2012 96th Indianapolis 500 - Free practice 9 Results
Track Indianapolis
Type Oval
Length 4.023 km.
Trackrecord 0:37.6160
Type Oval
Length 4.023 km.
Trackrecord 0:37.6160
Hélio Castroneves: "It’s interesting going into Turn 1. It looks and feels like the banking is off. As you approach the apex, the banking comes back to normal. Turn 2 is flat out, but not as fast as Turn 1. Turn 3 is the least difficult because of the banking. In Turn 4, you"
| P | Driver | Nat | AVG | Time | GP | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oriol Servià Panther/DRR |
 |
223.752 | 0:40.2231 | 0 | ||
| 2. | Sébastien Bourdais Dragon Racing |
 |
223.479 | 0:40.2722 +0.0491 |
0 | ||
| 3. | Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing |
 |
222.886 | 0:40.3793 +0.1562 |
+0.1071 | 0 | |
| 4. | Wade Cunningham (R) A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
 |
222.794 | 0:40.3961 +0.1730 |
+0.0168 | 0 | |
| 5. | Katherine Legge Dragon Racing |
 |
222.156 | 0:40.5121 +0.2890 |
+0.1160 | 0 | |
| 6. | Mike Conway A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
|
221.423 | 0:40.6461 +0.4230 |
+0.1340 | 0 | |
| 7. | Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport |
|
441.140 | 0:40.6982 +0.4751 |
+0.0521 | 0 | |
| 8. | Will Power Penske |
 |
220.640 | 0:40.7904 +0.5673 |
+0.0922 | 0 | |
| 9. | Justin Wilson Dale Coyne |
|
220.495 | 0:40.8173 +0.5942 |
+0.0269 | 0 | |
| 10. | Hélio Castroneves Penske |
 |
220.217 | 0:40.8688 +0.6457 |
+0.0515 | 0 | |
| 11. | Scott Dixon Ganassi Racing |
|
220.090 | 0:40.8924 +0.6693 |
+0.0236 | 0 | |
| 12. | J.R. Hildebrand Panther/DRR |
|
219.953 | 0:40.9179 +0.6948 |
+0.0255 | 0 | |
| 13. | Dario Franchitti Ganassi Racing |
 |
219.911 | 0:40.9256 +0.7025 |
+0.0077 | 0 | |
| 14. | Tony Kanaan KV Racing |
|
219.749 | 0:40.9558 +0.7327 |
+0.0302 | 0 | |
| 15. | E.J. Viso KV Racing |
 |
219.644 | 0:40.9754 +0.7523 |
+0.0196 | 0 | |
| 16. | Alex Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA |
 |
219.350 | 0:41.0304 +0.8073 |
+0.0550 | 0 | |
| 17. | Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport |
|
219.347 | 0:41.0309 +0.8078 |
+0.0005 | 0 | |
| 18. | Rubens Barrichello (R) KV Racing |
|
219.330 | 0:41.0340 +0.8109 |
+0.0031 | 0 | |
| 19. | James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport |
|
219.197 | 0:41.0590 +0.8359 |
+0.0250 | 0 | |
| 20. | Josef Newgarden SFHR |
|
219.003 | 0:41.0953 +0.8722 |
+0.0363 | 0 | |
| 21. | Sebastian Saavedra Andretti Autosport |
 |
218.939 | 0:41.1074 +0.8843 |
+0.0121 | 0 | |
| 22. | Simon Pagenaud Sam Schmidt |
|
218.905 | 0:41.1137 +0.8906 |
+0.0063 | 0 |