Herta superior from his Q1 group on main tyres, which meant the Andretti Autosport driver had a set of recent crimson mushy tyres for the ultimate section of qualifying, and he duly delivered a scintillating 1m13.6835s together with his third lap to seize pole place within the high six pole shootout.
In that context, six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon did an awesome job to ship a lap 0.5492s slower, beating Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate and factors chief Alex Palou within the course of.
Alexander Rossi was second quickest of the Andretti Autosport drivers in fourth place and forward of the quickest Chevrolet driver, Arrow McLaren SP’s Felix Rosenqvist, whereas Romain Grosjean landed sixth for Dale Coyne Racing with RWR.
However with IndyCar factors chief Palou selecting up a six-place grid drop for an unapproved engine change, the Spanish driver will begin the Nashville race down in ninth place.
In Q2, Simon Pagenaud was the one driver to take used mushy tyres from the beginning of the session, and he briefly held high spot however was ultimately eclipsed earlier than all drivers ducked into the pits for recent softs.
Grosjean threw down a marker on his fourth lap in Q2 with a 1m15.0078s forward of Palou and Herta, however was then got rid of high spot by the championship chief, and demoted additional by Rosenqvist.
Romain Grosjean, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
Picture by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport Images
Josef Newgarden, who lay sixth on the time, was trying to set one other flyer when he locked up into Flip 10 and smacked the wall arduous together with his right-front and the right-rear. The ensuing particles unfold on to the observe was thought-about interference with the close-following O’Ward, so Newgarden had his quickest lap deleted, dropping him to twelfth, alongside team-mate Will Energy.
That didn’t assist O’Ward who wound up ninth, whereas Jack Harvey’s Meyer Shank Racing missed the Quick Six by 0.12s however will begin sixth – up one spot on account of Palou’s penalty.
Earlier in Q1’s second group, Grosjean had somewhat spin within the Flip 10 run-off however was in a position to resume with a spin-turn.
Herta continued the shape he’s proven in observe, and on primaries he delivered a 1m14.7067s – at that time a full second forward of the opposition on main tyres, and the primary lap within the 101mph bracket.
Dixon ultimately shaded that with a 1m14.6673s however wanted a set of alternate compound tyres to do it. Harvey delivered third-fastest time for Meyer Shank Racing forward of the spectacular James Hinchcliffe, forward of Pagenaud’s Penske and Grosjean within the Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda.
Ryan Hunter-Reay did not advance, his trigger not helped by being issued a drive-through penalty for dashing on pitlane, whereas Rinus VeeKay was kicking himself for tapping the wall together with his Ed Carpenter Racing automobile, bending the rear suspension and leaving him beginning behind team-mate Conor Daly, however forward of Takuma Sato.
In Q1’s first group, Jimmie Johnson drove his Chip Ganassi Racing into the wall at Flip 10 on his out-lap, which precipitated a crimson flag and meant the qualifying section solely obtained going with 3m30s remaining, forcing all of the remaining drivers on to the mushy tyres with no sighting laps. Johnson’s team-mate Palou landed high spot with a 1m15.3385s, a couple of hundredths forward of Andretti Autosport’s Rossi and the Arrow McLaren SP of O’Ward.
Scott McLaughlin, who suffered an incident this morning, was eradicated after brushing the wall together with his right-front wheel, as had been the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing vehicles of Graham Rahal and Santino Ferrucci, and Meyer Shank Racing’s Helio Castroneves, who’s making his first IndyCar street/road course begin of the yr.
