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Saturday, 05 April 2008
tacrewstpeteprac-th.jpgWill Power has started the Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg in a positive fashion with fifth fastest in practice at the St Petersburg street circuit in Florida today.

Power, who is starting his second IndyCar Series event this weekend, put his very limited experience in a Honda-powered Dallara IndyCar behind him to put the #8 Aussie Vineyards - Team Australia Honda/Dallara/Firestone in the top five on his first visit to the 1.8 mile/2.89km street circuit. Power was fourth fastest in the second practice session of the day, putting him fifth fastest for the day when times from the two sessions were combined. Power was joined by fellow ‘transitional’ driver Justin Wilson in the top five on the combinedtagaragestpeteprac-th.jpg practice times, with defending St Petersburg polesitter and race winner Helio Castroneves the fastest driver today.

After a steady start to the day with 21st fastest in the first session, Power and his crew from KV Racing Technology made set-up changes to decrease the understeer (push) in the Aussie Vineyards car. The changes paid dividends and Power was right on the pace in the second session, within 0.3 seconds of the fastest time of the day.

Final practice and PEAK Motor Oil Pole Qualifying will be held tomorrow, with a unique knockout qualifying format making it’s IndyCar debut. On Sunday (Monday morning Australian time), the 100-lap Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg will be staged, shown live on ESPN in both the United States and Australia.

willsidechmsfri-th.jpgWHAT THE TEAM HAD TO SAY …

Will Power - #8 Aussie Vineyards - Team Australia Honda/Dallara/Firestone

“This was a much better second practice session for KVRT Aussie Vineyards - Team Australia,” said Power.

“The car earlier was really out of the window, but we worked out a couple of things. The team made the adjustments we needed to make and now it is much better to drive, much more for my style, so I am looking forward to tomorrow’s qualifying.

“Hopefully, we can make a couple more improvements and we will see how we go.”

Craig Gore - Team Australia

“Will and the team did a good job of improving the car between sessions and thewpowerdfaustinostpete-th.jpg end result was a fantastic fifth fastest for the day,” said Gore.

“It’s only Friday practice, but it’s a positive sign to start the weekend and with every session Will and the KVRT crew learn something more about the Dallara.

“Qualifying will be quite exciting tomorrow. St Pete is a very challenging street course and the new format will make it very interesting.

“Team Australia fans know how good Will is at qualifying on a street course from the last few years, so it will be a good chance to see where we are at compared to the other teams.”

RESULTS: Practice 1 and 2 - Combined Times
1. #3 Helio Castroneves 1:03.3068
2. #11 Tony Kanaan 1:03.3680
3. #27 Hideki Mutoh 1:03.4491
4. #02 Justin Wilson 1:03 5210
5. #8 Will Power 1:03.5983
6. #34 Franck Perera 1:03.6346
7. #4 Vitor Meira 1:03.6505
8. #26 Marco Andretti 1:03.6576
9. #9 Scott Dixon 1:03.7358
10. #5 Oriol Servia 1:03.7377

2008 IndyCar Series Points Standings
1. #9 Scott Dixon 50
2. #26 Marco Andretti 43
3. #10 Dan Wheldon 35
4. #3 Helio Castroneves 32
5. #20 Ed Carpenter 30
6. #7 Danica Patrick 28
7. #17 Ryan Hunter-Reay 26
8. #11 Tony Kanaan 24
9. #2 AJ Foyt IV 22
10. #4 Vitor Meira 20
25. #8 Will Power 10

RACE SCHEDULE
Local Florida (US Eastern) Times
Final Practice
Saturday 5 April 2008
8:05am – 9:05am

PEAK Motor Oil Qualifying
Saturday 5 April 2008
10:55am – 12:25pm

Warm-Up
Sunday 6 April 2008
8:30am – 9:00am

Race - Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg
Sunday 6 April 2008
2:45pm - 100 laps

UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE
Sunday 6 April 2008
ESPN
2:30pm - 5:00pm US Eastern

AUSTRALIAN TIMES
Australian Eastern Daylight Savings/Standard Times
Final Practice
Saturday 5 April 2008
11:05am – 12:05pm

PEAK Motor Oil Qualifying
Sunday 6 April 2008
1:55am – 3:25pm

Warm-Up
Sunday 6 April 2008
11:30am – 12:00pm

Race - Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg
Monday 7 April 2008
4:45am - 100 laps

AUSTR! ALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Monday 7 April 2008
ESPN 4:3 0am - 7:00am AEST

ABOUT ST PETERSBURG STREET CIRCUIT
Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg
Venue: Streets of St Petersburg

Location: St Petersburg, Florida

Type: 1.8 mile/2.89km temporary street circuit
Distance: 100 laps - 180 miles/289.7km

INDYCAR SERIES RECORD BOOK
Defending Race Winner: Helio Castroneves
Defending Polesitter: Helio Castroneves
 
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