O francês Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsport) foi o mais rápido, nos treinos livres para a rodada dupla no circuito de rua de Houston, no Texas, EUA, local da oitava etapa da temporada. No segundo treino livre, Pagenaud fez o tempo de 1m00s1415.
O australiano Will Power (Team Penske), o mais rápido no primeiro treino, terminou em segundo. O australiano Ryan Briscoe (NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing) ficou em terceiro, seguido pelo italiano Luca Filippi (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing).
O brasileiro Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) e o russo Mikhail Aleshin (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports).
O brasileiro Tony Kanaan (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) provocou uma das bandeiras vermelha do treino, ao rodar na curva um, faltando dez minutos para o final do treino. Kanaan terminou na décima posição.
Tempos combinados:
1. #77 Simon Pagenaud (H) 97.809mph 1:00.1415s Practice 2 (46 laps)
2. #12 Will Power (C) 97.322mph 1:00.4427s Practice 1 (48 laps)
3. #8 Ryan Briscoe (C) 97.001mph 1:00.6428s Practice 2 (46 laps)
4. #16 Luca Filippi (H) 96.952mph 1:00.6735s Practice 2 (43 laps)
5. #3 Helio Castroneves (C) 96.925mph 1:00.6905s Practice 2 (48 laps)
6. #7 Mikhail Aleshin (H) 96.904mph 1:00.7031s Practice 2 (46 laps)
7. #27 James Hinchcliffe (H) 96.817mph 1:00.7577s Practice 2 (40 laps)
8. #14 Takuma Sato (H) 96.812mph 1:00.7610s Practice 2 (41 laps)
9. #11 Sebastien Bourdais (C) 96.798mph 1:00.7700s Practice 1 (47 laps)
10. #10 Tony Kanaan (C) 96.694mph 1:00.8355s Practice 1 (43 laps)
11. #9 Scott Dixon (C) 96.650mph 1:00.8632s Practice 2 (46 laps)
12. #19 Justin Wilson (H) 96.561mph 1:00.9191s Practice 1 (39 laps)
13. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay (H) 96.456mph 1:00.9854s Practice 2 (36 laps)
14. #15 Graham Rahal (H) 96.435mph 1:00.9989s Practice 2 (41 laps)
15. #34 Carlos Munoz (H) 96.210mph 1:01.1412s Practice 2 (47 laps)
16. #25 Marco Andretti (H) 96.121mph 1:01.1977s Practice 2 (39 laps)
17. #83 Charlie Kimball (C) 96.110mph 1:01.2047s Practice 2 (40 laps)
18. #2 Juan Pablo Montoya (C) 96.075mph 1:01.2273s Practice 2 (38 laps)
19. #18 Carlos Huertas (H) 95.886mph 1:01.3479s Practice 2 (42 laps)
20. #67 Josef Newgarden (H) 95.753mph 1:01.4330s Practice 2 (45 laps)
21. #98 Jack Hawksworth (H) 95.543mph 1:01.5678s Practice 2 (38 laps)
22. #17 Sebastian Saavedra (C) 95.004mph 1:01.9171s Practice 1 (40 laps)
23. #20 Mike Conway (C) 94.543mph 1:02.2192s Practice 2 (41 laps)