IndyCar GP Indy: Lundgaard beats Rosenqvist, Palou for first pole
Quick Six
Rahal Letterman Lanigan despatched Lundgaard and Jack Harvey out on used reds, as did Arrow McLaren for Felix Rosenqvist, and Harvey went prime with a 1m09.4220s.
Kirkwood’s first flyer took him into third, but it surely was Lundgaard who moved to the highest with a 1m09.3321s. Palou slotted in behind, 0.0459s adrift however forward of Harvey. Rosenqvist had a robust shot however wiggled laborious out of Flip 9 and got here up 0.0027s in need of Lundgaard’s benchmark. Nonetheless, he was two-tenths forward of teammate Pato O’Ward, who nonetheless beat Kirkwood.
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P |
Title |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Tire |
Staff |
|
1 |
Christian Lundgaard |
1:09.3321 |
1:09.3321 |
3 |
4 |
126.643 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
2 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:09.3348 |
0.0027 |
3 |
3 |
126.638 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
3 |
Alex Palou |
1:09.3780 |
0.0459 |
3 |
3 |
126.559 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
4 |
Jack Harvey |
1:09.4220 |
0.0899 |
1 |
4 |
126.479 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
1:09.5422 |
0.2101 |
3 |
3 |
126.260 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
6 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
1:09.6292 |
0.2971 |
2 |
2 |
126.102 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport |
Q2
Christian Lundgaard swiftly acquired right down to enterprise on primaries with a 1m10.3486s to shade Pato O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren and his personal teammate Jack Harvey. Then Felix Rosenqvist’s McLaren went quickest earlier than everybody stopped for reds.
Out got here Lundgaard with a 1m09.2282, solely to see his time shaded by 0.02s by Alex Palou. O’Ward and Rosenqvist have been subsequent up however their teammate Alexander Rossi was bumped out. Jack Harvey made it a second RLL automobile within the Quick Six, however Graham Rahal didn’t make it. Kyle Kirkwood snatched sixth for Andretti Autosport.
Three of the 4 Ganassi automobiles have been eradicated, as was Will Energy who made a giant mistake underneath braking at Flip 7 on his flyer. Regardless of ranging from 12th tomorrow, he’ll roll off as highest-placed Penske driver.
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P |
Title |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Tire |
Staff |
|
1 |
Alex Palou |
1:09.2082 |
1:09.2082 |
5 |
6 |
126.869 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
2 |
Christian Lundgaard |
1:09.2282 |
0.0200 |
5 |
6 |
126.833 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
3 |
Pato O’Ward |
1:09.3405 |
0.1323 |
4 |
5 |
126.627 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
4 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:09.3604 |
0.1522 |
5 |
5 |
126.591 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
5 |
Jack Harvey |
1:09.3767 |
0.1685 |
6 |
6 |
126.561 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
6 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
1:09.4131 |
0.2049 |
6 |
6 |
126.495 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport |
|
7 |
Marcus Ericsson |
1:09.4419 |
0.2337 |
6 |
6 |
126.442 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
8 |
Graham Rahal |
1:09.4711 |
0.2629 |
6 |
6 |
126.389 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
9 |
Scott Dixon |
1:09.4757 |
0.2675 |
6 |
6 |
126.381 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
10 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:09.5471 |
0.3389 |
5 |
6 |
126.251 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
11 |
Marcus Armstrong |
1:09.6148 |
0.4066 |
6 |
6 |
126.128 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
12 |
Will Energy |
1:10.1872 |
0.9790 |
6 |
6 |
125.100 |
Chevy |
A |
Staff Penske |
Q1 Group 2
Regardless of glowering skies over the Speedway, Group 2 additionally went out en masse on primaries and regardless of the more durable rubber, Pato O’Ward managed to ship a superb 1m09.9279s, over three tenths away from his nearest opponent. That was Jack Harvey, with Alex Palou shut behind. However the group appeared tardy in re-emerging on reds, and the visitors began to stack up.
