Round Four of the IndyCar Series in Japan
source: Max d'Orsonnens
Patrick Carpentier completed his second practice session for the Indy Japan
300, Round 4 of the Indy Car Series 2005 to be held Saturday at Twin Ring Motegi
in Japan.
Carpentier finished 13th for the session and overall on the day. He posted his
best lap time around the 2.414-kilometre (1.5-mile) Twin Ring oval track in
27.5751 seconds. The Red Bull Cheever Racing driver averaged 319.359 km/h. His
teammate Alex Barron finished one position behind him.
Fastest driver of the day was Helio Castroneves with a lap time of 26.9071
seconds (327.285 km/h). The Brazilian driver edged British driver Dan Wheldon by
seven hundredths of a second. Third quickest was Dario Franchitti of Scotland,
followed by Brazilian Tony Kanaan and US driver Sam Hornish Jr., quickest in the
first session.
Drivers will return on track Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time for the
third practice session of the weekend. A news bulletin will follow the third
session
Indy Japan 300 @ Twin Ring Motegi
On-Track Race Schedule
Eastern Time
Thursday, April 28 IndyCar Practice 3 08:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
IndyCar Qualifying 11:30 p.m. -
Friday, April 29 IndyCar Warm-Up 02:45 a.m. - 03:15 a.m.
Saturday, April 30 IndyCar Race 12:01 a.m. -
(200 laps - 483 km/300 miles)