IndyCar at IMS: Felix Rosenqvist, Arrow McLaren SP on Pole for Gallagher Grand Prix at Indy | IndyCar

For the third time this season, IndyCar will race at their home track as they tackle the 2.439-mile road course once again. Colton Herta dominated the first race in May, leading 50 laps to claim the victory. That has been the only bright spot for Andretti Autosport this year, something they hope to change tomorrow.

Herta’s Andretti Autosport teammate Alexander Rossi will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix from the front row, but pole position went to Felix Rosenqvist. The Swede put down a quick lap of 70.2265 seconds to secure his second pole of the season. His Arrow McLaren SP teammate Pato O’Ward qualified 3rd, completing a near-perfect day for the organization.

“Our Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet was unbelievable,” Felix said. “It was on rails all day and I felt so calm in the car. I think I knew when I did that lap that it was the one. Big thanks to the team for giving me a really good car. I think the car is more suited to me this year so I can maximize it everywhere we go.”

“I think the whole team has just done a really good prep work for this race. We tested here a month ago, which I think really helped. We kind of got here with a good starting package, so we knew that this was going to be one that we had to really extract everything in qualifying. Today was just a day about execution, and now eyes forward to tomorrow.”

Despite missing out on pole, Rossi was pleased with his team’s performance today. “This is by far the best result we’ve had here as a team. We had a good test here last month and very relieved it translated. We’ll see what we can do tomorrow. We’ve always raced really well here, we’ve just never had qualifying pace.” Rossi has only led two laps in his ten starts here, but the 2016 Indy 500 winner does have a pair of podiums and four top-five finishes in this event.