Indianapolis 500 - Practice 7 times

The final day of practice before qualifying is known as "Fast Friday," and it lived up to its reputation with six drivers topping 228mph - led by Penske's Helio Castroneves.

Andrew Lewin_1

20 May 2011

Helio Castroneves could make history on Pole Day by claiming a third consecutive pole position at the Indianapolis 500, the first man to do so. But Fast Friday showed that he would have stiff competition before he could write his name in the record books.

Sam Schmidt Motorsports' Alex Tagliani isn't going away and came second in the times, while Scott Dixon demonstrated that Ganassi remain a potent threat by finishing in third. The other drivers to top 228mph on Friday were Ryan Briscoe, Bertrand Baguette and Ed Carpenter.

The session was short one driver after Simona de Silvestra was ruled out on medical grounds for the day following her Thursday practice session accident.

Rumours surrounded Scott Speed's continued involvement with the Dragon Racing team after they finished the day in last place, well off the sort of pace they'll need to have a chance of making the 33-car grid on Race Day.

Pole Day format starts with all cars taking to the track between 11am and 4pm local time to set their qualifying times; and then the top nine having a separate 90 minute shoot-out from 4.30pm to set the front three rows of the grid and determine the polesitter.

Practice 7 times

1. #3 Helio Castroneves 228.611 39.3682s after 117 laps
2. #77 Alex Tagliani 228.327mph 39.4172s + 0.0490 after 26 laps
3. #9 Scott Dixon 228.181mph 39.4424s + 0.0742 after 70 laps
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe 228.029mph 39.4686s + 0.1004 after 107 laps
5. #30 Bertrand Baguette 228.028mph 39.4688s + 0.1006 after 49 laps
6. #67 Ed Carpenter 228.017mph 39.4707s + 0.1025 after 88 laps
7. #12 Will Power 227.958mph 39.4810s + 0.1128 after 106 laps
8. #99 Townsend Bell 227.927mph 39.4864s + 0.1182 after 16 laps
9. #2 Oriol Servia 227.580mph 39.5465s + 0.1783 after 76 laps
10. #98 Dan Wheldon 227.463mph 39.5669s + 0.1987 after 31 laps
11. #10 Dario Franchitti 227.432mph 39.5722s + 0.2040 after 83 laps
12. #5 Takuma Sato 227.054mph 39.6382s + 0.2700 after 51 laps
13. #14 Vitor Meira 226.994mph 39.6487s + 0.2805 after 35 laps
14. #4 JR Hildebrand 226.939mph 39.6582s + 0.2900 after 45 laps
15. #26 Marco Andretti 226.851mph 39.6737s + 0.3055 after 48 laps
16. #06 James Hinchcliffe 226.847mph 39.6743s + 0.3061 after 62 laps
17. #38 Graham Rahal 226.791mph 39.6842s + 0.3160 after 97 laps
18. #83 Charlie Kimball 226.487mph 39.7374s + 0.3692 after 32 laps
19. #44 Buddy Rice 226.418mph 39.7495s + 0.3813 after 17 laps
20. #22 Justin Wilson 226.125mph 39.8010s + 0.4328 after 59 laps
21. #19 Alex Lloyd 226.117mph 39.8024s + 0.4342 after 47 laps
22. #7 Danica Patrick 226.010mph 39.8212s + 0.4530 after 50 laps
23. #23 Paul Tracy 225.996mph 39.8238s + 0.4556 after 38 laps
24. #11 Davey Hamilton 225.730mph 39.8707s + 0.5025 after 58 laps
25. #82 Tony Kanaan 225.707mph 39.8747s + 0.5065 after 49 laps
26. #8 Ho-Pin Tung 225.504mph 39.9106s + 0.5424 after 55 laps
27. #36 Pippa Mann 225.432mph 39.9234s + 0.5552 after 60 laps
28. #59 EJ Viso 225.406mph 39.9280s + 0.5598 after 61 laps
29. #41 Bruno Junqueira 225.396mph 39.9298s + 0.5616 after 43 laps
30. #88 Jay Howard 225.360mph 39.9361s + 0.5679 after 37 laps
31. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 225.204mph 39.9637s + 0.5955 after 49 laps
32. #07 Tomas Scheckter 225.141mph 39.9749s + 0.6067 after 51 laps
33. #43 John Andretti 224.911mph 40.0159s + 0.6477 after 39 laps
34. #24 Ana Beatriz 224.854mph 40.0259s + 0.6577 after 78 laps
35. #17 Raphael Matos 224.380mph 40.1106s + 0.7424 after 81 laps
36. #27 Mike Conway 223.560mph 40.2577s + 0.8895 after 82 laps
37. #18 James Jakes 223.397mph 40.2871s + 0.9189 after 58 laps
38. #34 Sebastian Saavedra 222.926mph 40.3721s + 1.0039 after 77 laps
39. #20 Scott Speed 222.546mph 40.4411s + 1.0729 after 26 laps

