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