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Andretti Global’s Colton Herta led the way in a second practice session for the IndyCar Series that was blighted by three red flags on Saturday morning at Laguna Seca.

After all the rain and safety car drama of the previous couple of hours, the track dried out completely as it ticked past 1am local time on Sunday morning. All eyes were initially on Antonio Fuoco (#50 Ferrari) and Earl Bamber (#2 Cadillac) swapping fourth place in a pulsating battle…

Rookie Linus Lundqvist led the field to the green flag and went into Turn 1, but was bumped at the exit of the corner by Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Marcus Armstrong. 

A two-time IndyCar Series champion, Power was running third ahead of the final pitstop, but used the overcut to jump his team-mates to cycle to the lead and score a 3.2609s victory at the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course.

The 25-year-old Chip Ganassi Racing rookie scored the first pole position of his IndyCar career after twice narrowly escaping through the knockout phases to make the Fast Six shootout.

The 25-year-old Chip Ganassi Racing rookie twice narrowly escaped through the knockout segments and into the Fast Six shootout for pole.

The Swede extracted a flying lap of 1m45.1519s in the final seconds of qualifying to climb to the top of the leaderboard at the 14-turn circuit.

Palou, a two-time and defending race winner at the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course, put down a flyer of 1m43.1709s on a set of softer alternate tires to take the top spot.

Just seven days on from IndyCar’s fastest and most prestigious race at the Indianapolis 500, the paddock journeyed just under 300 miles northeast to its shortest and bumpiest street track on the schedule.