
Marcus Ericsson |
40.0824 |
zero.5543 |
90 |
120 |
224.537 |
Honda |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
19 |
40.2423 |
zero.7142 |
74 |
75 |
223.645 |
Honda |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
|
20 |
40.2657 |
zero.7376 |
52 |
87 |
223.515 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren |
|
|
21 |
40.2692 |
zero.7411 |
51 |
54 |
223.496 |
Honda |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
22 |
40.3052 |
zero.7771 |
67 |
73 |
223.296 |
Chevy |
Arrow McLaren |
|
|
23 |
40.3156 |
zero.7875 |
38 |
81 |
223.239 |
Honda |
||
|
24 |
40.3162 |
zero.7881 |
87 |
112 |
223.235 |
Chevy |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
|
25 |
40.3548 |
zero.8267 |
41 |
72 |
223.zero22 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
|
26 |
40.4132 |
zero.8851 |
11 |
111 |
222.700 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
|
27 |
40.5109 |
zero.9828 |
14 |
38 |
222.162 |
Chevy |
Juncos Holling Racing |
|
|
28 |
40.5163 |
zero.9882 |
80 |
98 |
222.133 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
|
29 |
Sting Ray Robb |
40.5799 |
1.0518 |
71 |
73 |
221.785 |
Honda |
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR |
|
30 |
40.6661 |
1.1380 |
16 |
36 |
221.315 |
Honda |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
|
31 |
40.8881 |
1.3600 |
three |
33 |
220.113 |
Honda |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
|
32 |
Benjamin Pedersen |
40.8889 |
1.3608 |
5 |
62 |
220.109 |
Chevy |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
33 |
Callum Ilott |
42.3990 |
2.8709 |
three |
10 |
212.269 |
Chevy |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
