12 drivers were present, 9 of which were rookies, all battling it out to see who had an edge ahead of the upcoming first race on the streets of St Petersberg which will be held 27th March.
Series veteran Gustavo Yacaman set the pace for most of the session with a best of 1'15"97, which until 20 minutes before the end was the fastest time, just over 2 tenths of a second faster than
the trio of David Ostella, Esteban Guerreri and Josef Newgarden who all posted a time of 1'16"2
So with 20 minutes left on the clock 20 year old rookie Josef Newgarden in his Sam Schmidt Motorsports car hit the front and ousted Yacaman from the top spot with a time of 1'15"67.
With only 12 cars present there was sometimes little action on track but with just 10 minutes remaining Connor Daly found some pace and leapt up the order to 5th with a respectable time of 1'16"49.
1. Josef Newgarden - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - 1'15"67 (52)
2. Gustavo Yacaman - Team Moore Racing +0.30 (53)
3. David Ostella - Jensen Motorsport +0.54 (41)
4. Esteban Guerrieri - Sam Schmidt Motorsports +0.55 (41)
5. Connor Daly - Sam Schmidt Motorsports +0.82 (52)
6. Victor Garcia - Team Moore Racing +0.86 (48)
7. Peter Dempsey - Racing Technology +0.97 (41)
8. Stefan Wilson - Andretti Autosport +1.23 (40)
9. Victor Carbone - Sam Schmidt Motorsports +1.28 (54)
10. Juan Pablo Garcia - Jensen Motorsport +1.32 (48)
11. Duarte Ferreira - Bryan Herta Autosport +1.62 (54)
12. Philip Major - Andretti Autosport +1.76 (46)
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