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IndyCar: Pagenaud and Castroneves split sessions in Edmonton

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Khatir Soltani
Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Hamilton) and veteran Helio Castroneves ended up splitting the fastest times in the practice sessions for the upcoming IndyCar Indy of Edmonton at the city airport.

The Frenchman was the fastest in the morning with a lap of 1m16.5391s which is way slower than the pole set by Takuma Sato last year. AJ Foyt Racing's Mike Conway was second while Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne) was third fastest.

Things got to a much faster pace in the afternoon as Castroneves clocked the best time at 1m16.4920s finishing just in front of Scott Dixon (Ganassi) by a mere 0.0027s.

Mike Conway (AJ Foyt Racing) maintained the pace and improved on his final lap to go third fastest, putting him just ahead of local heroes James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport) and Alex Tagliani (Bryan Herta Autosport).



Practice 2 results* – IndyCar (Edmonton)

1 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1min16.4920
2 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min16.4947

3 - Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 1min16.5122
4 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1min16.5740
5 - Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 1min16.6505

6 - Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min16.6875
7 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1min16.6985
8 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1min16.7067
9 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1min16.7168

10 - Rubens Barrichello (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1min16.8078
11 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1min16.8225
12 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1min16.8350

13 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min16.8482
14 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1min16.8999
15 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1min16.9230

16 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1min16.9331

17 - EJ Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1min16.9715
18 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 1min16.9741
19 - James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1min17.2266

20 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min17.2478

21 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 1min17.2593

22 - JR Hildebrand (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 1min17.3555

23 - Oriol Servia (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - D&R - 1min17.4791
24 - Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Lotus) - HVM - 1min17.8749

25 - Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1min17.9263

Practice 1 results* – IndyCar (Edmonton)

1 - Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 1min16.5391

2 - Mike Conway (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 1min16.9309
3 - Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1min16.9718
4 - Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min17.0914
5 - Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 1min17.1461
6 - Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min17.1985
7 - Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min17.2414

8 - James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 1min17.3587

9 - Rubens Barrichello (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1min17.3888

10 - JR Hildebrand (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 1min17.3949

11 - Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 1min17.4025

12 - Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1min17.4110

13 - Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 1min17.5277
14 - Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 1min17.6276
15 - Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1min17.6346

16 - Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1min17.6804

17 - EJ Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1min17.7762
18 - James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1min17.8111
19 - Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 1min17.8311
20 - Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 1min17.8715

21 - Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 1min17.9286

22 - Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 1min18.1163

23 - Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Lotus) - HVM - 1min18.1858

24 - Oriol Servia (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - D&R - 1min18.4726

25 - Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 1min18.8988

*Unofficial timing
Khatir Soltani
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