Q3
Alexander Rossi laid down the first marker in the third segment of qualifying with 66.0, his closest opponent being Josef Newgarden and Felix Rosenqvist after their first runs.
Palou then delivered a 65.8667sec lap to go top, but then Herta slammed in a 65.3095 to claim the qualifying track record by nine-tenths of a second, with Grosjean 0.1960sec behind him.
Attempting to usurp his teammate, Grosjean grazed a wall with his left-rear on the run to Turn 5, breaking a toelink which sent him crabbing hard into the tire wall on the outside of the corner.
That cost him his best time, dropping him to sixth, and promoting Newgarden to the front row ahead of Palou.
With two seconds of guaranteed time remaining, IndyCar’s rule allowing cars one final flyer kicked in. Only Rosenqvist and Rossi took the option, but both failed to improve – Rossi slid into the Turn 1 run-off, and Rosenqvist was unable to edge ahead of anyone.
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