Chip Ganassi Racing’s reigning champion Palou set the tempo total within the first spherical of qualifying, lapping within the day’s quickest time of 1m05.5862s on contemporary alternate tires.
However then his pace vanished within the second spherical, when the highest 12 automobiles from the 2 teams run collectively.
Palou lapped in 1m06.8819s on main tires on his first High 12 Qualifying run, however solely improved to 1m06.3013s on his subsequent set of alternates.
“We felt actually good after Q1 truthfully,” he informed NBC Peacock. “It was a little bit of a disgrace that we misplaced one thing like eight tenths within the High 12. Not more than happy with that.
“Beginning P10, we are able to do so much with a quick automotive, however I’ve a bit of labor to do tonight.”
When requested in regards to the technique choices accessible to him, he replied: “We noticed the final three or 4 seasons right here there’s been folks on the rostrum with both two or three stops, we don’t know if the alternates are going to final or not, nevertheless it’s going to be an thrilling race for positive.”
Josef Newgarden, Group Penske Chevrolet
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Three-time Barber winner Josef Newgarden will begin a row forward of him for Group Penske, after admitting to errors on his Q2 lap.
“I didn’t do an excellent job,” he admitted. “We’re going to roll off eighth.
“We’ve bought automotive this weekend, want I coulda gotten a bit extra out of it there. However I’m able to rock.”
Lengthy Seashore winner and factors chief Scott Dixon (CGR) certified 13th for his worst beginning spot of the season.
“I assumed we have been going to be OK,” he stated of progressing from Q1. “Got here up a bit quick by a few tenth.
“Perhaps under-drove it a bit bit, so it’s irritating to only miss [transferring to Q2] however as a gaggle we’ve been a bit off this weekend.
Marcus Ericsson, Andretti World Honda
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Two of Andretti World’s stars fared even worse, nevertheless, with Colton Herta beginning 15th, three spots forward of Marcus Ericsson.
“It felt OK, fairly good to drive, however we’re missing lots of pace,” stated Ericsson. “It looks like we’re simply missing grip.
“The steadiness is within the ballpark however we don’t have grip as a result of it’s not like we’re lacking a tenth or so, we’re lacking so much to the quickest guys. We have now to dig into the information to grasp what’s occurring.”
