. RGrosjean takes brilliant second pole of his IndyCar career in incident-packed qualifying at GPSTPETE to beat FollowAndretti teammate Herta.
started the session at a disadvantage, having used two sets of fresh alternate Firestones to get out of Q1, so had no fresh alternates for the final segment of qualifying. That issue seemed small when he slid straight on at the final turn, and missed the tire barrier to crunch hard into the concrete. He drove the wreckage back to pitlane.
Once the action resumed, McLaughlin broke a right-rear toelink on the Turn 10 wall, which sent him into a pirouette through the chicane, causing another red flag. Like Kirkwood, he would have his time deleted. They will start fifth and sixth respectively. Despite also suffering the same issue as Kirkwood in terms of having no fresh alternates, Ericsson briefly took top spot, but was soon deposed by O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren and
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