Dixon quickest in Indy 500 Practice 3

Scott Dixon has topped the first six-hour practice session of the 2021 Indianapolis 500.

The six-time IndyCar Series winner was unrivalled in Practice 3 this morning (AEST), lowering the benchmark time of the event to a 39.6774s.

Dixon is the only driver to have gone quicker than Will Power’s Practice 2-leading effort of a 39.7403s yesterday.

All up, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver completed 108 laps as teams and drivers begin ramping up preparations.

Dixon was one of 19 drivers to log 100 or more laps in Practice 3 – Scott McLaughlin and Simona De Silvestro also among that group – with Graham Rahal’s 127 the highest count.

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When the session ended, Dixon was 0.0801s clear of Conor Daly in second, and Ed Carpenter made it a two-three for Ed Carpenter Racing.

Marcus Ericsson, Tony Kanaan, Sebastien Bourdais, Pato O’Ward, Alex Palou, Sage Karam and Marco Andretti finished fourth through 10th.

Power was 15th and McLaughlin 17th for Team Penske, while De Silvestro had to settle for 24th.

The top 32 cars were separated by less than nine tenths of a second.

RC Enerson’s Top Gun Racing Chevrolet was the only car of the 35 entries not to run in the session.

Practice 4 takes place tomorrow from 02:00 to 08:00 (AEST), as weekend qualifying looms.

The 200-lap race itself will take place on the morning of May 31 (AEST).

Practice 3 results: Indianapolis 500

RANK	DRIVER	CAR NO.	BEST TIME	IN LAP	BEST SPEED	TOTAL LAPS	DIFF.
1	Scott Dixon	9	00:39.7	60	226.829	108	–.—-
2	Conor Daly	47	00:39.8	34	226.372	98	0.0801
3	Ed Carpenter	20	00:39.8	53	226.103	109	0.1275
4	Marcus Ericsson	8	00:39.8	2	226.007	94	0.1444
5	Tony Kanaan	48	00:39.9	44	225.774	71	0.1855
6	Sebastien Bourdais	14	00:39.9	9	225.491	98	0.2355
7	Pato O’Ward	5	00:39.9	39	225.409	105	0.2501
8	Alex Palou	10	00:39.9	79	225.302	100	0.269
9	Sage Karam	24	00:39.9	42	225.3	67	0.2693
10	Marco Andretti	98	00:40.0	45	225.018	90	0.3194
11	Rinus VeeKay	21	00:40.0	24	224.993	111	0.3239
12	Alexander Rossi	27	00:40.0	34	224.988	104	0.3247
13	Helio Castroneves	6	00:40.0	70	224.875	110	0.3449
14	Graham Rahal	15	00:40.0	65	224.813	127	0.3559
15	Will Power	12	00:40.0	67	224.785	93	0.3608
16	Ryan Hunter-Reay	28	00:40.0	58	224.781	104	0.3615
17	Scott McLaughlin	3	00:40.1	87	224.352	112	0.4381
18	Colton Herta	26	00:40.1	81	224.315	120	0.4448
19	Jack Harvey	60	00:40.1	49	224.236	114	0.4588
20	Takuma Sato	30	00:40.2	86	224.057	116	0.4909
21	Ed Jones	18	00:40.2	76	223.846	126	0.5289
22	Felix Rosenqvist	7	00:40.2	37	223.779	116	0.5409
23	Juan Pablo Montoya	86	00:40.3	49	223.549	61	0.5823
24	Simona De Silvestro	16	00:40.3	100	223.545	120	0.583
25	JR Hildebrand	1	00:40.3	50	223.523	62	0.587
26	Max Chilton	59	00:40.3	64	223.19	81	0.6469
27	Stefan Wilson	25	00:40.3	78	223.046	105	0.673
28	Simon Pagenaud	22	00:40.4	34	222.983	80	0.6845
29	Pietro Fittipaldi	51	00:40.4	121	222.596	126	0.7546
30	Josef Newgarden	2	00:40.4	20	222.544	68	0.7641
31	Dalton Kellett	4	00:40.5	108	222.496	119	0.7727
32	James Hinchcliffe	29	00:40.5	61	222.13	97	0.8395
33	Charlie Kimball	11	00:40.7	83	221.244	83	1.0017
34	Santino Ferrucci	45	00:41.1	12	219.088	31	1.4019