It’s possible that Sunday marks Herta’s final Ind圜ar start for a while as the 22-year-old Californian is being courted by AlphaTauri in Formula One. Rossi qualified third and was followed by Grosjean, Palou and O’Ward.Ĭolton Herta, the two-time defending race winner from pole, went off course and qualified 18th. Power had no trouble and nipped Ilott by 0.0193 seconds in Ilott’s best career qualifying effort. It made for a Fast Six final shootout that included Power, the Andretti Autosport pairing of Alexander Rossi and Romain Grosjean, as well as outgoing Ind圜ar champion Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren SP and rookie Callum Ilott. McLaughlin and Ericsson advanced, but Ericsson spun in the second group and qualified 10th, two spots behind McLaughlin. Ind圜ar extended the session to give the qualifiers a chance to complete one lap, but Dixon failed to advance and will start 13th. It’s not over, but it’s not ideal what just happened.” But it’s a bummer, it’s a bummer for everybody. “I think we have the fastest car in the field. He was penalized his two fastest laps, was not permitted to advance out of the first group and will start 25th on Sunday. The session fell apart almost instantly when Newgarden, a two-time Ind圜ar champion and winner of a series-high five races this season, went off course in the corkscrew and found himself stuck in the gravel. It was a fairly disastrous qualifying session for all the championship contenders besides Power.

Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson is 40 points out and McLaughlin trails by 42 in what remains the closest Ind圜ar championship race since 2003. The current Ind圜ar leader heads into Sunday’s finale up 21 points over both Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden and six-time Ind圜ar champion Scott Dixon. The pole-winning run gave Power one additional point in the standings.

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