First Practice Session for the Indy Japan 300

PATRICK CARPENTIER NEWS BUREAU UPDATE

Round Four of the IndyCar Series in Japan


First Practice Session for the Indy Japan 300

Montreal, April 27, 2005 -  Patrick Carpentier completed his first 
practice session in preparation for Saturday's Indy Japan 300 to be 
held at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan.

Carpentier finished 9th with a lap time of 27.7425 seconds around the 
2.414-kilometre (1.5-mile) egg-shaped oval course. He averaged 
309.383 km/h. His teammate Alex Barron finished 14th overall with a 
lap time of 27.9011 seconds (315.625 km/h).

Fastest of the 23 drivers entered for Round 4 of the Indy Car Series 
2005 was Sam Hornish Jr. with a lap time of 27.1146 seconds (324.781 
km/h). The American driver posted his quickest time on the last lap 
of the session, edging Brazilian Helio Castroneves (27.1812 s) by 
sixth hundredths of a second. Third fastest was Brazilian Tony 
Kanaan, followed by countrymen Vitor Meira. Dario Franchitti rounds 
out the top five.

Drivers will return on track for the second practice session 
beginning at 12:45 a.m. Eastern  Time. A second daily report will be 
issued after the second session.


Indy Japan 300  @ Twin Ring Motegi
On-Track Race Schedule

		Eastern Time
Thursday, April 28	IndyCar Practice 2	12:45 a.m. - 02:15 a.m.

Thursday, April 28	IndyCar Practice 3	08:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
	IndyCar Qualifying	11:30 p.m. -

Friday, April 29	IndyCar Warm-Up	02:45 a.m. - 03:15 a.m.
Saturday, April 30	IndyCar Race	12:01 a.m.   -                
	(200 laps - 483 km/300 miles)