Will Power was quickest in the additional practice session held in place of IndyCar qualifying in Sao Paulo this afternoon.
Concerns over the extreme bumps and slippery surface on the brand-new street track's concrete front straight led to the organizers' decision to postpone today's scheduled qualifying session until 8:30 a.m. local time tomorrow morning.
Instead an hour-long practice session was run to give the teams more track time, and Power emerged on top for Penske ahead of Andretti duo Tony Kanaan and Ryan Hunter-Reay. The track surface continued to cause problems during the short session, with Mario Moraes having a heavy impact into the pits straight wall in his KV car. Dale Coyne Racing's Milka Duno also had a couple of incidents.
Diamond grinding equipment will now be used on the track this evening in an effort to resolve the issues in time for qualifying and the race tomorrow. Sunday's revised schedule currently sees a short warm-up session to evaluate the repair at 8 a.m., with qualifying following immediately.