Detroit IndyCar: Hunter-Reay tops final practice/warm-up

The lap times didn’t mean much as some drivers set their best laps on the primary compound tires and others ran Firestone’s new alternate compound.

However, it was vital running as the next time IndyCars are on track around the 2.35-mile Belle Isle track it will be qualifying Saturday morning for the afternoon race – a process repeated on the Sunday.

Hunter-Reay lapped in 1min15.9896sec, 0.2889 ahead of Andretti Autosport teammate Zach Veach, while Scott Dixon in the Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda was third.

Fastest Chevrolet driver was Will Power in the Penske #12, who did a long run on the alternate compound tires to gauge their durability.

Fastest in second practice, Alexander Rossi, clocked fifth fastest for Andretti Autosport ahead of Harding Steinbrenner Racing’s Colton Herta.

Qualifying for Race 1 begins at 10.45am with 15mins for the 11-car Group 1, while the 15mins for 11-car Group 2 begins at 11.00am.

Session results:

Cla	#	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1'15.9896
2	26	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	1'16.2785	0.2889
3	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	1'16.2856	0.2960
4	12	Will Power	Team Penske	1'16.6940	0.7044
5	27	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	1'16.8207	0.8311
6	88	Colton Herta	Harding Racing	1'16.8739	0.8843
7	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1'16.9812	0.9916
8	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	1'17.1260	1.1364
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	1'17.1718	1.1822
10	21	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	1'17.2138	1.2242
11	10	Felix Rosenqvist	Chip Ganassi Racing	1'17.4836	1.4940
12	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	1'17.5057	1.5161
13	20	Ed Jones	Ed Carpenter Racing	1'17.5818	1.5922
14	14	Tony Kanaan	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	1'17.6712	1.6816
15	30	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1'17.6851	1.6955
16	7	Marcus Ericsson	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1'17.7851	1.7955
17	98	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	1'17.8332	1.8436
18	4	Matheus Leist	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	1'17.8790	1.8894
19	59	Max Chilton	Carlin	1'18.0137	2.0241
20	5	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1'18.3000	2.3104
21	19	Santino Ferrucci	Dale Coyne Racing	1'18.5049	2.5153
22	31	Patricio O'Ward	Carlin	1'19.6449	3.6553
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