The Frenchman Pagenaud was very confident with his choices facing this Grand Prix, in a circuit in which, according to him, “you have no time to breathe, there is no straight line going from corner to corner and the bumps hit you to death”. The second best time of the day was scored by Will Power, who was fastest in the first practice session. Championship leader is fit and ready to fight, to extend the lead.
Times of the day:
| Pos. | Piloto | Tiempo | Vueltas |
| 1 | Simon Pagenaud | 1:00.1415 | 46 |
| 2 | Will Power | 1:00.4427 | 48 |
| 3 | Ryan Briscoe | 1:00.6428 | 46 |
| 4 | Luca Filippi | 1:00.6735 | 43 |
| 5 | Helio Castroneves | 1:00.6905 | 48 |
| 6 | Mikhail Aleshin | 1:00.7031 | 46 |
| 7 | James Hinchcliffe | 1:00.7577 | 40 |
| 8 | Takuma Sato | 1:00.7610 | 41 |
| 9 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1:00.7700 | 47 |
| 10 | Tony Kanaan | 1:00.8355 | 43 |
| 11 | Scott Dixon | 1:00.8632 | 46 |
| 12 | Justin Wilson | 1:00.9191 | 39 |
| 13 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 1:00.9854 | 36 |
| 14 | Graham Rahal | 1:00.9989 | 41 |
| 15 | Carlos Muñoz | 1:01.1412 | 47 |
| 16 | Marco Andretti | 1:01.1977 | 39 |
| 17 | Charlie Kimball | 1:01.2047 | 40 |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1:01.2273 | 38 |
| 19 | Carlos Huertas | 1:01.3479 | 42 |
| 20 | Josef Newgarden | 1:01.4330 | 45 |
| 21 | Jack Hawksworth | 1:01.5678 | 38 |
| 22 | Sebastian Saavedra | 1:01.9171 | 40 |
| 23 | Mike Conway | 1:02.2192 | 41 |