Sonoma IndyCar: Dixon leads Power in final practice

The four-time champion, who is 29 points in the lead of the 2018 championship standings, turned a 1min17.9697sec lap to edge Team Penske-Chevrolet’s Will Power by 0.0096sec.

Ryan Hunter-Reay was third fastest for Andretti Autosport-Honda with title challenger Alexander Rossi in fourth, far happier with his car than on Friday albeit 0.1572 adrift of Dixon.

Josef Newgarden and a resurgent Simon Pagenaud ensured three Penskes in the top six with Zach Veach and Marco Andretti making it four AA cars in the Top 10.

In between them were Takuma Sato of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda and the highly impressive Santino Ferrucci, preparing for only his fourth race with Dale Coyne Racing-Honda.

Harding Racing’s IndyCar debutants, Pato O’Ward and Colton Herta, were 0.15sec apart in 21st and 22nd, ahead of the AJ Foyt Racing-Chevy pair, while Sebastien Bourdais was an unhappy last in the Dale Coyne with Vasser Sullivan Racing entry after clutch failure.

Qualifying begins at 3pm local (Pacific) time.

Sonoma, IndyCar third practice:

Cla	#	Driver	Time	Gap
1	9	Scott Dixon	1'17.9697
2	12	Will Power	1'17.9793	0.0096
3	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1'18.1238	0.1541
4	27	Alexander Rossi	1'18.1256	0.1559
5	1	Josef Newgarden	1'18.1269	0.1572
6	22	Simon Pagenaud	1'18.1649	0.1952
7	26	Zach Veach	1'18.2580	0.2883
8	30	Takuma Sato	1'18.3817	0.4120
9	39	Santino Ferrucci	1'18.4383	0.4686
10	98	Marco Andretti	1'18.4423	0.4726
11	10	Ed Jones	1'18.5143	0.5446
12	15	Graham Rahal	1'18.7550	0.7853
13	23	Charlie Kimball	1'18.7870	0.8173
14	21	Spencer Pigot	1'18.8916	0.9219
15	60	Jack Harvey	1'18.9142	0.9445
16	5	James Hinchcliffe	1'18.9762	1.0065
17	20	Jordan King	1'19.0190	1.0493
18	19	Pietro Fittipaldi	1'19.0238	1.0541
19	6	Carlos Munoz	1'19.0729	1.1032
20	59	Max Chilton	1'19.1383	1.1686
21	8	Patricio O'Ward	1'19.2751	1.3054
22	88	Colton Herta	1'19.4347	1.4650
23	14	Tony Kanaan	1'19.4634	1.4937
24	4	Matheus Leist	1'19.5275	1.5578
25	18	Sébastien Bourdais	1'19.7064	1.7367