@IndyCar Qualifying Results for Sunday’s @GPSTPETE

 

It was a great run for Canadian Robert Wickens and his Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team in qualifying today. Robert in his first IndyCar series race took the pole position by a mere 0.0703 seconds over Will Power. Robert’s teammate James Hinchcliffe made it into the TOP 12 and placed 7th overall, while the third Canadian in the race #19 Zach Claman De Melo placed 22nd on the grid.

 

Rank Car Driver Name  Time Speed Session

1 #6 Wickens, Robert (R)  01:01.6643 105.085 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six

2 #12 Power, Will  01:01.7346 104.965 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six

3 #4 Leist, Matheus (R)  01:01.7631 104.917 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six

4 #20 King, Jordan (R)  01:01.7633 104.917 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six

5 #30 Sato, Takuma  01:01.8821 104.715 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six

6 #28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan  01:02.0385 104.451 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six

7 #5 Hinchcliffe, James  01:00.9986 106.232 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12

8 #88 Chaves, Gabby  01:01.1191 106.023 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12

9 #9 Dixon, Scott  01:01.6527 105.105 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12

10 #14 Kanaan, Tony  01:01.7213 104.988 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12

11 #22 Pagenaud, Simon  01:04.6739 100.195 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12

12 #27 Rossi, Alexander  01:07.0377 96.662 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12

13 #1 Newgarden, Josef  01:00.4320 107.228 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1

14 #18 Bourdais, Sebastien  01:00.9587 106.301 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2

15 #26 Veach, Zach (R)  01:00.4585 107.181 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1

16 #21 Pigot, Spencer  01:00.9668 106.287 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2

17 #10 Jones, Ed  01:00.5009 107.106 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1

18 #98 Andretti, Marco  01:01.3013 105.707 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2

19 #60 Harvey, Jack (R)  01:01.0270 106.183 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1

20 #59 Chilton, Max  01:01.3360 105.648 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2

21 #23 Kimball, Charlie  01:01.1868 105.905 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1

22 #19 Claman De Melo, Zachary  01:01.8567 104.758 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2

(R)
23 #32 Binder, Rene (R)  01:01.7003 105.024 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1

24 #15 Rahal, Graham  01:04.0990 101.094 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2

2018 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Weekend Driver Lineups

 

The Verizon IndyCar Series  ( with Mazda Road to Indy ) and the Pirelli World Challenge Series ( GT/GTA ) both have their first races of the 2018 season this weekend at St. Petersburg Florida.

Here’s a look at the list of Canadian drivers and teams participating in the weekends events.

IndyCar Series

#5 James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

#6 Robert Wickens Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

#19 Zachary Claman De Melo Dale Coyne Racing

MRTI

Indy Lights

#28 Dalton Kellett Andretti Autosport

Pro Mazda

#90 Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport

#91 Antonio Serravall Exclusive Autosport

USF2000

#90 Manuel Cabrera Exclusive Autosport

#91 Igor Fraga Exclusive Autosport

#93 Jayson Clunie Exclusive Autosport

Pirelli World Challenge

GT

#2 Daniel Morad CPR Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3

#61 Toni Vilander R. Ferri Motorsport Ferrari 488 GT3

#96 Scott Hargrove Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)

GTS

#13 Orey Fidani Pfaff Motorsports Porsche Cayman GT4 CS-MR

GTSA

#89 Fred Roberts JCR Motorsports Maserati Grand Turismo MC GT4