Indy 500 starting grid: Palou on pole, 33-car field in full

The 26-year-old Spaniard will lead the 33-car field to the green flag for a three-wide rolling start across 11 rows for the 200-lap, 500-mile race.

Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay will start from the middle of the front row, with Arrow McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist on the outside.

Indy 500 starting grid: Palou on pole from VeeKay

Pos	Nº	Driver	Car/Engine	4-lap Time	Mph
1	10	Alex Palou	Dallara/Honda	2'33.7037	234.217
2	21	Rinus VeeKay	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'33.7077	234.211
3	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'33.7713	234.114
4	14	Santino Ferrucci	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.0695	233.661
5	5	Pato O'Ward	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.4015	233.158
6	9	Scott Dixon	Dallara/Honda	2'34.4066	233.151
7	7	Alexander Rossi	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.4332	233.110
8	11	Takuma Sato	Dallara/Honda	2'34.4416	233.098
9	66	Tony Kanaan	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.4558	233.076
10	8	Marcus Ericsson	Dallara/Honda	2'34.5801	232.889
11	55	Benjamin Pedersen	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.7246	232.671
12	12	Will Power	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.7488	232.635
13	33	Ed Carpenter	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.7128	232.689
14	3	Scott McLaughlin	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.7206	232.677
15	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Dallara/Honda	2'34.7311	232.662
16	20	Conor Daly	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.8833	232.433
17	2	Josef Newgarden	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'34.9039	232.402
18	23	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'35.0837	232.133
19	28	Romain Grosjean	Dallara/Honda	2'35.1744	231.977
20	06	Helio Castroneves	Dallara/Honda	2'35.2032	231.954
21	26	Colton Herta	Dallara/Honda	2'35.2055	231.951
22	60	Simon Pagenaud	Dallara/Honda	2'35.2539	231.878
23	18	David Malukas	Dallara/Honda	2'35.3270	231.769
24	98	Marco Andretti	Dallara/Honda	2'35.3857	231.682
25	24	Stefan Wilson	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'35.4083	231.648
26	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Dallara/Honda	2'35.6061	231.353
27	78	Agustin Canapino	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'35.6287	231.320
28	77	Callum Ilott	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'35.7212	231.182
29	50	RC Enerson	Dallara/Chevrolet	2'35.7574	231.129
30	44	Katherine Legge	Dallara/Honda	2'35.7971	231.070
31	45	Christian Lundgaard	Dallara/Honda	2'36.7607	229.649
32	51	Sting Ray Robb	Dallara/Honda	2'36.8293	229.549
33	30	Jack Harvey	Dallara/Honda	2'37.0916	229.166
Not qualified
34	15	Graham Rahal	Dallara/Honda	2'37.0960	229.159

What happened in Fast Six qualifying?

Palou completed his four-lap qualifying run in Sunday evening’s Fast Six qualifying session around the 2.5-mile oval at 2m33.7037s. He was 0.004s fastest than VeeKay, which equates to 0.006mph.

Palou’s opening lap of 235.131mph proved to be crucial, as his following three laps were all marginally slower than VeeKay’s. However, the 0.112mph extra speed he carried on his first lap over VeeKay gave him the crucial advantage, despite Rinus’s faster Turn 1 speed trap of 240.851mph to Palou’s 239.722mph.

Rosenqvist was third fastest at 234.114mph, despite topping the previous Q1 and Q2 sessions. Santino Ferrucci, who ran high at Turn 1 on his opening lap for AJ Foyt Racing, was a disappointed fourth, ahead of Pato O’Ward (McLaren) and Scott Dixon (Ganassi).

Indy 500 Fast Six qualifying times: Palou takes pole

Cla	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'33.7037			234.217
2	Rinus van Kalmthout	Ed Carpenter Racing	2'33.7077	0.0040	0.0040	234.211
3	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	2'33.7713	0.0676	0.0636	234.114
4	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	2'34.0695	0.3658	0.2982	233.661
5	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	2'34.4015	0.6978	0.3320	233.158
6	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.4066	0.7029	0.0051	233.151
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What happened in Indy 500 Top 12 qualifying?

Rosenqvist set the Q2 pace on Sunday afternoon at 234.081mph, ahead of Ferrucci, VeeKay and Palou.

Eliminated at this point were Alexander Rossi (McLaren), Takuma Sato (Ganassi), Tony Kanaan (McLaren), Marcus Ericsson (Ganassi), Benjamin Pedersen (Foyt) and Will Power (Penske).

