A slightly odd first practice session, where the top teams barely showed their hands, saw four-time Champ Car title-winner Sebastien Bourdais emerge top ahead of a strong showing from Honda cars. The Frenchman set a 67.3399sec lap putting him 0.13sec clear of his nearest pursuer, which was Jack Hawksworth, heading up six Honda-powered cars. It was a strong session for both AJ Foyt Racing and Andretti Autosport, as Hawksworth and teammate Takuma Sato finished second and fifth, while Carlos Munoz and Ryan Hunter-Reay were third and fourth for Michael Andretti’s team. Hunter-Reay might possibly have edged his teammate, but for a wicked curb-mounting slide on the exit of Turn 5 which he...
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