Andretti Autosport - ANGIE'S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS PRACTICE REPORT

ANGIE'S LIST GRAND PRIX OF INDIANAPOLIS
PRACTICE REPORT

 The Verizon IndyCar Series returned home today for opening day on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. After two practice sessions, it was DHL driver Ryan Hunter-Reay on top for the team on the combined time charts, though rookie Alexander Rossi did spend time at P1 this afternoon. Additionally, Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti and Carlos Muñoz made their rounds in the top nine during morning practice at IMS.

All practice sessions and qualifying for the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis will be available on the INDYCAR YouTube channel www.youtube.com/indycar and RaceControl.IndyCar.com. Live race broadcast will start at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday on ABC. Additionally, the INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts all session and the race live on network affiliates, Sirius 212, XM 209, IndyCar.com, indycarradio.com and the INDYCAR Mobile app.

 Ryan Hunter-Reay
No. 28 DHL Honda
"We started making some gains in the second practice session. Certainly a lot better here than we were last year, so we need to find two-tenths of a second to put us in the mix for the (Firestone) Fast Six. Hopefully we’ll put our heads together tonight and find it for the DHL team."

Marco Andretti
No. 27 Snapple Honda
"We just lost the balance from this morning. This morning the Snapple car was behaving well, this afternoon we had a couple problems every corner – understeer, snap loose and just trying to combat one of them. We don’t know which one to fix first. We lost the car in Practice 2, Practice 1 the car was good so just trying to figure that out."

Alexander Rossi
No. 98 Castrol Edge/Curb Honda
"It’s the best Friday we’ve had in a while. I think the car started off pretty good – or better than it has off the truck which is encouraging. We found quite a bit there right at the end of the second session so I think we have a good starting point going into tomorrow."

Carlos Muñoz
No. 26 hhgregg Honda
"We didn’t run in Free Practice 2 because of mechanical issues. We still don’t know yet what happened really. FP1 was kind of ok, we’ll see tomorrow. The goal today was to do the miles to change the engine in the hhgregg car. We’ll see tomorrow with the new engine how it goes."