Fast Six
Rahal Letterman Lanigan sent Lundgaard and Jack Harvey second-hand red, Arrow McLaren sent Felix Rosenqvist and Harvey topped with 1m09.4220s.
Kirkwood’s first flyer put him third, but Lundgaard moved up to the top spot with a time of 1m09.3321s. Palou was 0.0459 seconds behind but ahead of Harvey. Rosenqvist’s shot was strong but writhed hard after Turn 9, missing Lundgaard’s benchmark by 0.0027 seconds. Still, he was two-tenths ahead of teammate Pato Allward, who still beat Kirkwood.
P
Name
Difference
FL
Number of turns
FSpeed
Engine
tire
Team
1
1:09.3321
3
4
126.643
HONDA
2
Felix Rosenquist
1:09.3348
0.0027
3
3
126.638
Chevrolet
A
Arrow McLaren
3
Alec S. Palu
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
A
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
5
PATO OWARD
1:09.5422
0.2101
3
3
126.260
Chevrolet
A
McLaren Arrow
6
Kyle Kirkwood
0.2971
2
126.102
HONDA
A
Andretti Autosport
Q2
Christian Lundgaard started the primary quickly with 1m10.3486s to block Pato O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren and His own teammate Jack Harvey. Then Felix Rosenqvist’s McLaren was fastest before everyone stopped for a red light.
Lundgaard was out with 1m09.2282, but his time was shaved by 0.02 seconds by Alex Palou. Owald and Rosenqvist were close behind, but their teammate Alexander Rossi was eliminated. Jack Harvey made it the second RLL car in the fast six, but Graham Rahal was unsuccessful. Kyle Kirkwood finished sixth for Andretti Autosport.
Three of the four Ganassi cars were eliminated, as was Will Power, who made a big error braking at Turn 7. Although starting tomorrow on the 12th
, he’ I will be the highest ranked Penske driver.
Name
FTime
Difference
FL
Number of turns
FSpeed
Engine
tire
1
Alex Palu
1:09.2082
1:09.2082
6
126.869
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
|
Christian Lundgaard |
6 |
126.833 |
Honda |
A Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
|
3
Pato Allward
1:09.3405
0.1323
4
5
126.627
Chevrolet
Arrow McLaren
4
Felix Rosenkrais Special
1:09.3604
0.1522
5
5
126.591
A
Arrow McLaren
5
Jack Harvey
1:09.3767
0.1685
6
6
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
6
Kyle Cole KWOOD
1:09.4131
0.2049
6
126.495
Honda
A
Andretti Autosport
7
Marcus Ericsson
1:09.4419
0.2337
6
6
126.442
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
8
Graham Rahal
1 :09.4711
0.2629
6
6
126.389
A
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
9
Scott Dixon
1: 09.4757
0.2675
6
126.381
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
10
Alexander Rossi
1:09.5471
0.3389
5
6
126.251
Chevrolet
A
Arrow McLaren
|
11
Marcus Armstrong 1:09.6148
|
0.4066
|
6
|
6 |
126 .128
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
12
Willpower
1:10.1872
0.9790
6
6
125.100
Team Penske
Q1 Group 2
Despite the gloomy sky above the track, Group 2 also went out collectively in the preliminary race, despite the hard rubber, Pato O’Ward succeeded 1m09.9279s, three tenths ahead of his nearest rival. That was Jack Harvey, followed by Alex Palu. But the group didn’t seem to be reappearing on red for a long time, and traffic started to pile up.
O’Ward led team-mate Alexander Rossi with a stellar 1m09.2937s and was chased by Palou, Harvey, Kyle Kirkwood and Scott Dixon. Surprisingly, Kirkwood was the only Andretti car to pass, while Scott McLaughlin also failed to qualify.
Name
Difference
FL
Number of turns
FSpeed
Engine
tire
Team
1
1:09.2937
5
5
126.713
Chevrolet
Arrow McLaren
2
0.1810
5
6
Chevrolet
Arrow McLaren
3
Alex Palu
1:09.5351
0.2414
6
7
126.273
Honda
Chip Ganassi Racing
4
Jake Harvey
1:09.6238
0.3301
5
6
126.112
Honda
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
5
1:09.6277
0.3340
6
6
126.105
HONDA
A
Andretti Autosport
6
Scott Dixon
1:09.6708
0.3771
6
7
Honda
A
Chip Ganassi Racing
7
Colton Hertha
1 :09.8375
0.5438
5
6
125.726
A
Andretti Autosport w/Curb -Agajanian
8
Scott McLaughlin
1 :09.9899
0.6962
6
7
125.452
Chevrolet
A
Team Penske
9
Romain Grosjean
1:10.0747
0.7810
7
8
125.301
A
Andretti Autosport
10
David Mallukas
1:10.2562
0.9625
6
124.977
Honda
A
Dale Coyne and HMD Racing
11
Rob the Stingray
0.9810
5
6
124.944
Honda
A
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR
12
Callum Ilott
0.9983
6
6
124.913
Chevy
A
Juncos Hollinger Racing
13
Helio Castroneves
1:10.3509
3
3
124.809
A
Meyer Shank Racing
14
SANTINO FERRUCI
1:10.5879
1.2942
4
4
124.390
Chevrolet
Q1 Group 1
on major Firestones Bankers Circle, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Christian Lundgaard of Chip Ganassi Racing led Marcus Armstrong of Chip Ganassi Racing, with Felix Rosenquist third. With less than five minutes left, everyone ducked into the pits and bought a softer set of replacements.
Simon Pagenaud was the first to do a lap on these red cars, a 1m10.2625, but this was quickly eclipsed by Josef Newgarden’s 1m09.8402s. Then the clock ticked fast and fast as Marcus Armstrong hit P1 ahead of Lundegard with a time of 1m09.4639s ahead of both Marcus Armstrong and Will Bauer. In second place, behind Rosenqvist’s Arrow McLaren, Armstrong, Power and Marcus Ericsson. He, and the winning Ed Carpenter Racing team at the track, were also eliminated.
P
Name
Difference
FL
Number of turns
FSpeed
Engine
tire
Team
1
1:09.4639
6
6
126.402
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 Rosenquist
1:09.5838
0.1199
6
126.185
A
Arrow McLaren
)
4
Marcus Armstrong
1:09.6186
0.1547
5
6
126.121
HONDA
Chip Ganassi Racing
5
Willpower
1:09.7835
0.3196
125.823
Chevrolet
Team Penske
6
Marcus Ericsson
1:09.8343
0.3704
7
7
125.732
Chip Ganassi Racing
7
Joseph Newgarden
1:09.8402
0.3763
6
125.721
Chevrolet
Team Penske
8
Devlin DeFrancesco
1:09.8676
0.4037
6
7
125.672
Honda
A
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
9
Linus VeeKay
1:09.9625
0.4986
4
5
125.502
CHEVROLET
A
Ed Carpenter Racing
10
Simon Pagnol
1:10.2625
0.7986
5
7
124.966
HONDA
A
Meyer Shank Racing
11
Connor Daly
1:10.2669
0.8030
5
6
124.958
Chevrolet
A
Ed Carpenter Racing
12
Benjamin Pederson
1:10.5181
1.0542
6
6
Chevrolet
13
1:10.5424
1.0785
6
6
124.470
Chevrolet
A
Juncos Holling Racing
