In the final session of the Verizon IndyCar Series test at Phoenix International Raceway, Helio Castroenves would post the quickest time of the weekend to top the charts. His lap of 19.2735 seconds would be just 0.01 seconds quicker than his Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud’s lap from the Saturday afternoon session.
“We had a little issue with the Hitachi car in the first session, but were able to take full advantage of the second one,” Castroneves said. “The car seemed to be very solid in qualifying trim and we were able to jump into race mode. It’s going to be fast and non-stop. The Phoenix fans are going to have a heck of a race.”
Ed Carpenter Racing seems to be set for another strong year after some success last year with Josef Newgarden scoring a pair of wins, as teammates Newgarden and Carpenter timed in third and fourth, quickest.
Marco Andretti would be the only Honda in the top-seven spots, timing in fifth quickest.
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Tony Kanaan was sixth quickest, followed by Will Power, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon and Juan Pablo Montoya.