Will Power paced the opening day of practice for this weekend's Izod IndyCar season opener in the streets of St. Petersburg. Photo courtesy IndyCar
A new car was no problem for Will Power.
The Verizon Team Penske driver picked up where he left off on the streets of St. Petersburg, FL, pacing the opening day of practice for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
The Australian recorded a lap of 1:02.0077 in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet — .0854 of a second quicker than Ryan Briscoe in the No. 2 IZOD Team Penske Chevrolet – to earn the right to select his qualifying group for IZOD IndyCar Series Pole Qualifying.
“We didn’t do many laps in the second session, we wanted to conserve tires until we have a better understanding of how they degrade and it puts us in a good position for tomorrow in practice,” Power said. “All in all, we’ll make some changes over night and see what we can come up with for tomorrow.”
“The IZOD Team Penske car is good,” Briscoe said. “It already feels faster than the old car around here, braking later. It feels really good, especially the extra horsepower from the Chevrolet twin-turbo V6. It’s definitely a different feel. There’s a lot of tuning we can do around the engine drivability and the car setup.
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“I’m enjoying it like a kid with a new toy. I’m having a good time with it. I feel like it is suiting my driving style, and I’ve been able to learn a lot about my driving style as well with this new car. It’s good timing with a new engineer, Jonathan Diuguid. He’s doing a great job. It will be his first race as an IndyCar engineer so we’re hoping to kick it off with a good one.”
Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series champion Dario Frachitti was third at 1:02.6099 in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda with his teammates Graham Rahal and Scott Dixon just behind.
“We’re still learning both the engine and the chassis,” said Franchitti. “The Target guys are working hard on it and we have tonight and a practice session tomorrow to get it right for qualifying. You always have these things when you’re developing a new car. It’s a lot of work.”
Qualifying for the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, featuring knockout qualifying and Firestone Fast Six will be held later today (Saturday). The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. (ET) on March 25.
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