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Fernando Alonso completes over 300 miles during Indy 500 Monday practice

Speeds down at Indianapolis as teams focus on race setups

By William Esler

Tuesday 23 May 2017 08:56, UK

Fernando Alonso completed over 300 miles as teams focused on their race setups during Monday's practice session for the 2017 Indianapolis 500.

Having secured a second row start in qualifying over the weekend, attention turned to the race during the three-and-a-half hour session, with Alonso completing 122 laps of the famous speedway.

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The Spaniard finished the session 12th on the timesheet, with a best average lap speed of 226.147 mph, significantly down on the lap of 231.475 mph he managed during qualifying on Sunday.

The session itself was topped by Britain's Max Chilton who had a best lap of 228.592 mph among the 108 laps he completed for Chip Ganassi Racing.

"The more laps you do around here, the more you learn," said Chilton. "I don't think anyone out there is overly happy with their car in race traffic. You keep trying to learn, trying to get it better.

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"In clear air, I seem to be pretty competitive. In dirty air, I started to learn how to time the moves. This is going to be my second 500. I'm still learning but it's always nice to finish the day at the top of the time sheet."

It was also a British driver in second spot with Ed Jones 0.0818 mph slower than Chilton. Sunday's pole-sitter Scott Dixon was third quickest, a further 0.1655 mph back.

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The busiest driver of the day was Jack Harvey, with the Briton completing two more laps than Alonso. He was 21st on the timesheet.

As for the other British drivers, Jay Howard was 15th (225.946 mph) and Pippa Mann 29th (223.524 mph).

Ahead of the session, James Davison was afforded extra time on track as he took to the wheel of the number 18 Dale Coyne Racing car for the first time. The Australian will deputise for Sebastien Bourdais who underwent surgery following a horror crash in Saturday's qualifying session.

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Indy 500 Monday practice

Position Driver Team Engine Speed (mph) Laps
1. Max Chilton Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 228.592 108
2. Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing Honda 228.118 86
3. Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 227.165 98
4. Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 226.998 95
5. Takumo Sato Andretti Autosport Honda 226.806 80
6. Helio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 226.705 121
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 226.542 61
8. Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet 226.381 87
9. Alexander Rossi Andretti Herta Autosport Honda 226.376 70
10. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 226.224 66
11. Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 226.199 109
12. Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda Andretti Honda 226.147 122
13. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 225.967 68
14. Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225.955 83
15. Jay Howard Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 225.946 82
16. Gabby Chaves Harding Racing Chevrolet 225.931 80
17. Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225.729 119
18. James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 225.504 94
19. Oriol Servia Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 225.389 36
20. Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 225.234 72
21. Jack Harvey Michael Shank Racing with Andretti Autosport Honda 224.823 124
22. Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 224.793 99
23. Conor Daly A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 224.727 87
24. Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 224.651 55
25. Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 224.442 79
26. J.R. Hildebrand Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 224.337 89
27. Carlos Munoz A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 223.749 69
28. James Davison Dale Coyne Racing Honda 223.670 88
29. Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 223.524 60
30. Sebastian Saavedra Juncos Racing Chevrolet 222.965 69
31. Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing Chevrolet 222.093 45
32. Zach Veach A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 221.612 61
33. Buddy Lazier Lazier Racing Partners Chevrolet 218.998 43

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