Scott Dixon topped the speed chart in the first practice session for the 12th race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the Honda Indy Toronto.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon topped the speed chart in the first of three practice sessions for the Honda Indy Toronto, which is the 12th race of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season. The race is the eighth of 11 road or street course races of the season, and it is the fifth and final street course race of 2018.
Dixon topped the speed chart in the practice session by recording a top lap time of 60.7474 seconds (105.842 miles per hour) in his #9 Honda around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile (2.874-kilometer) temporary street circuit at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dixon led a top six Honda sweep of the speed chart in this practice session. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal, Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, Andretti Herta Autosport’s Marco Andretti and Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais finished the session in second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth place in their #15, Honda, #27 Honda, #30 Honda, #98 Honda and #18 Honda, respectively.
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Team Penske’s Will Power was the highest finishing Chevrolet driver on the speed chart in the practice session. He finished in seventh place in his #12 Chevrolet. His two teammates, Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden, finished in 12th and 13th in their #22 Chevrolet and #1 Chevrolet, respectively.
The only non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver who finished the practice session in the top 14 on the speed chart was A.J. Foyt Enterprises rookie Matheus Leist. Leist was the second highest finishing Chevrolet driver in the session, as he finished in ninth place in his #4 Honda.
The second practice session for the Honda Indy Toronto is scheduled to take place this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. ET, and the third and final practice session for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning at 9:50 a.m. ET. Qualifying for the race is scheduled to take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:55 p.m. ET.
All three of these sessions are scheduled to be broadcast live on IndyCar RaceControl, the IndyCar app, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Qualifying is scheduled to re-air at 5:00 p.m. ET tomorrow evening on NBC Sports Network.
Here are the full results of the first practice session for the 2018 Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Exhibition Place.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 2 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 3 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 4 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 5 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 6 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 7 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 9 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 11 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 12 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 15 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 18 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 20 | Conor Daly | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Rene Binder | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
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Tune in to NBC Sports Network at 3:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, July 15 to watch the live broadcast of the 2018 Honda Indy Toronto from the streets of Exhibition Place.