Power tops Practice 2 at Indy 500

Will Power has laid down the gauntlet to his rivals after topping second practice at the Indianapolis 500.

The 2018 winner of the famous race went quickest in the afternoon session, pipping Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato.

Power was pleased with his day’s work.

“Definitely happy with the car in traffic,” said the 40-year-old Australian.

“I mean the speed is obviously just a good run in the train, but as far as running behind cars, it’s the most comfortable I have felt here for a while, so I feel good.

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“The cool weather does help a lot, as you can see everyone can run really close, but we’ll see as it gets warmer here, obviously that changes the car quite a bit. We’ll just keep chasing it.”

Team Penske stable-mate Simon Pagenaud was sixth, directly behind Sage Karam and Conor Daly.

Scott McLaughlin was just 25th, having been third in morning practice, while Simona De Silvestro climbed the leaderboard to be 13th in Practice 2 for Paretta Autosport.

The yellow flag was waved at one point during the session courtesy of a fire at the right-rear of Sebastien Bourdais’ A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet.

Practice 3 will take place tomorrow from 02:00 to 08:00 (AEST).

Full track schedule HERE.

Practice 2 results: Indianapolis 500

RANK	DRIVER	CAR NO.	BEST TIME	IN LAP	BEST SPEED	TOTAL LAPS	DIFF.
1	Will Power	12	00:39.7	35	226.47	57	–.—-
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	00:39.8	22	226.371	43	0.0175
3	Takuma Sato	30	00:39.8	13	226.132	58	0.0595
4	Sage Karam	24	00:39.8	31	225.942	43	0.0929
5	Conor Daly	47	00:39.9	35	225.64	65	0.1462
6	Simon Pagenaud	22	00:40.0	40	225.23	64	0.2189
7	Pato O’Ward	5	00:40.0	35	225.146	56	0.2337
8	Scott Dixon	9	00:40.0	8	224.988	48	0.2618
9	Ed Jones	18	00:40.1	55	224.651	58	0.3218
10	Marcus Ericsson	8	00:40.1	49	224.615	55	0.3283
11	Tony Kanaan	48	00:40.1	56	224.593	58	0.3322
12	Juan Pablo Montoya	86	00:40.1	4	224.384	44	0.3696
13	Simona De Silvestro	16	00:40.1	52	224.23	71	0.397
14	Josef Newgarden	2	00:40.2	9	224.04	37	0.4311
15	Rinus VeeKay	21	00:40.2	42	223.793	69	0.4755
16	James Hinchcliffe	29	00:40.2	30	223.78	67	0.4777
17	Felix Rosenqvist	7	00:40.2	28	223.744	45	0.4843
18	Ed Carpenter	20	00:40.2	30	223.671	57	0.4974
19	Marco Andretti	98	00:40.3	23	223.336	52	0.5577
20	Colton Herta	26	00:40.3	6	223.329	72	0.559
21	Helio Castroneves	6	00:40.3	26	223.059	44	0.6077
22	Alexander Rossi	27	00:40.4	31	223.004	63	0.6178
23	Alex Palou	10	00:40.4	12	222.887	53	0.6389
24	Charlie Kimball	11	00:40.4	25	222.806	36	0.6535
25	Scott McLaughlin	3	00:40.4	13	222.699	50	0.673
26	Graham Rahal	15	00:40.4	44	222.583	63	0.6941
27	Dalton Kellett	4	00:40.5	52	222.371	59	0.7326
28	JR Hildebrand	1	00:40.5	4	222.262	22	0.7525
29	Jack Harvey	60	00:40.5	34	222.113	56	0.7796
30	Max Chilton	59	00:40.6	55	221.89	56	0.8203
31	Pietro Fittipaldi	51	00:40.8	46	220.774	52	1.0254
32	Santino Ferrucci	45	00:40.8	4	220.718	24	1.0358
33	Sebastien Bourdais	14	00:40.9	7	220.137	23	1.1434
34	Stefan Wilson	25	00:41.2	20	218.573	25	1.4359