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Dixon second, McLaughlin third in opening Indy 500 practice

by Zane Shackleton
May 19, 2021
in IndyCar, International, News
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Preparations for the Indy 500 has begun, and our Kiwi IndyCar duo is off to a flying start.

Scott Dixon was marginally pipped to the top spot by Graham Rahal in the opening practice session of the month.

The defending series champion lapped the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an average speed of 223.420mph.

Rahal set his best lap on his 18th and final tour, posting a 223.449mph lap to seal the fastest time.

Third place fell the way of Scott McLaughlin, the second New Zealander in the field.

McLaughlin is set to make his Indy 500 debut at the end of the month and already proved he is right on the pace with the leading pack.

His best lap had an average speed of 222.836mph, and he ended up as the fastest Chevrolet-powered car.

At one stage, McLaughlin was sitting as the fastest driver before both Dixon and Rahal improved in the final half an hour.

Two-time winner of the Indy 500 Juan Pablo-Montoya was fractionally slower than McLaughlin in the Arrow McLaren SP Chevy.

Of the two hours of scheduled running, 45 minutes were completed under caution due to light rain.

Only one driver can claim he went more than 30 laps, and that was Will Power, who ended up sixth on the leader boards.

One of the more unusual highlights from the day was when Max Chilton’s helmet air hose blew off and wrapped itself around his rear wing.

His Carlin then trekked back to the pitlane with his air hose dangling liberally behind him.

REPLAY: Interesting start for @maxchilton's #Indy500 practice day as an air hose disconnected from his helmet.

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PNameFSpeed
1Graham Rahal223.449
2Scott Dixon223.420
3Scott McLaughlin222.836
4Juan Pablo Montoya222.781
5Ed Jones222.700
6Will Power222.436
7Santino Ferrucci222.204
8Pato O’Ward222.181
9James Hinchcliffe221.990
10Helio Castroneves221.861
11Conor Daly221.681
12Sage Karam221.328
13Tony Kanaan220.902
14Ryan Hunter-Reay220.805
15Colton Herta220.662
16Marco Andretti220.626
17Alex Palou220.500
18Sebastien Bourdais220.371
19Marcus Ericsson220.104
20Takuma Sato220.007
21Rinus VeeKay219.999
22Ed Carpenter219.620
23Max Chilton219.027
24Simon Pagenaud218.994
25Felix Rosenqvist218.733
26Simona De Silvestro218.484
27Alexander Rossi217.716
28Pietro Fittipaldi217.576
29Josef Newgarden216.101
30Dalton Kellett14.277

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