Carpenter on pole for the 500 Miles, Pagenaud second fastest

The boss-driver achieved his third pole in Indiana; Simon Pagenaud will start second and Sébastien Bourdais fifth.

Published on 21/05/2018 à 00:26

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Carpenter on pole for the 500 Miles, Pagenaud second fastest

The oval racing specialist Ed carpenter (Ed Carpenter Racing) took pole position for the Indianapolis 500 (Indiana, May 27). The American completed four laps of the circuit at 370 km/h and thus scored a third pole at Indianapolis in the last six years.

.@edcarpenter20 spoils the @Team_Penske party for the moment!

P1 229.681 mph

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The French behaved very well on Sunday. simon pagenaud (Penske) held the best time before Ed Carpenter's passage, but the 2016 IndyCar champion will still start from second place (+0''587).

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— Simon Pagenaud (@simonpagenaud) 20th May 2018

Also qualified in Fast Nine, a phase bringing together the nine fastest drivers in free practice, Sébastien Bourdais (Dale Coyne Racing) set the fifth fastest time, one second behind the poleman. Defending champion Josef Newgarden (Penske) is fourth (+0”833) and Will Power (Penske) third (+0”693).

For his farewell to the competition, Danica Patrick (Ed Carpenter Racing) managed to beat the experienced Helio Castroneves (Penske) and Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) for the seventh place on the starting grid.