The session started with some issues on the car of Justin Wilson, who was not able to do a qualifying lap. The first contender to kick the track was Helio Castroneves, who did a nice lap, going provisionally to the first place, but his team mate, Will Power, took the chance of getting one championship point. Scott Dixon was one of the last drivers to do his two-lap attempt, he didn’t need a great lap, so the New Zealander just did a conservative lap, he will start on seventh, a good position to face the challenge. However, Helio Castroneves will be surrounded by his team mates, that will try to ensure the win to the Brazilian, and wait what happens with Scott Dixon. The great surprise of the session has been Sebastien Bourdais, the Frenchman has finished fourth, ahead of Charlie Kimball. Pippa Mann and Takuma Sato weren’t able to set a lap time due to their accidents on free practice.

P Driver Speed 1 Speed 2 Avg speed
1 Will Power 221.057 220.494 220.775
2 Helio Castroneves 220.056 219.300 219.677
3 AJ Allmendinger 218.821 218.966 218.894
4 Sebastien Bourdais 218.973 218.055 218.513
5 Charlie Kimball 218.204 217.769 217.986
6 James Jakes 218.190 217.769 217.979
7 Scott Dixon 218.404 217.557 217.979
8 Marco Andretti 218.705 217.216 217.958
9 Ed Carpenter 217.955 217.908 217.932
10 Josef Newgarden 218.134 217.608 217.871
11 James Hinchcliffe 217.634 217.962 217.798
12 Tony Kanaan 218.332 216.806 217.566
13 Alex Tagliani 217.221 217.617 217.419
14 Carlos Munoz 217.159 216.942 217.050
15 Ryan Hunter-Reay 217.037 216.758 216.898
16 Simon Pagenaud 216.606 216.288 216.447
17 Oriol Servia 216.346 216.081 216.213
18 Graham Rahal 216.260 215.951 216.106
19 JR Hildebrand 216.584 215.354 215.967
20 Tristan Vautier 215.319 215.094 215.207
21 Simona De Silvestro 215.012 214.348 214.679
22 Sebastian Saavedra 214.117 212.414 213.262