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Dixon top-five in Indy 500 practice

by Zane Shackleton
May 21, 2021
in IndyCar, International, News
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Scott Dixon continued to impress on the fourth day of Indy 500 practice, posting the fifth-best time in the Six Hour open session.

Dixon led the opening half of the session on a day where teams experimented primarily with race set-ups and non-tow laps.

Tony Kanaan was the overall fastest, with his best marker coming during ‘happy hour’ late in the afternoon.

The Chip Ganassi driver clocked a 225.341mph to edge the ever-consistent Conor Daly to the top spot.

Third fell the way of Santino Ferrucci despite the 22-year-old suffering a hefty shunt at turn two.

REPLAY: @SantinoFerrucci has been checked and will be sent to Methodist Hospital for further evaluation following this incident at @IMS.#INDYCAR // #INDY500 pic.twitter.com/CpQa1zf0Vf

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 20, 2021

Ferrucci limped from his wrecked car to the awaiting medical crew. However, the team are adamant both their driver and car will be back in action ahead of qualifying this weekend.

“He has a minor injury of his left leg,” said IndyCar’s Dr Billows about Ferrucci. “He’s able to bear weight.”

Dixon set a respectable 65 laps over the day, and while it was one of the smallest lap counts, his non-tow pace remained one of the fastest among the field.

The fastest non-tow lap went to Jack Harvey.

Scott McLaughlin’s morning began with a scare as he narrowly avoided a collision after coming across a trio of Rahal Letterman Lanigan cars.

REPLAY: Early contact between @ColtonHerta and @smclaughlin93.

📺: @peacockTV – https://t.co/Py4Niuv2PQ
📲: INDYCAR Mobile powered by NTT DATA – https://t.co/vyuISIgHnX #INDYCAR // #INDY500 // @IMS pic.twitter.com/z2u9sI6cDs

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) May 20, 2021

The three cars were travelling at abnormally slow speeds for a staged team photo just as McLaughlin and Colton Herta arrived at significantly higher pace out of turn four.

The pair made small contact as Herta darted to a closing gap between McLaughlin and the outside wall.

In the end, McLaughlin completed 60 laps and finished 13th.

Scott McLaughlin

The three RHL cars were reprimanded for the lousy incident and are punished with 30 minutes less practice tomorrow.

Tomorrow’s fifth practice day is colloquially known as ‘Fast Friday’, as teams turn up the wick and the fastest times of the entire month are laid down.

PNameSpeed
1Tony Kanaan225.341
2Conor Daly225.245
3Santino Ferrucci224.922
4Josef Newgarden224.885
5Scott Dixon224.666
6Rinus VeeKay224.409
7Helio Castroneves224.393
8Marcus Ericsson224.273
9Takuma Sato224.232
10Colton Herta223.944
11Alex Palou223.679
12Ryan Hunter-Reay223.548
13Scott McLaughlin223.491
14Pato O’Ward223.333
15Will Power223.230
16Felix Rosenqvist223.199
17Jack Harvey223.116
18Marco Andretti222.623
19Ed Jones222.604
20Ed Carpenter222.441
21Alexander Rossi222.412
22Juan Pablo Montoya222.384
23Simon Pagenaud222.364
24Dalton Kellett221.926
25Stefan Wilson221.804
26Graham Rahal221.748
27Pietro Fittipaldi221.602
28Sage Karam221.411
29Charlie Kimball221.251
30JR Hildebrand221.173
31Simona De Silvestro220.911
32James Hinchcliffe220.822
33Max Chilton220.489
34Sebastien Bourdais219.876
35RC Enerson217.444

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