IndyCar Nashville Music Metropolis Grand Prix – Qualifying outcomes
Quick Six
|
P |
No |
Identify |
FTime |
Diff |
Hole |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Factors |
Group |
|
1 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
1:13.6835 |
1:13.6835 |
0.000 |
3 |
3 |
1:13.6835 |
0 |
3 |
102.601 |
6:34.5151 |
Honda |
A |
260 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
2 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
1:14.2327 |
0.5492 |
0.5492 |
3 |
3 |
1:14.2327 |
0 |
4 |
101.842 |
6:47.4532 |
Honda |
A |
328 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
3 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
1:14.6316 |
0.9481 |
0.3989 |
4 |
4 |
1:14.6316 |
2 |
1 |
101.298 |
6:42.6637 |
Honda |
A |
384 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
4 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:14.6646 |
0.9811 |
0.0330 |
4 |
4 |
1:14.6646 |
1 |
2 |
101.253 |
6:51.1960 |
Honda |
A |
201 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
5 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:15.0045 |
1.3210 |
0.3399 |
2 |
2 |
1:15.0045 |
0 |
5 |
100.794 |
4:23.1241 |
Chevy |
A |
94 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
|
6 |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:15.3980 |
1.7145 |
0.3935 |
3 |
3 |
1:15.3980 |
0 |
6 |
100.268 |
5:09.0088 |
Honda |
A |
151 |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
Q2
|
P |
No |
Identify |
FTime |
Diff |
Hole |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Factors |
Group |
|
1 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
1:14.4578 |
1:14.4578 |
0.000 |
6 |
7 |
1:28.2003 |
4 |
1 |
101.534 |
11:08.2736 |
Honda |
A |
384 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
2 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:14.5252 |
0.0674 |
0.0674 |
6 |
7 |
1:34.2125 |
4 |
3 |
101.442 |
11:20.5486 |
Honda |
A |
201 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
3 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
1:14.7232 |
0.2654 |
0.1980 |
6 |
7 |
1:24.3425 |
4 |
4 |
101.173 |
10:44.6331 |
Honda |
A |
260 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
4 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
1:14.8394 |
0.3816 |
0.1162 |
6 |
7 |
1:29.8086 |
4 |
2 |
101.016 |
11:07.5382 |
Honda |
A |
328 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
5 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:14.8476 |
0.3898 |
0.0082 |
5 |
6 |
1:15.0847 |
3 |
7 |
101.005 |
10:20.3461 |
Chevy |
A |
94 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
|
6 |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:15.0078 |
0.5500 |
0.1602 |
4 |
6 |
1:15.3512 |
3 |
12 |
100.790 |
10:08.5260 |
Honda |
A |
151 |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
|
|
7 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
1:15.1309 |
0.6731 |
0.1231 |
5 |
6 |
1:18.8060 |
3 |
6 |
100.624 |
10:49.0169 |
Honda |
A |
170 |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
|
8 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
1:15.1354 |
0.6776 |
0.0045 |
6 |
6 |
1:15.1354 |
3 |
10 |
100.618 |
10:14.2719 |
Chevy |
A |
271 |
Group Penske |
|
|
9 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
1:15.1914 |
0.7336 |
0.0560 |
5 |
6 |
1:15.6485 |
3 |
5 |
100.543 |
10:30.9797 |
Chevy |
A |
345 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
|
10 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
1:15.3255 |
0.8677 |
0.1341 |
6 |
7 |
1:28.2633 |
5 |
8 |
100.364 |
11:22.5185 |
Honda |
A |
131 |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
|
11 |
12 |
Will Energy |
1:15.4678 |
1.0100 |
0.1423 |
7 |
7 |
1:15.4678 |
4 |
11 |
100.175 |
10:41.1497 |
Chevy |
A |
209 |
Group Penske |
|
|
12 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
1:15.5062 |
1.0484 |
0.0384 |
3 |
6 |
1:14.8873 |
4 |
9 |
100.124 |
9:10.5438 |
Chevy |
A |
315 |
Group Penske |
Q1 Group 2
|
P |
No |
Identify |
FTime |
Diff |
Hole |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Factors |
Group |
|
1 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
1:14.6673 |
1:14.6673 |
0.000 |
7 |
7 |
1:14.6673 |
4 |
2 |
101.249 |
10:49.5509 |
Honda |
A |
7 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
2 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
1:14.7067 |
0.0394 |
0.0394 |
4 |
4 |
1:14.7067 |
0 |
1 |
101.196 |
6:11.4099 |
Honda |
A |
16 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
3 |
60 |
Jack Harvey |
1:15.2585 |
0.5912 |
0.5518 |
6 |
6 |
1:15.2585 |
3 |
7 |
100.454 |
10:53.2964 |
Honda |
A |
24 |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
|
4 |
29 |
