IndyCar – Franchitti takes pole at Long Beach

Dario Franchitti (Ganassi Racing) claimed the 30th pole of his career for the 39th edition of the Long Beach Grand Prix with a time of 1’07”237. The driver of the #12 DW10-Honda dominated the Firestone Fast Six for the first time since the Toronto event last July. It’s a new start for the Scotsman who had a bad start to the season. “It means a lot to me.”, commented the pole sitter. “We had a car very fast at Barber but we completely missed qualifying. It’s a very good thing to have been able to enjoy a competitive car and that everything went well. I thank the entire Target team because the start of the season was very difficult. »

The four-time champion was six hundredths ahead of reigning champion Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) while Will Power (Team Penske) completed the lead with third place. Takuma Sato (A.J Foyt Racing) completes the second row of the grid while Mike conway (RLL Racing) completes the top five ahead Helio Castroneves (Team Penske). The French are behind at the end of qualifying. Sebastian Bourdais (Dragon Racing) did the best with 15th position. simon pagenaud (Schmidt Motorsports) will start from 17th row while his teammate Tristan Vautier will only start from 19th row.