The #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda of Rosenqvist vaulted to over his rivals in 1m38.5831s across the 3.067-mile, 17-turn highway course to grab management of the opening group.
Palou, the reigning and two-time IndyCar Sequence champion, continued to additional set up his sturdy tempo within the weekend’s testing after pushing a lap of 1m38.5675s to guide the second group.
Group 1
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon set the early mark of the eight-minute qualifying bout, nailing a lap of 1m39.7074s.
Nonetheless, Dixon’s time on the prime was temporary as Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing), who led the ultimate take a look at session earlier within the day, jumped to the lead with lower than two minutes remaining.
Moments later, Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin relegated each and assumed the highest spot with a minute left. A mere few second later, Rosenqvist delivered his pole-winning run.
Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay slotted third, pushing Lundgaard to fourth.
Rosenqvist ended up claiming the pole by solely 0.0237s over McLaughlin and 0.0452s forward of VeeKay.
Warmth 1 pole sitter Felix Rosenqvist, Meyer Shank Racing Honda
Photograph by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Images
The Workforce Penske duo of Josef Newgarden and Will Power got here throughout fifth and sixth, respectively, which pushed the Juncos Hollinger Racing tandem of Romain Grosjean and Agustin Canapino to seventh and eighth.
The rotation among the many group left Dixon, the six-time IndyCar Sequence champion, falling to ninth. AJ Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci was tenth.
Colton Herta (Andretti World) was left abandoning an earlier run after filth was thrown on the monitor from one other competitor and by no means recovered to problem a lap to make the highest six, ending up 11th.
Dale Coyne Racing rookie Nolan Siegel, who competes full-time in Indy NXT, stood as excessive as second within the group within the early going earlier than fading to 12th.
Kyle Kirkwood encountered comparable points as Herta, his Andretti team-mate, with having to abort an early effort and never capable of assault a fast lap, locking in 13th.
Sting Ray Robb (AJ Foyt Racing) wrapped up the group in 14th.
Group 2
The livid begin to the second group noticed Arrow McLaren set the early mark with Pato O’Ward hitting a 1m39.4293s flyer with three minutes remaining, however then knocked down a minute later by momentary team-mate Callum Ilott’s lap of 1m39.2527.
Andretti World’s Marcus Ericsson was urgent for a fast lap till he appeared to hit a bump in Flip 8, which led to the rear of his #28 Honda to kick out and again into the tyre barrier. The incident introduced out the purple flag with one 1m19s remaining.
When the session resumed, Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) established themselves because the trio of Palou, Marcus Armstrong and rookie Linus Lundqvist vaulted to the highest three spots.
Warmth 2 pole sitter Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
Photograph by: Michael L. Levitt / Motorsport Images
Lundqvist held that spot till Graham Rahal’s #15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda pulled off a late surge to assert third.
Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist was capable of slot fifth, behind Lundqvist. Pietro Fittipaldi (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) stormed to sixth.
Regardless of early tempo by Arrow McLaren, all pale from seventh by way of ninth led by Alexander Rossi, then Ilott and adopted by O’Ward.
One other CGR rookie, Kyffin Simpson, was capable of safe 10th. Christian Rasmussen (Ed Carpenter Racing), rookie Colin Braun (Dale Coyne Racing), and Ericsson rounded out the remainder of the group in 11th, 12th and 13th.
However it all counts for Sunday’s prize-giving race, a non-points paying occasion, that marks the primary time since Surfers Paradise 2008 that an IndyCar a race doesn’t depend towards the championship.
Every qualifying has set the grid for the warmth races, which haven’t been seen in IndyCar since 2013 at Iowa, and can decide the 12-car discipline for the occasion’s final prize race.
The highest six will advance from every warmth, which is able to include 10 laps or be timed at 20 minutes.
Pole place and odd quantity beginning positions for the principle occasion shall be decided by the warmth race winner, with the quickest time from {qualifications} occupying the pole and the rest of that warmth race lined up in positions 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11.
A complete of 20 laps shall be divided into two 10-lap dash segments, with a 10-minute break on the midway mark throughout which gasoline will be added, whereas changes will be made to the tyre stress, in addition to entrance and rear wings.