Josef Newgarden tops timesheets on third day of Indy 500 practice
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing's rookie driver Josef Newgarden topped the timesheets on the third day of practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday
Newgarden managed a best lap of 40.4519s at 222.486mph to put himself clear of Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay and his team-mate Marco Andretti.
Newgarden's time was the quickest of the week so far, and he said that he expects the speeds to climb further as more cars start to run in traffic.
"It looks like everyone was trying to race runs, and we kind of jumped in as well," he said. "It was a lot of fun. It was good to run out there with the guys, and I think we need to do more of that probably and figure out how the car operates in the draft a little bit.
"I certainly learned a lot of the way it reacts today, and we just got to keep progressing with and trying to make it even more comfortable during the race."
Ganassi driver Scott Dixon and Sunday pacesetter Sebastian Saavedra (AFS/Andretti) rounded out the top five.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Josef Newgarden Fisher DW12-Honda 40.4519s 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.6065s + 0.1546s 3. Marco Andretti Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.6285s + 0.1766s 4. Scott Dixon Ganassi DW12-Honda 40.6323s + 0.1804s 5. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.7636s + 0.3117s 6. JR Hildebrand Panther DW12-Chevy 40.7835s + 0.3316s 7. Dario Franchitti Ganassi DW12-Honda 40.8250s + 0.3731s 8. Oriol Servia Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy 40.8527s + 0.4008s 9. Takuma Sato Rahal DW12-Honda 40.8924s + 0.4405s 10. James Hinchcliffe Andretti DW12-Chevy 40.9079s + 0.4560s 11. Tony Kanaan KV DW12-Chevy 40.9536s + 0.5017s 12. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne DW12-Honda 41.0007s + 0.5488s 13. Ana Beatriz Andretti/Conquest DW12-Chevy 41.0121s + 0.5602s 14. James Jakes Dale Coyne DW12-Honda 41.0892s + 0.6373s 15. Ryan Briscoe Penske DW12-Chevy 41.1016s + 0.6497s 16. Helio Castroneves Penske DW12-Chevy 41.1470s + 0.6951s 17. Will Power Penske DW12-Chevy 41.1783s + 0.7264s 18. EJ Viso KV DW12-Chevy 41.2192s + 0.7673s 19. Bryan Clauson Fisher DW12-Honda 41.2212s + 0.7693s 20. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt DW12-Honda 41.2390s + 0.7871s 21. Townsend Bell Schmidt DW12-Honda 41.2574s + 0.8055s 22. Wade Cunningham Foyt DW12-Honda 41.3250s + 0.8731s 23. Graham Rahal Ganassi DW12-Honda 41.3837s + 0.9318s 24. Alex Tagliani Herta DW12-Honda 41.3897s + 0.9378s 25. Mike Conway Foyt DW12-Honda 41.4990s + 1.0471s 26. Rubens Barrichello KV DW12-Chevy 41.5274s + 1.0755s 27. Ed Carpenter Carpenter DW12-Chevy 41.5684s + 1.1165s 28. Michel Jourdain Jr Rahal DW12-Honda 41.6725s + 1.2206s 29. Jean Alesi Fan Force DW12-Lotus 42.5499s + 2.0980s
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