Will Power topped the third and final practice session for the fourth race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.
Team Penske’s Will Power topped the speed chart in the third and final practice session for the fourth race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, in his #12 Chevrolet.
Power topped the speed chart in this practice session by turning a fast lap at 67.3430 seconds (122.953 miles per hour) around the 17-turn, 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park natural terrain road course in Birmingham, Alabama.
Power, however, was the only Chevrolet driver to finish the session in the top 5. Honda drivers Robert Wickens of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing, and Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport finished the session in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th place, respectively.
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The three Team Penske drivers were the top three Chevrolet drivers in the practice session. Defending IndyCar champion and last year’s Barber race winner Josef Newgarden finished the session in 6th place, and 2016 IndyCar champion and 2016 Barber race winner Simon Pagenaud finished the session in 7th. The fastest non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver of the practice session was Ed Carpenter Racing’s Jordan King, who finished the session in 8th.
Qualifying for the race is set to take place later this afternoon at 4:05 pm ET, and it is set to be broadcast live on CNBC starting at 4:00 pm ET. Later tonight, it is set to air on a delay starting at 6:30 pm ET on NBC Sports Network. The race itself is set to start at roughly 3:30 pm ET on Sunday, April 22nd and it is set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network on that day starting at 3:00 pm ET.
Here are the full practice results for the first practice session for the 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 3 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 5 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 6 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 7 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 9 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 10 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 11 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 12 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 13 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 16 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 17 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 21 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 22 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Rene Binder | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
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Be sure to tune in to CNBC this evening at 4:00 pm ET for qualifying or NBC Sports Network this evening at 6:30 pm ET, and be sure to watch the live broadcast of the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama by tuning in to NBC Sports Network tomorrow at 3:00 pm ET.