| 2023 GMR Grand Prix at IMS – Qualifying Results | |||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine |
| 1 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 2 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 4 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 5 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 7 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 8 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Alexander Rossi | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 15 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 16 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 19 | Simon Pagenaud | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 20 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 21 | Conor Daly | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 22 | Sting Ray Robb | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 23 | Benjamin Pedersen | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
| 24 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 25 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 27 | Santino Ferrucci | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
It has been a brutal start to the season for RLL Racing, but the Month of May has begun quite nicely for the organization. All three of their Honda-powered cars were fast today in qualifying on the IMS road course, with Christian Lundgaard earning his first career pole. Lundgaard made his IndyCar debut on this circuit in 2021 for the RLL team, turning heads in qualifying and leading laps. He finished runner-up last year and will be the favorite in tomorrow’s race.
Lundgaard earned the top spot in qualifying by the slimmest of margins. He edged out Felix Rosenqvist by just 0.0027 seconds. The Arrow McLaren driver nearly had his third pole at this track, and his second in a row. Felix has a 10.5 average finishing position in this race, leading 27 laps and completing all 655 laps in his eight starts, but he has never finished on the podium here.
Eight of the 13 races on the IMS road course have been won by a driver starting on the front row, which bodes well for these two tomorrow. Alex Palou and Lundgaard’s teammate Jack Harvey will start from Row 2 tomorrow while Pato O’Ward and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the Firestone Fast Six in qualifying. Marcus Ericsson and Graham Rahal just missed out, and will start from Row 4 tomorrow, completing a banner day for RLL Racing.
Scott Dixon starts 9th tomorrow, which is much…
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