In preparation for Sunday’s GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (4 p.m. EST, NBCSN), the full field of 25 IZOD IndyCar Series cars are in action Wednesday to test at Sonoma Raceway.
3:00 P.M. EST: The two-hour morning session is over. James Hinchcliffe of Andretti Autosport was first into the 1:18s as the track heats up from earlier this morning. Times are as follows:
1. James Hinchcliffe, 1:18.9329, 8 Laps
2. Will Power, 1:19.0195, 14
3. Ryan Hunter-Reay, 1:19.0765, 11
4. Sebastien Bourdais, 1:19.1274, 7
5. Dario Franchitti, 1:19.1686, 13
6. Marco Andretti, 1:19.2176, 9
7. Helio Castroneves, 1:19.2274, 12
8. Scott Dixon, 1:19.3863, 11
9. Ryan Briscoe, 1:19.3941, 9
10. Justin Wilson, 1:19.5694, 20
11. James Jakes, 1:19.6803, 6
12. E.J. Viso, 1:19.8605, 6
13. Tony Kanaan, 1:19.8766, 11
14. Josef Newgarden, 1:20.2070, 12
15. Simon Pagenaud, 1:20.2103, 21
16. Lucas Luhr, 1:20.2262, 21
17. Tristan Vautier, 1:20.2717, 12
18. JR Hildebrand, 1:20.3484, 15
19. Simona de Silvestro, 1:20.3937, 16
20. Graham Rahal, 1:20.4018, 22
21. James Davison, 1:21.4025, 12
22. Sebastian Saavedra, 1:43.6028, 1
23. Charlie Kimball, No Time
24. Takuma Sato, No Time
25. Ed Carpenter, No Time
2:00 P.M. EST: A handful of teams got action in last week for a team and manufacturer test. The only driver change since that point is in Dale Coyne’s second car, with Japanese rookie Ryo Hirakawa unable to gather a budget to make his debut, and James Davison returning for his second start in a row.
Past 2 p.m. EST and 11 a.m. PST, four drivers have set representative laps around the 1.99-mile circuit. Simon Pagenaud has the quickest time of 1:20.3785, with Graham Rahal (1:20.6134), Lucas Luhr (1:21.4394), and Davison (1:22.1487). Sebastian Saavedra has turned an installation lap.
Live timing is available throughout the day at racecontrol.indycar.com.