Total laps: 2254

Combined practice 1-7 times

1. #3 Helio Castroneves 228.611mph 39.3682s Practice 7 after 246 laps
2. #77 Alex Tagliani 228.327mph 39.4172s Practice 7 after 61 laps
3. #9 Scott Dixon 228.181mph 39.4424s Practice 7 after 177 laps
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe 228.029mph 39.4686s Practice 7 after 198 laps
5. #30 Bertrand Baguette 228.028mph 39.4688s Practice 7 after 176 laps
6. #67 Ed Carpenter 228.017mph 39.4707s Practice 7 after 228 laps
7. #12 Will Power 227.958mph 39.4810s Practice 7 after 223 laps
8. #99 Townsend Bell 227.927mph 39.4864s Practice 7 after 101 laps
9. #2 Oriol Servia 227.580mph 39.5465s Practice 7 after 239 laps
10. #98 Dan Wheldon 227.463mph 39.5669s Practice 7 after 113 laps
11. #10 Dario Franchitti 227.432mph 39.5722s Practice 7 after 178 laps
12. #5 Takuma Sato 227.054mph 39.6382s Practice 7 after 174 laps
13. #14 Vitor Meira 226.994mph 39.6487s Practice 7 after 153 laps
14. #4 JR Hildebrand 226.939mph 39.6582s Practice 7 after 83 laps
15. #26 Marco Andretti 226.851mph 39.6737s Practice 7 after 132 laps
16. #06 James Hinchcliffe 226.847mph 39.6743s Practice 7 after 242 laps
17. #38 Graham Rahal 226.791mph 39.6842s Practice 7 after 200 laps
18. #83 Charlie Kimball 226.487mph 39.7374s Practice 7 after 105 laps
19. #44 Buddy Rice 226.418mph 39.7495s Practice 7 after 98 laps
20. #7 Danica Patrick 226.267mph 39.7760s Practice 6 after 114 laps
21. #22 Justin Wilson 226.125mph 39.8010s Practice 7 after 185 laps
22. #19 Alex Lloyd 226.117mph 39.8024s Practice 7 after 177 laps
23. #23 Paul Tracy 225.996mph 39.8238s Practice 7 after 146 laps
24. #82 Tony Kanaan 225.802mph 39.8579s Practice 6 after 171 laps
25. #11 Davey Hamilton 225.730mph 39.8707s Practice 7 after 169 laps
26. #88 Jay Howard 225.594mph 39.8946s Practice 6 after 109 laps
27. #8 Ho-Pin Tung 225.504mph 39.9106s Practice 7 after 149 laps
28. #36 Pippa Mann 225.432mph 39.9234s Practice 7 after 222 laps
29. #59 EJ Viso 225.406mph 39.9280s Practice 7 after 173 laps
30. #41 Bruno Junqueira 225.396mph 39.9298s Practice 7 after 157 laps
31. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 225.204mph 39.9637s Practice 7 after 138 laps
32. #07 Tomas Scheckter 225.141mph 39.9749s Practice 7 after 127 laps
33. #43 John Andretti 224.911mph 40.0159s Practice 7 after 131 laps
34. #24 Ana Beatriz 224.854mph 40.0259s Practice 7 after 221 laps
35. #67T Ed Carpenter 224.786mph 40.0380s Practice 1 after 32 laps
36. #9T Scott Dixon 224.491mph 40.0907s Practice 1 after 6 laps
37. #4T JR Hildebrand 224.433mph 40.1011s Practice 1 after 16 laps
38. #17 Raphael Matos 224.380mph 40.1106s Practice 7 after 227 laps
39. #10T Dario Franchitti 224.107mph 40.1594s Practice 1 after 7 laps
40. #26T Marco Andretti 223.927mph 40.1916s Practice 1 after 14 laps
41. #6T Ryan Briscoe 223.811mph 40.2125s Practice 1 after 29 laps
42. #27 Mike Conway 223.560mph 40.2577s Practice 7 after 218 laps
43. #18 James Jakes 223.397mph 40.2871s Practice 7 after 107 laps
44. #34 Sebastian Saavedra 222.926mph 40.3721s Practice 7 after 200 laps
45. #3T Helio Castroneves 222.755mph 40.4031s Practice 1 after 9 laps
46. #20 Scott Speed 222.546mph 40.4411s Practice 7 after 129 laps
47. #7T Danica Patrick 222.232mph 40.4982s Practice 1 after 17 laps
48. #78 Simona de Silvestro 222.192mph 40.5055s Practice 6 after 33 laps
49. #12T Will Power 221.837mph 40.5704s Practice 1 after 15 laps
50. #28T Ryan Hunter-Reay 221.296mph 40.6696s Practice 1 after 12 laps
51. #27 Marco Andretti 220.656mph 40.7875s Practice 4 after 5 laps
52. #27T Mike Conway 220.160mph 40.8794s Practice 1 after 20 laps
53. #78T Simona de Silvestro 219.522mph 40.9982s Practice 1 after 13 laps
54. #18T James Jakes 219.095mph 41.0780s Practice 3 after 84 laps