Friday, April 13, 2012

Friday at Long Beach

Rain and wind dominated the day as IndyCar had two practice sessions. Only 18 cars took the track for practice number one and only Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon took the track for P2. Marco Andretti led the first session and Franchitti led the second one. Three cars had incidents over the two sessions. Simona de Silvestro and Takuma Sato had incidents at the same time but at separate parts of the track as the first session was coming to a close. And in the final session, Scott Dixon hit the wall under braking on a very wet track.

Add Katherine Legge and Oriol Sevia to those who have been handed 10 grid spot penalties this weekend because of engine changes.

Tomorrow, IndyCar has one more practice before qualifying, which can be seen at 6pm on NBC Sports Network.