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St Petersburg IndyCar: Will Power quickest in practice two

Will Power set the fastest time in the second practice session ahead of this weekend's IndyCar season-opener in St Petersburg

Power moved to the top of the timing screens early on with a 1m01.4467s lap, and his time - just 0.07 seconds slower than the lap that earned him pole position here last year - was never beaten.

Morning pacesetter Ryan Hunter-Reay came closest with a time 0.1785s slower than his rival's, while Simona de Silvestro's move to KV and Chevrolet power got off to an encouraging start with the third-best lap. The Swiss driver finished up 0.06s off Hunter-Reay's time, and said that she was pleased with her early progress.

"It's been pretty good," she said. "It's still Friday so we have a lot of work for tomorrow, but it's pretty cool to put a lap together and see the #78 up front."

Oriol Servia was fourth-fastest, just ahead of Takuma Sato, who was the best of the Honda-powered entries.

Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan and James Hinchcliffe were next, followed by Tristan Vautier. The rookie had a late coming-together with EJ Viso, although neither car appeared to suffer any damage. Marco Andretti completed the top 10.

Ganassi's quiet start continued, with Charlie Kimball leading the team with the 13th-best lap, leaving Dario Franchitti 17th and Scott Dixon 19th.

Also having a frustrating afternoon were Josef Newgarden, who was forced to park after developing a suspected gearbox problem, and Ana Beatriz, who missed the opening phase of the session while the Dale Coyne team worked on an unspecified mechanical glitch.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                   Time        Gap
 1.  Will Power           Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m01.4467s
 2.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m01.6252s  + 0.1785s
 3.  Simona de Silvestro  KV Dallara-Chevy           1m01.6895s  + 0.2428s
 4.  Oriol Servia         Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy  1m01.7650s  + 0.3183s
 5.  Takuma Sato          Foyt Dallara-Honda         1m01.7703s  + 0.3236s
 6.  Helio Castroneves    Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m01.7853s  + 0.3386s
 7.  Tony Kanaan          KV Dallara-Chevy           1m01.8087s  + 0.3620s
 8.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m02.0039s  + 0.5572s
 9.  Tristan Vautier      Schmidt Dallara-Honda      1m02.0459s  + 0.5992s
10.  Marco Andretti       Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m02.0877s  + 0.6410s
11.  James Jakes          Rahal Dallara-Honda        1m02.1030s  + 0.6563s
12.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt Dallara-Honda      1m02.1134s  + 0.6667s
13.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m02.1962s  + 0.7495s
14.  Graham Rahal         Rahal Dallara-Honda        1m02.3596s  + 0.9129s
15.  EJ Viso              Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m02.3622s  + 0.9155s
16.  Justin Wilson        Coyne Dallara-Honda        1m02.3833s  + 0.9366s
17.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m02.4086s  + 0.9619s
18.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon Dallara-Chevy       1m02.4166s  + 0.9699s
19.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m02.5031s  + 1.0564s
20.  Alex Tagliani        Herta Dallara-Honda        1m02.5098s  + 1.0631s
21.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher Dallara-Honda       1m02.5305s  + 1.0838s
22.  Sebastian Saavedra   Dragon Dallara-Chevy       1m02.5581s  + 1.1114s
23.  JR Hildebrand        Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy  1m02.9057s  + 1.4590s
24.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter Dallara-Chevy    1m03.1420s  + 1.6953s
25.  Ana Beatriz          Coyne Dallara-Honda        1m03.9670s  + 2.5203s

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