James Hinchcliffe |
1:15.2646 |
0.5973 |
0.0061 |
6 |
7 |
1:21.9789 |
4 |
10 |
100.446 |
11:03.8075 |
Honda |
A |
19 |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
|
5 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
1:15.3661 |
0.6988 |
0.1015 |
6 |
6 |
1:15.3661 |
3 |
6 |
100.310 |
10:17.1165 |
Chevy |
A |
15 |
Group Penske |
|
|
6 |
51 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:15.3730 |
0.7057 |
0.0069 |
5 |
6 |
1:19.0267 |
3 |
8 |
100.301 |
10:26.8508 |
Honda |
A |
22 |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
|
|
7 |
28 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
1:15.4984 |
0.8311 |
0.1254 |
7 |
7 |
1:15.4984 |
4 |
11 |
100.135 |
11:00.8162 |
Honda |
A |
18 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
8 |
14 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
1:15.6055 |
0.9382 |
0.1071 |
6 |
7 |
1:16.2396 |
4 |
3 |
99.993 |
11:06.3270 |
Chevy |
A |
10 |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
|
9 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
1:15.6379 |
0.9706 |
0.0324 |
5 |
6 |
1:24.6842 |
4 |
4 |
99.950 |
9:36.8593 |
Honda |
A |
6 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
10 |
20 |
Conor Daly |
1:15.6685 |
1.0012 |
0.0306 |
6 |
6 |
1:15.6685 |
4 |
12 |
99.909 |
10:05.5522 |
Chevy |
A |
13 |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
|
11 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
1:15.7029 |
1.0356 |
0.0344 |
4 |
5 |
1:19.4737 |
3 |
5 |
99.864 |
9:22.2453 |
Chevy |
A |
14 |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
|
12 |
30 |
Takuma Sato |
1:15.8503 |
1.1830 |
0.1474 |
6 |
6 |
1:15.8503 |
5 |
13 |
99.670 |
10:29.8487 |
Honda |
A |
20 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
|
13 |
18 |
Ed Jones |
1:15.8770 |
1.2097 |
0.0267 |
6 |
6 |
1:15.8770 |
3 |
9 |
99.635 |
10:13.5519 |
Honda |
P |
12 |
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
|
|
14 |
52 |
Cody Ware |
1:17.6115 |
2.9442 |
1.7345 |
6 |
6 |
1:17.6115 |
4 |
14 |
97.408 |
10:23.3143 |
Honda |
A |
29 |
Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing |
Q1 Group 1
|
P |
No |
Identify |
FTime |
Diff |
Hole |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Factors |
Group |
|
1 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
1:15.3385 |
1:15.3385 |
0.000 |
4 |
4 |
1:15.3385 |
2 |
2 |
100.347 |
10:24.2266 |
Honda |
A |
384 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
|
2 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
1:15.3721 |
0.0336 |
0.0336 |
4 |
4 |
1:15.3721 |
2 |
1 |
100.302 |
10:20.5337 |
Honda |
A |
201 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
|
3 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
1:15.4160 |
0.0775 |
0.0439 |
4 |
4 |
1:15.4160 |
2 |
4 |
100.244 |
10:39.4848 |
Chevy |
A |
345 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
|
4 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:15.5305 |
0.1920 |
0.1145 |
4 |
4 |
1:15.5305 |
2 |
3 |
100.092 |
10:31.0183 |
Chevy |
A |
94 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
|
5 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
1:15.5474 |
0.2089 |
0.0169 |
4 |
4 |
1:15.5474 |
2 |
9 |
100.070 |
10:09.8026 |
Chevy |
A |
315 |
Group Penske |
|
|
6 |
12 |
Will Energy |
1:15.6309 |
0.2924 |
0.0835 |
4 |
4 |
1:15.6309 |
2 |
7 |
99.959 |
10:15.1820 |
Chevy |
A |
209 |
Group Penske |
|
|
7 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
1:16.1097 |
0.7712 |
0.4788 |
4 |
4 |
1:16.1097 |
2 |
8 |
99.330 |
10:29.0798 |
Honda |
A |
256 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
|
8 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
1:16.3479 |
1.0094 |
0.2382 |
4 |
4 |
1:16.3479 |
2 |
6 |
99.020 |
10:54.8523 |
Honda |
A |
103 |
Meyer Shank Racing |
|
|
9 |
45 |
Santino Ferrucci |
1:16.4647 |
1.1262 |
0.1168 |
4 |
4 |
1:16.4647 |
2 |
10 |
98.869 |
10:44.6213 |
Honda |
A |
127 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
|
10 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
1:17.1516 |
1.8131 |
0.6869 |
4 |
4 |
1:17.1516 |
2 |
13 |
97.989 |
10:49.7348 |
Chevy |
A |
95 |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
|
11 |
59 |
Max Chilton |
1:17.5553 |
2.2168 |
0.4037 |
4 |
4 |
1:17.5553 |
2 |
12 |
97.479 |
10:36.9498 |
Chevy |
A |
77 |
Carlin |
|
|
12 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
1:18.1899 |
2.8514 |
0.6346 |
4 |
4 |
1:18.1899 |
2 |
5 |
96.688 |
10:36.5183 |
Chevy |
A |
198 |
Group Penske |
|
|
13 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
No Time |
— |
— |
— |
— |
–.— |
0 |
11 |
— |
1:46.2978 |
Honda |
P |
56 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |