Will Power on pole for the Indianapolis GP

Will Power will aim for a 4th victory at the Indianapolis GP after taking pole. This is the 4th time that the 2014 championIndycar was the fastest in qualifying for this event and he won each time he started from first place. The Team Penske driver is only 9 poles away from Mario Andretti's absolute record of 58 qualifying victories.

“We didn’t give them any chance on this round, confided the pole sitter. I knew Harvey had run a pretty good time and I tried hard in my last attempt. Fortunately, that was enough. »

His teammate simon pagenaud was also expected since he is the only other winner of this event, but the reigning Indy 500 winner lacked pace and failed to qualify at the end of the first group. Le Poitevin will start from 20th position out of the 26 entered.

It was Jack Harvey (Meyer Shank Racing) who was closest to the pole sitter, despite everything finishing almost 2 tenths off the benchmark. Colton Herta (Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport) followed in 3rd ahead of Graham Rahal (RLL Racing) and rookie Oliver Askew (Arrow McLaren SP). Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing), the championship leader after his victory in Texas last month, ranked 7th behind Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) who was unable to set a time in the final session after a crash. track.