The 2017 IndyCar season is in its 17th and final race with the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway. Which drivers looked solid in the third practice session?
Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud topped this weekend’s third IndyCar practice session at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California with a top lap speed of 112.925 miles per hour (76.0329 seconds) around the 11-turn, 2.385-mile natural terrain road course.
Pagenaud and his three Team Penske Chevrolet teammates all finished the session in the top 5, with Will Power, Josef Newgarden and Helio Castroneves finishing in 3rd, 4th and 5th place, respectively.
The top Honda driver in the practice session was Scott Dixon, who was 2nd fastest. Honda drivers took 11 of the top 15 spots on the speed chart despite the fact that they only took one spot in the top 5. They took all spots from 6th through 15th.
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The fastest non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver in the session was Ed Carpenter Racing’s Spencer Pigot, who was 16th fastest. Sebastien Bourdais was 11th fastest in the session in his Dale Coyne Racing Honda in just his third race back from his nasty wreck in Indianapolis 500 qualifying. Bourdais’ teammate Ed Jones, the lone full-time rookie in the series, was 15th fastest.
Jack Harvey, who is making his second substitution appearance for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports this season, was 18th fastest in the practice session in his Honda car. Zachary Claman DeMelo, who is making his IndyCar debut in a Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, was 22nd fastest. You can see full practice results from the third practice session at Sonoma here.
Qualifications for the race begin at 6:30 PM ET tonight, and they will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) at that time.
The final warm-up for the race will be held tomorrow at 2:30 PM ET before the 85-lap race itself begins at 6:43 PM ET. The race will be broadcast live on NBCSN starting at 6:30 PM ET.
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