Rosenqvist, Palou declare warmth poles for $1 Million Problem

The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda of Rosenqvist vaulted to over his rivals in 1m38.5831 (111.999 mph) across the 3.067-mile, 17-turn highway course to grab management of the opening group.

Palou, the reigning and two-time IndyCar Collection champion, continued to additional set up his sturdy tempo within the weekend’s testing after pushing a lap of 1m38.5675s (112.017 mph) to steer 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 1m39.7074.

Nonetheless, Dixon’s time on the prime was transient as Christian Lundgaard (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing), who led the ultimate check session earlier within the day, jumped to the lead with lower than two minutes remaining.

Moments later, Staff 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.

The Staff Penske duo of Josef Newgarden and Will Energy 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 Collection champion, falling to ninth.

AJ Foyt Racing’s Santino Ferrucci crossed 10^th.

Colton Herta (Andretti World) was left abandoning an earlier run after grime was thrown on the observe from one other competitor and by no means recovered to problem a lap to make the highest six, ending up 11^th.

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 12^th.

Kyle Kirkwood encountered comparable points as Herta, his Andretti team-mate, with having to abort an early effort and never in a position to assault a fast lap, locking in 13^th.

Sting Ray Robb (AJ Foyt Racing) wrapped up the group in 14^th.

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 No. 28 Honda to kick out and again into the tire barrier. The incident introduced out the crimson flag with one minute, 19 second 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.

Lundqvist held that spot till Graham Rahal’s No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda pulled off a late surge to say third.

Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist was in a position to slot fifth, behind Lundqvist.

Pietro Fittipaldi (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) stormed to sixth.

Regardless of early tempo by Arrow McLaren, all pale from seventh via ninth led by Alexander Rossi, then Ilott and adopted by O’Ward.

One other CGR rookie, Kyffin Simpson, was in a position to safe 10^th.

Christian Rasmussen (Ed Carpenter Racing), rookie Colin Braun (Dale Coyne Racing), and Ericsson rounded out the remainder of the group in 11^th, 12^th and 13^th.

Ultimately, Palou’s tempo was 0.1900s quicker than his CGR team-mate in Armstrong and 0.4048s forward of Rahal.