O’Ward delivered in tremendous type with a 1m09.2937s, forward of teammate Alexander Rossi, chased by Palou, Harvey, Kyle Kirkwood and Scott Dixon. Surprisingly, Kirkwood was the one Andretti automobile by means of, whereas Scott McLaughlin additionally did not advance.
|
P |
Title |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Tire |
Staff |
|
1 |
Pato O’Ward |
1:09.2937 |
1:09.2937 |
5 |
5 |
126.713 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
2 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:09.4747 |
0.1810 |
5 |
6 |
126.383 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
3 |
Alex Palou |
1:09.5351 |
0.2414 |
6 |
7 |
126.273 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
4 |
Jack Harvey |
1:09.6238 |
0.3301 |
5 |
6 |
126.112 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
5 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
1:09.6277 |
0.3340 |
6 |
6 |
126.105 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport |
|
6 |
Scott Dixon |
1:09.6708 |
0.3771 |
6 |
7 |
126.027 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
7 |
Colton Herta |
1:09.8375 |
0.5438 |
5 |
6 |
125.726 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian |
|
8 |
Scott McLaughlin |
1:09.9899 |
0.6962 |
6 |
7 |
125.452 |
Chevy |
A |
Staff Penske |
|
9 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:10.0747 |
0.7810 |
7 |
8 |
125.301 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Autosport |
|
10 |
David Malukas |
1:10.2562 |
0.9625 |
6 |
6 |
124.977 |
Honda |
A |
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
|
11 |
Sting Ray Robb |
1:10.2747 |
0.9810 |
5 |
6 |
124.944 |
Honda |
A |
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR |
|
12 |
Callum Ilott |
1:10.2920 |
0.9983 |
6 |
6 |
124.913 |
Chevy |
A |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
|
13 |
Helio Castroneves |
1:10.3509 |
1.0572 |
3 |
3 |
124.809 |
Honda |
A |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
14 |
Santino Ferrucci |
1:10.5879 |
1.2942 |
4 |
4 |
124.390 |
Chevy |
A |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
Q1 Group 1
On banker laps on major Firestones, Christian Lundgaard of Rahal Letterman Lanigan led Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Armstrong, with Felix Rosenqvist third. With lower than 5 minutes to go, everybody ducked into the pits to seize a set of the softer alternates.
Simon Pagenaud was the primary to put a robust lap on these reds, a 1m10.2625, however this was swiftly eclipsed by Josef Newgarden’s 1m09.8402s. Then the occasions got here in thick and quick, Marcus Armstrong hitting P1 earlier than Lundgaard slammed in a 1m09.4639s forward of Marcus Armstrong and Will Energy.
Graham Rahal backed up Lundgaard’s type for RLL with second simply forward of Rosenqvist’s Arrow McLaren, Armstrong, Energy and Marcus Ericsson.
One shock elimination was Newgarden, whose trigger wasn’t helped by a spin for Benjamin Pedersen up forward of him, whereas Ed Carpenter Racing, a staff that has received on this course, have been additionally eradicated.
|
P |
Title |
FTime |
Diff |
FL |
Laps |
FSpeed |
Engine |
Tire |
Staff |
|
1 |
Christian Lundgaard |
1:09.4639 |
1:09.4639 |
6 |
6 |
126.402 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
2 |
Graham Rahal |
1:09.5627 |
0.0988 |
6 |
6 |
126.223 |
Honda |
A |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
3 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:09.5838 |
0.1199 |
6 |
6 |
126.185 |
Chevy |
A |
Arrow McLaren |
|
4 |
Marcus Armstrong |
1:09.6186 |
0.1547 |
5 |
6 |
126.121 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
5 |
Will Energy |
1:09.7835 |
0.3196 |
6 |
7 |
125.823 |
Chevy |
A |
Staff Penske |
|
6 |
Marcus Ericsson |
1:09.8343 |
0.3704 |
7 |
7 |
125.732 |
Honda |
A |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
7 |
Josef Newgarden |
1:09.8402 |
0.3763 |
6 |
6 |
125.721 |
Chevy |
A |
Staff Penske |
|
8 |
Devlin DeFrancesco |
1:09.8676 |
0.4037 |
6 |
7 |
125.672 |
Honda |
A |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
9 |
Rinus VeeKay |
1:09.9625 |
0.4986 |
4 |
5 |
125.502 |
Chevy |
A |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
10 |
Simon Pagenaud |
1:10.2625 |
0.7986 |
5 |
7 |
124.966 |
Honda |
A |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
11 |
Conor Daly |
1:10.2669 |
0.8030 |
5 |
6 |
124.958 |
Chevy |
A |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
12 |
Benjamin Pedersen |
1:10.5181 |
1.0542 |
6 |
6 |
124.513 |
Chevy |
A |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
13 |
Agustin Canapino |
1:10.5424 |
1.0785 |
6 |
6 |
124.470 |
Chevy |
A |
Juncos Holling Racing |
