The Australian driver not only secured a fantastic pole position, but now also stands a chance at winning a bonus of 100,000$, shall he win the inaugural IndyCar Classic race at COTA tomorrow.
Chevrolet powered Team Penske's Will Power secured his 2nd pole position of the season, after an intense qualifying at Circuit Of The Americas. The reigning Indy 500 winner lapped the circuit in 1:46.018s, which was sufficient enough to beat Alexander Rossi.
Regardless of his two mistakes earlier in the session, the Penske driver had red compound installed to his car, and managed to sneak ahead of the Andretti cars in the dying moments of Fast 6.
Alexander Rossi was quick enough to secure the 2nd spot on the starting grid tomorrow. His lap was 0.16s slower than Will Power. Ryan Hunter-Reay will start from the 2nd row of the grid, as he managed to clock a lap time of 1:46.322s.
The Fast 6 was no short of surprises, as both rookies, Colton Herta and Felix Rosenqvist starred the session while securing themselves 4th and 5th grid slots respectively. The Honda powered pair was 0.022s apart from each other. Sealing the Fast 6 was Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon, as he recorded a lap time of 1:46.937s.
Out of the Fast 6, the season opener St. Petersburg winner, Josef Newgarden locked the 7th position on the grid, he will be accompanied by Indy Lights Champion, Patricio O'Ward in the 8th spot.
Zach Veach was 9th, a complete 1 second down on the pole sitter, Will Power. Rahal Letterman Lanigan's Graham Rahal is all set to start 10th at COTA tomorrow, his fastest lap was a 1:46.967s.
AJ Foyt's Matheus Leist grabbed 12th position on their home race, while Daly Coyne's Santino Ferucci will start a slot ahead of Leist in 11th. Carlin's Max Chilton was 13th fastest of the Qualifying overall, and was out in Q1 Group 1.
Jack Harvey had an unfortunate moment, as he spun around at turn-19, which costed him dearly. He was followed by James Hinchcliffe, Sebastien Bourdais as well as Spencer Pigot in 15th, 16th and 17th positions respectively.
While former F1 driver, Marcus Ericsson failed to set any lap time on the softer red banded compound, Team Penske's Simon Pagenaud and AJ Foyt Enterprises' Tony Kanaan were also unable to set any competitive times in Q1 Group 2.
Qualifying Final Results:
The Race will begin on 10:30 PM (March 24th) of Pakistan Standard Time and 01:30 PM EST (March 24th).
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