Friday, March 25, 2011
Helio Castroneves has good day in St. Petersburg
The driver of the Team Penske worked on the setup of Dallara Honda # 3 and was pleased with the progress between the first and second practice
Helio Castroneves GALLERY 2011 SEASON: ST. PETERSBURG
Helio Castroneves was the 6th fastest on the combined of two practice sessions today (25) in St. Petersburg, the first day of activities for the opening race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series. The race will be on Sunday from 12.30. Which 31 laps in the street circuit of 1,8 miles, he recorded his best time in the 22nd lap with 1min03s9049. His teammate, the Australian Will Power, was fastest with 1min03s3759.
For Castroneves, the day had significant advances. “We want to take a better performance, but we have improved from first to the second practice and I look forward to great Qualifying on Saturday,” said the Team Penske driver, who has won twice in St. Petersburg.
The official schedule of the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is as follows:
Saturday, March 26
10.10 to 11.10 – Practice 3
2:30 to 3:50 – Qualifying
Sunday, March 27
8:40 a.m. to 9:10 am – Warmup
12.30 – Start to 100 laps
Combined result of the first day of free practices (Practice 1 and 2)
1 – #12 – Will Power (Australia) – Team Penske – 01min03s3759
2 – #10 – Dario Franchitti (Scotland) – Chip Ganassi Racing – 01min03s5180
3 – #27 – Mike Conway (England) – Andretti Autosport – 01min03s6660
4 – #6 – Ryan Briscoe (Australia) – Team Penske – 01min03s7214
5 – #9 – Scott Dixon (New Zealand) – Chip Ganassi Racing – 01min03s8734
6 – #3 – Helio Castroneves (Brazil) – Team Penske – 01min03s9049
7 – #26 – Marco Andretti (USA) – Andretti Autosport – 01min04s0400
8 – #19 – Sebastien Bourdais (France) – Dale Coyne Racing – 01min04s0672
9 – #82 – Tony Kanaan (Brazil) – KV Racing Technology – 01min04s0698
10 – #7 – Danica Patrick (USA) – Andretti Autosport – 01min04s1039
11 – #22 – Justin Wilson (England) – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 01min04s1353
12 – #28 – Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA) – Andretti Autosport – 01min04s1437
13 – #02 – Oriol Servia (Spain) – Newman Haas Racing – 01min04s1476
14 – #77 – Alex Tagliani (Canada) – Sam Schmidt Motorsports – 01min04s2355
15 – #34 – Sebastian Saavedra (Colombia) – Conquest Racing – 01min04s2414
16 – #5 – Takuma Sato (Japan) – KV Racing Technology – 01min04s2429
17 – #38 – Graham Rahal (USA) – Chip Ganassi Racing – 01min04s3127
18 – #17 – Raphael Matos (Brazil) – AFS Racing – 01min04s3873
19 – #83 – Charlie Kimball (USA) – Chip Ganassi Racing – 01min04s4961
20 – #59 – EJ Viso (Venezuela) – KV Racing Technology – 01min04s5397
21 – #14 – Vitor Meira (Brazil) – AJ Foyt Racing – 01min04s9544
22 – #4 – JR Hildebrand (USA) – Panther Racing – 01min05s0510
23 – #78 – Simona De Silvestro (Switzerland) – HVM Racing – 01min05s1105
24 – #18 – James Jakes (England) – Dale Coyne Racing – 01min05s6427
25 – #24 – Ana Beatriz Figueiredo (Brazil) – Dreyer & Reinbold Racing – 01min05s7036
