It was an Arrow McLaren 1-2 in Saturday qualifying for the Indy500, and the fight for pole heads into tomorrow 👊
Arrow McLaren driver Felix Rosenqvist went fastest in Saturday qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, booking his place in the Fast 12 for Sunday’s final session.
For anyone experiencing it for the first time, there are multiple format differences compared to Formula 1 for IndyCar’s blue riband event, not least that the quickest cars are not calculated over a fastest lap time, but instead the drivers’ average speed over four laps of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are taken.
A random draw took place prior to the session for the order in which the drivers would emerge, and Ryan Hunter-Reay got the session underway with a four-lap average of 231.613mph, before being followed by Formula 1 hopeful Colton Herta – who was denied a seat with AlphaTauri for 2023 due to not having enough Super Licence points with the FIA.
But Alexander Rossi, another former F1 driver running in the field for Arrow McLaren, would trump it and become the first driver to break the 233mph barrier, his 233.528mph average putting the cat among the proverbial pigeons early on.But as the track temperature went up, as did the levels of danger for the drivers as their tyre temperatures became more of an issue – Graham Rahal in particular reporting “no grip” and being forced to lift during his first attempt.
Romain Grosjean, already with two IndyCar podiums to his name this season, followed, with the former Haas driver putting himself 15th on his first attempt. For Sato, a brave run with two hours to go saw him leap up to fifth in the standings, while those lower down looked to add more speed and do all they could to avoid having to qualify again on Sunday to even make the grid at all.
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