Sato Leads Strong Kvrt Effort In Edmonton

[Mark H]

IZOD IndyCar Series rookie Takuma Sato looked to be at home Friday in his debut on the City Centre Raceway temporary circuit in the first day of action for Sunday's Honda Indy Edmonton

 

The Japanese driver is competing in just his eleventh race in the series, but posted a top five practice speed in the #5 Lotus-KV Racing Technology Dallara-Honda on the tricky 1.96-mile City Centre Airport circuit. Sato, still getting accustomed to the unique layout and tarmac surface, stayed in the top ten for most of Friday's one-hour practice before vaulting into the top five with his final lap of the day, recording a speed of 114.449mph.

 

“It's my first time here on the Edmonton City Centre Airport track, and it is indeed a pretty unique track," Sato admitted, "It is so wide and extremely bumpy, but we expected this.

 

"We made steady progress throughout the practice session and, as my confidence grew, the car got better over the bumps. The end of the session was quite busy, but we were able to get in a good run which is important before qualifying tomorrow.”

 

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