O norte-americano Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) foi o mais rápido nos treinos livres desta sexta-feira em Mid-Ohio. No primeiro treino livre, Hunter-Reay marcou o tempo de 1m06s531.
O francês Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) foi o segundo, seguido pelo neozelandês Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi) e o russo Mikhail Aleshin (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports).
LÁder do campeonato, o brasileiro Hélio Castroneves (Penske) foi apenas o 18º, duas posições a frente do compatriota Tony Kanaan (Chip Ganassi).
Tempos:
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay (H) 122.180mph 1:06.5316s Practice 1 (22 laps)
2. Simon Pagenaud (H) 121.920mph 1:06.6731s Practice 1 (20 laps)
3. Scott Dixon (C) 121.845mph 1:06.7140s Practice 1 (21 laps)
4. Mikhail Aleshin (H) 121.820mph 1:06.7280s Practice 1 (31 laps)
5. Sebastien Bourdais (C) 121.654mph 1:06.8192s Practice 1 (37 laps)
6. James Hinchcliffe (H) 121.567mph 1:06.8669s Practice 1 (23 laps)
7. Marco Andretti (H) 121.566mph 1:06.8675s Practice 1 (23 laps)
8. Juan Pablo Montoya (C) 121.564mph 1:06.8686s Practice 1 (25 laps)
9. Carlos Munoz (H) 121.541mph 1:06.8810s Practice 2 (28 laps)
10. Ryan Briscoe (C) 121.514mph 1:06.8962s Practice 1 (40 laps)
11. Carlos Huertas (H) 121.511mph 1:06.8977s Practice 1 (38 laps)
12. Takuma Sato (H) 121.495mph 1:06.9065s Practice 2 (23 laps)
13. Graham Rahal (H) 121.307mph 1:07.0099s Practice 1 (40 laps)
14. Will Power (C) 121.280mph 1:07.0248s Practice 1 (30 laps)
15. Josef Newgarden (H) 121.275mph 1:07.0276s Practice 1 (34 laps)
16. Justin Wilson (H) 121.220mph 1:07.0583s Practice 2 (27 laps)
17. Charlie Kimball (C) 121.037mph 1:07.1596s Practice 1 (31 laps)
18. Helio Castroneves (C) 120.921mph 1:07.2238s Practice 1 (31 laps)
19. Sebastian Saavedra (C) 120.672mph 1:07.3629s Practice 1 (35 laps)
20. Tony Kanaan (C) 120.611mph 1:07.3968s Practice 1 (25 laps)
21. Jack Hawksworth (H) 120.260mph 1:07.5934s Practice 2 (39 laps)
22. Mike Conway (C) 120.146mph 1:07.6579s Practice 2 (35 laps)