What appeared to be a smoking engine brought Marco Andretti to a halt after just two laps, and that brought out the red flag as the Andretti Autosport-Honda was retrieved. The second red flag was caused by a flock of four geese landing trackside and proving obstinate when the AMR safety team attempted to chase them away.

When the serious action started, Scott Dixon – who qualified only 18^th – set a 70.8157sec lap, 0.0214sec ahead of polesitter Power in the Team Penske-Chevrolet.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was third in the fastest Andretti machine, but he also needed retrieving at the end of the session.

Jordan King, who will start fifth for Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevy this afternoon, was fourth quickest ahead of British compatriot Max Chilton in the Carlin-Chevy, and Tony Kanaan in AJ Foyt Racing-Chevy.

Graham Rahal spun but going again, while several drivers locked up under braking for Turn 1.

Helio Castroneves was parked for the last five minutes of the session, as punishment for passing the checkered flag twice during qualifying yesterday.

IndyCar Grand Prix of Indianapolis, warm-up

Cla	#	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	9	Scott Dixon	16	1'10.8157			123.989
2	12	Will Power	18	1'10.8371	0.0214	0.0214	123.952
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	15	1'10.9039	0.0882	0.0668	123.835
4	20	Jordan King	15	1'10.9150	0.0993	0.0111	123.816
5	59	Max Chilton	19	1'11.1789	0.3632	0.2639	123.357
6	14	Tony Kanaan	15	1'11.1821	0.3664	0.0032	123.351
7	19	Zachary Claman De Melo	16	1'11.3002	0.4845	0.1181	123.147
8	1	Josef Newgarden	18	1'11.3120	0.4963	0.0118	123.127
9	18	Sébastien Bourdais	19	1'11.3145	0.4988	0.0025	123.122
10	22	Simon Pagenaud	18	1'11.3733	0.5576	0.0588	123.021
11	3	Helio Castroneves	13	1'11.4797	0.6640	0.1064	122.838
12	21	Spencer Pigot	18	1'11.5216	0.7059	0.0419	122.766
13	6	Robert Wickens	17	1'11.5246	0.7089	0.0030	122.761
14	15	Graham Rahal	16	1'11.6089	0.7932	0.0843	122.616
15	10	Ed Jones	15	1'11.6100	0.7943	0.0011	122.614
16	88	Gabby Chaves	18	1'11.6531	0.8374	0.0431	122.540
17	30	Takuma Sato	15	1'11.6745	0.8588	0.0214	122.504
18	27	Alexander Rossi	12	1'11.7116	0.8959	0.0371	122.440
19	26	Zach Veach	15	1'11.7776	0.9619	0.0660	122.328
20	23	Charlie Kimball	18	1'11.7858	0.9701	0.0082	122.314
21	5	James Hinchcliffe	16	1'11.8316	1.0159	0.0458	122.236
22	4	Matheus Leist	15	1'12.0696	1.2539	0.2380	121.832
23	32	Kyle Kaiser	18	1'12.1788	1.3631	0.1092	121.648
24	98	Marco Andretti	2	1'37.6639	26.8482	25.4851	89.904