INDYCAR

Indy 500: Newgarden reaches 368.3 km/h getting ahead on the second day of training

Penske's Josef Newgarden was fastest on the second day of training for the Indianapolis 500, ahead of 2008 winner Scott Dixon on a hard-hitting day with Fernando Alonso and Felix Rosenqvist.
Newgarden's average lap speed was slightly lower than his teammate Will Power on the first day of practice, but the IndyCar champion's 368.308 km / h (39.3260s) in 2017 was enough to surpassing Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi, in second position with 368,275 km / h (39,3296s).
Spencer Pigot of Ed Carpenter Racing finished the day as the third fastest with an average of 367,989 km / h (39,3601s). Santino Ferrucci made 39.3768s (367,833 km / h) in fourth place at # 19 of Dale Coyne Racing.
The three-time winner of the Indy 500, the Brazilian Hélio Castroneves, completed the top five with the time of 39.3975s, an average of 367,640 km / h, again leaving the Penske with two cars at the top of the times table.
It was a split session, as Chevrolet topped Honda with six riders in the top 10, but both the US manufacturer and its Japanese rivals were interspersed by a few tenths.
Brazilians Tony Kanaan and Matheus Leist had a good day with AJ Foyt in Indianapolis. Kanaan finished on P24 with the time of 39.7590s, average of 364.29 km / h. Already Leist progressed and finished in 12th (39.6410s, average of 365.382 km / h).
"It was a very productive day. We tested a lot of things according to our planning and we did not have any problems," Leist said after the second day of free practice.
"We tried to focus a lot on classification (without a vacuum) and then walking a bit in traffic, running at least an hour and a half with the race set-up."
Carlin's Patricio O'Ward led the Rookie Orientation Program after suffering mechanical problems on the first day, finishing at P22 with 39.7455s. F. M.