Although he is renowned for qualifying pace and has 64 pole positions to his name, all nine rounds of the 2022 championship have seen a different polesitter, emphasizing how close the battle is for supremacy. In such circumstances, any slip-up is exaggerated, and four times Power has found himself outside the Top 12.
Once this was due to getting held up on his fastest lap, once – two weeks ago at Mid-Ohio – it was a result of getting his fastest two laps docked as penalty for inadvertently holding up Helio Castroneves on a flying lap, and twice it was for a puzzling lack of speed at the crucial moment.
