Results: Sato, Ganassi on top in Indy practice

Takuma Sato has recorded the fastest lap on the opening day of practice for the 107th Running of the Indy 500 to lead a Chip Ganassi Racing one-two, all four of the team’s entries in the top seven.

The prior day’s scheduled running (May 16) was cancelled due to poor weather, making what was officially Day 2 of practice the first time the 34-car field made onto the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

With a day of practice lost and the threat of rain Friday, most teams opted to run race set ups.

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“We learned a lot today, and it was good to see the Ganassi guys at the top,” Sato said. “The handling is not what I want … there is a sign to what direction we want to go in,” he added.

“It’s only the first day, and the tow made the speeds.”

Sato’s team-mate Scott Dixon laid down an early benchmark of 229.174mph on only his fourth lap, which remained the top of the totem for the majority of the marathon six-hour session.

Sato then recorded a 229.439mph lap to replace Dixon at the top of the timesheet, with AJ Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci the next best – and fastest Chevrolet entry – with a 228.977mph lap.

Ferrucci’s lap interrupted a potential Chip Ganassi Racing trifecta, with Alex Palou’s 228.720mph fourth fastest, while last year’s Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson was seventh (227.701) to see all four of Ganassi cars in the top seven.

Scott McLaughlin completed 136 laps, more than anyone in the top ten, and was the fastest Team Penkse driver in fifth (228.473mph), ahead of Colton Herta (228.057mph), Ericsson and Ryan Hunter-Reay (227.619).

Josef Newgarden in ninth was the second-fastest Penske (227.463mph), with Marco Andretti rounding out the top ten with 226.982mph.

2022 IndyCar Series winner Will Power was 12th in the Team Penske #12 with a 226.866mph effort.

Except for a kiss of the wall by Graham Rahal’s Honda, the five cautions during the session were for track inspections.

Earlier, R.C. Enerson took to the track to undertake his rookie orientation, turning ten laps in the 205-210mph range and fifteen laps at 210-215mph.

The requisite fifteen laps over 215mph were cut short when a yellow flag was called for track inspection with ten minutes remaining in the final phase, with Enerson completing his orientation later in the day.

Rank	Driver	Car No.	Best Time	In Lap	Best Speed	Total Laps	Difference	Gap
1	Takuma Sato	11	00:39.2261	78	229.439	92	–.—-	–.—-
2	Scott Dixon	9	00:39.2714	4	229.174	93	0.0453	0.0453
3	Santino Ferrucci	14	00:39.3053	75	228.977	79	0.0792	0.0339
4	Alex Palou	10	00:39.3494	56	228.720	108	0.1233	0.0441
5	Scott McLaughlin	3	00:39.3919	134	228.473	136	0.1658	0.0425
6	Colton Herta	26	00:39.4639	84	228.057	115	0.2378	0.0720
7	Marcus Ericsson	8	00:39.5256	65	227.701	110	0.2995	0.0617
8	Ryan Hunter-Reay	23	00:39.5397	56	227.619	81	0.3136	0.0141
9	Josef Newgarden	2	00:39.5668	94	227.463	111	0.3407	0.0271
10	Marco Andretti	98	00:39.6507	26	226.982	74	0.4246	0.0839
11	Jack Harvey	30	00:39.6659	65	226.895	78	0.4398	0.0152
12	Will Power	12	00:39.6710	31	226.866	118	0.4449	0.0051
13	Graham Rahal	15	00:39.6973	65	226.716	79	0.4712	0.0263
14	Conor Daly	20	00:39.7333	104	226.510	123	0.5072	0.0360
15	Stefan Wilson	24	00:39.7728	89	226.285	109	0.5467	0.0395
16	David Malukas	18	00:39.7982	86	226.141	110	0.5721	0.0254
17	Simon Pagenaud	60	00:39.7988	78	226.137	107	0.5727	0.0006
18	Rinus VeeKay	21	00:39.8524	145	225.833	151	0.6263	0.0536
19	Alexander Rossi	7	00:39.8929	88	225.604	142	0.6668	0.0405
20	Pato O’Ward	5	00:39.9100	117	225.507	122	0.6839	0.0171
21	Benjamin Pedersen	55	00:39.9149	82	225.480	114	0.6888	0.0049
22	Agustin Canapino	78	00:39.9242	48	225.427	97	0.6981	0.0093
23	Tony Kanaan	66	00:39.9528	44	225.266	81	0.7267	0.0286
24	Helio Castroneves	06	00:39.9727	66	225.154	84	0.7466	0.0199
25	Kyle Kirkwood	27	00:40.0199	21	224.888	108	0.7938	0.0472
26	Sting Ray Robb	51	00:40.0340	69	224.809	103	0.8079	0.0141
27	Felix Rosenqvist	6	00:40.0435	73	224.756	98	0.8174	0.0095
28	Ed Carpenter	33	00:40.0464	3	224.739	123	0.8203	0.0029
29	Devlin DeFrancesco	29	00:40.0778	88	224.563	110	0.8517	0.0314
30	Romain Grosjean	28	00:40.0802	82	224.550	105	0.8541	0.0024
32	Christian Lundgaard	45	00:40.1249	110	224.300	112	0.8988	0.0288
33	RC Enerson	50	00:40.1755	25	224.017	29	0.9494	0.0506
34	Callum Ilott	77	00:40.2849	66	223.409	80	1.0588	0.1094