Power on top on final day of Barber test

An Ausssie driver has topped the timesheets for the second consecutive day at the pre-season IZOD IndyCar Series test at Barber Motorsports Park, with Will Power the form driver in Alabama today.

Following Ryan Briscoe setting the fastest time on Wednesday, Power continued the Penske domination by setting the fastest time of the two day test aboard his #12 Verizon backed machine.

Power, Helio Castroneves and Briscoe locked out the top three spots on the overall timesheets, with Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Justin Wilson again the ‘best of the rest’.

“You can see how tough the championship is going to be,” said Power.

“There are so many good drivers and so many good cars and teams. I think it’s going to be a very exciting year. You’re going to have to really be on your game if you want to win.”

Briscoe agreed that the test went well for the Penske squad.

“The test went very smooth,” said Briscoe.

“We were able to work through a long list of testing points. It is real nice to see the Team Penske cars 1-2-3 at the end of the test.”

The day was delayed by cold weather and a large crash from 2009 champ Dario Franchitti. The car and barriers were heavily damaged but the Scot was uninjured.

Some notable results include the pace of new KV Racing Technology recruit and ex F1 driver Takuma Sato, who was again in the top 10 with the sixth fastest time.

It was a tough for the four-car Andretti Autosports squad, with Marco Andrett the only driver to crack the top 10, while Danica Patrick languished down the bottom of the times, outpaced by fellow female driver Simona de Silvestro, who is looking to crack the IndyCar Series after strong pace in the Atlantic Series over the last few seasons.

TESTING RESULTS – COMBINED TIMES

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	12	Power, Will	Team Penske	1:09.8724	103
2	3	Castroneves, Helio	Team Penske	1:10.0084	117
3	6	Briscoe, Ryan	Team Penske	1:10.0459	124
4	9	Dixon, Scott	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:10.0594	112
5	22	Wilson, Justin	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:10.0869	78
6	5	Sato, Takuma	KV Racing Technology	1:10.2070	141
7	24	Conway, Mike	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:10.2497	83
8	26	Andretti, Marco	Andtretti Autosports	1:10.3956	106
9	06	Mutoh, Hideki	Newman-Haas-Lanigan Racing	1:10.4451	115
10	34	Romancini, Mario (R)	Conquest Tacing	1:10.5487	132
11	32	Rossiter, James (R)	KV Racing Technology	1:10.5700	109
12	11	Kanaan, Tony	Andretti Autosports	1:10.6704	118
13	14	Meira, Vitor	AJ Foyt Enterprises	1:10.6963	108
14	37	Hunter-Reay, Ryan	Andretti Autosports	1:10.7123	90
15	8	Viso, EJ	KV Racing Technology	1:10.9186	78
16	10	Franchitti, Dario	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	1:11.1825	39
17	78	de Silvestro, Simona	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	1:11.3351	107
18	7	Patrick, Danica	Andretti Autosports	1:11.5112	94
19	2	Matos, Raphael	de Ferren Luzco Dragon Racing	1:11.5484	62
20	67	Howard, Jay (R)	Sarah Fisher Racing	1:14.1883	37
21	67	Fisher, Sarah	Sarah Fisher Racing	1:16.0138	64