On a Friday classified by the driver as “very productive”, Helio Castroneves was the fastest on the first day of practice in Edmonton, Canada, venue of the 11th race of the IZOD IndyCar Series on Sunday.

The driver of the Team Penske Dallara pointed out the advance of DW12 Chevrolet #3 between the first and second practice. “In the first session, the car was a little unbalanced and worked hard on many things, but we knew what they would be. So when we put new tires, the result proved that we were right on, “said the 3rd place holder of the championship.

Despite the good performance on this first day of activities, Helio estimated that the work is just beginning and there is much still ahead. “But we started well and this is very good,” said Castroneves, who runs in Edmonton with the colors of Penske Truck Rental.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car                   Time        Gap
 1.  Helio Castroneves    Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m16.4920s
 2.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m16.4947s  + 0.0027s
 3.  Mike Conway          Foyt Dallara-Honda         1m16.5122s  + 0.0202s
 4.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m16.5740s  + 0.0820s
 5.  Alex Tagliani        Herta Dallara-Honda        1m16.6505s  + 0.1585s
 6.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m16.6875s  + 0.1955s
 7.  Justin Wilson        Coyne Dallara-Honda        1m16.6985s  + 0.2065s
 8.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m16.7067s  + 0.2147s
 9.  Will Power           Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m16.7168s  + 0.2248s
10.  Rubens Barrichello   KV Dallara-Chevy           1m16.8078s  + 0.3158s
11.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher Dallara-Honda       1m16.8225s  + 0.3305s
12.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt Dallara-Honda      1m16.8350s  + 0.3430s
13.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m16.8482s  + 0.3562s
14.  Marco Andretti       Andretti Dallara-Chevy     1m16.8999s  + 0.4079s
15.  Tony Kanaan          KV Dallara-Chevy           1m16.9230s  + 0.4310s
16.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske Dallara-Chevy       1m16.9331s  + 0.4411s
17.  EJ Viso              KV Dallara-Chevy           1m16.9715s  + 0.4795s
18.  Takuma Sato          Rahal Dallara-Honda        1m16.9741s  + 0.4821s
19.  James Jakes          Coyne Dallara-Honda        1m17.2266s  + 0.7346s
20.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi Dallara-Honda      1m17.2478s  + 0.7558s
21.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon Dallara-Chevy       1m17.2593s  + 0.7673s
22.  JR Hildebrand        Panther Dallara-Chevy      1m17.3555s  + 0.8635s
23.  Oriol Servia         Panther/DRR Dallara-Chevy  1m17.4791s  + 0.9871s
24.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM Dallara-Lotus          1m17.8749s  + 1.3829s
25.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter Dallara-Chevy    1m17.9263s  + 1.4343s