Alexander Rossi led an Andretti Autosport 1-2 on Friday with teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay clocking second fastest, but Takuma Sato brought the session to a slightly early close with a shunt exiting Turn 1. The reigning Indy 500 winner and 2013 Long Beach winner lost the rear of his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda as he hit the apex of the left-hander, and ran out of room to gather it up. The right-rear smacked hard against the concrete wall, just beyond where the tire wall halts. He appeared unhurt. To that point, Sato was fourth fastest, behind the Andretti cars and Josef Newgarden of Team Penske-Chevrolet who was forced to miss the last 10 minutes of the session for being tardy in...
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