IndyCar: Bourdais leads FP1 at Mid-Ohio

By alley | July 31, 2015 6:01 PM ET

Sebastien Bourdais ended the morning fastest after a busy first practice session for this weekend’s IndyCar round at Mid-Ohio.

The Frenchman first took his place at the top two-thirds of the way through the session, and reclaimed it right at the end with a 1m06.2034s flying lap in his KV Racing Technology Dallara-Chevrolet.

Will Power finished the session second-fastest for Penske with a time 0.16s down on Bourdais’, despite a 360-degree spin in the closing minutes.

Power’s spin was entirely in keeping with the tone of the morning, during which nearly 10 minutes were spent under red flags due to single-car incidents.

Culprits included Stefano Coletti, Luca Filippi (both of whom also spent short stints in first place early on), and Tony Kanaan, although all were spared contact with the barriers.

It was also an abridged session for points leader Juan Pablo Montoya, who was forced to watch most of the session from the pits while his Team Penske crew worked to sort out a problem with the alternator on his car.

He finally managed to hit the track with just enough time to complete a dozen laps.

PRACTICE ONE TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.2034ss	1m06.2034s	26
2	Will Power	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.3658ss	0.1624s	25
3	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.3823ss	0.1789s	28
4	Takuma Sato	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara/Honda	1m06.3944ss	0.1910s	22
5	Jack Hawksworth	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Dallara/Honda	1m06.4845ss	0.2811s	28
6	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.4895ss	0.2861s	20
7	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Dallara/Honda	1m06.6307ss	0.4273s	23
8	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	1m06.6395ss	0.4361s	19
9	Carlos Munoz	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	1m06.6921ss	0.4887s	24
10	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.7361ss	0.5327s	25
11	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	1m06.7564ss	0.5530s	18
12	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.7700ss	0.5666s	22
13	Tristan Vautier	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara/Honda	1m06.8592ss	0.6558s	31
14	Gabby Chaves	Bryan Herta Autosport	Dallara/Honda	1m06.8666ss	0.6632s	33
15	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.8733ss	0.6699s	17
16	Ryan Briscoe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara/Honda	1m06.9967ss	0.7933s	24
17	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m06.9977ss	0.7943s	22
18	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Dallara/Honda	1m07.0069ss	0.8035s	24
19	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m07.0102ss	0.8068s	30
20	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara/Honda	1m07.0114ss	0.8080s	27
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m07.1050ss	0.9016s	12
22	Stefano Coletti	KV Racing Technology	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m07.1711ss	0.9677s	33
23	Sage Karam	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara/Chevrolet	1m07.3675ss	1.1641s	29
24	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara/Honda	1m07.6283ss	1.4249s	34