Indy 500 Top 12 qualifying times: Rosenqvist fastest from Ferrucci

Cla	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	2'33.7927			234.081
2	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	2'33.9048	0.1121	0.1121	233.911
3	Rinus van Kalmthout	Ed Carpenter Racing	2'33.9772	0.1845	0.0724	233.801
4	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'33.9916	0.1989	0.0144	233.779
5	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.2215	0.4288	0.2299	233.430
6	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	2'34.3549	0.5622	0.1334	233.229
7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	2'34.4332	0.6405	0.0783	233.110
8	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.4416	0.6489	0.0084	233.098
9	Tony Kanaan	Arrow McLaren	2'34.4558	0.6631	0.0142	233.076
10	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.5801	0.7874	0.1243	232.889
11	Benjamin Pedersen	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	2'34.7246	0.9319	0.1445	232.671
12	Will Power	Team Penske	2'34.7488	0.9561	0.0242	232.635
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What happened in Indy 500 Day 1 qualifying?

Saturday’s six-hour qualifying session set the grid from P13-P30. Rosenqvist was fastest at 233.947mph ahead of Rossi.

Knocked out at this point were Ed Carpenter (ECR), Scott McLaughlin (Penske), Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport), Conor Daly (ECR), Josef Newgarden (Penske), Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dreyer and Reinbold), Helio Castroneves (Meyer Shank Racing), Colton Herta (Andretti), Simon Pagenaud (MSR), David Malukas (Dale Coyne Racing), Marco Andretti (Andretti), Stefan Wilson (D&R), Devlin DeFrancesco (Andretti), Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Agustin Canapino and Callum Ilott, RC Enerson (Abel Motorsports) and Katherine Legge (Rahal Letterman Lanigan).

The slowest four cars were consigned to the Last-Chance qualifying session.

Indy 500 Day 1 qualifying times: Rosenqvist fastest from Rossi

Cla	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	2'33.8810			233.947
2	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	2'34.1569	0.2759	0.2759	233.528
3	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.2432	0.3622	0.0863	233.398
4	Rinus van Kalmthout	Ed Carpenter Racing	2'34.2449	0.3639	0.0017	233.395
5	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.2584	0.3774	0.0135	233.375
6	Tony Kanaan	Arrow McLaren	2'34.2768	0.3958	0.0184	233.347
7	Takuma Sato	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.2932	0.4122	0.0164	233.322
8	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	2'34.3394	0.4584	0.0462	233.252
9	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	2'34.4093	0.5283	0.0699	233.147
10	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	2'34.4866	0.6056	0.0773	233.030
11	Benjamin Pedersen	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	2'34.6797	0.7987	0.1931	232.739
12	Will Power	Team Penske	2'34.6932	0.8122	0.0135	232.719
13	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	2'34.7128	0.8318	0.0196	232.689
14	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	2'34.7206	0.8396	0.0078	232.677
15	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	2'34.7311	0.8501	0.0105	232.662
16	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	2'34.8833	1.0023	0.1522	232.433
17	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	2'34.9039	1.0229	0.0206	232.402
18	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	2'35.0837	1.2027	0.1798	232.133
19	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	2'35.1744	1.2934	0.0907	231.997
20	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	2'35.2032	1.3222	0.0288	231.954
21	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	2'35.2055	1.3245	0.0023	231.951
22	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	2'35.2539	1.3729	0.0484	231.878
23	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	2'35.3270	1.4460	0.0731	231.769
24	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco & Curb-Agajani	2'35.3857	1.5047	0.0587	231.682
25	Stefan Wilson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	2'35.4083	1.5273	0.0226	231.648
26	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	2'35.6061	1.7251	0.1978	231.353
27	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	2'35.6287	1.7477	0.0226	231.320
28	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	2'35.7212	1.8402	0.0925	231.182
29	R.C. Enerson	Abel Motorsports	2'35.7574	1.8764	0.0362	231.129
30	Katherine Legge	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	2'35.7971	1.9161	0.0397	231.070
31	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	2'35.8067	1.9257	0.0096	231.056
32	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	2'36.4549	2.5739	0.6482	230.098
33	Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	2'36.5526	2.6716	0.0977	229.955
34	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	2'37.5311	3.6501	0.9785	228.526
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What happened in Indy 500 Last-Chance qualifying?

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard was fastest at 229.649mph, ahead of Dale Coyne Racing’s rookie Sting Ray Robb and Jack Harvey (RLLR).

Harvey bumped team-mate Graham Rahal from the starting field on his very last run of the hour-long session.

Indy 500 Last-Chance qualifying results: Lundgaard fastest, Rahal bumped

Pos	Nº	Driver	Car/Engine	4-lap Time	Mph
1	45	Christian Lundgaard	Dallara/Honda	2'36.7607	229.649
2	51	Sting Ray Robb	Dallara/Honda	2'36.8293	229.549
3	30	Jack Harvey	Dallara/Honda	2'37.0916	229.166
DNQ	15	Graham Rahal	Dallara/Honda	2'37.0960	229.159