Takuma Sato op pole voor Barber Grand Prix

Gepubliceerd op 07 apr 2019 09:00

Door: Tom van Hooft

Takuma Sato heeft zijn eerste IndyCar pole position gewonnen sinds Pocono in 2015. Met een tijd van 1:08.5934 was de Japanner het snelste tijdens de 'Fast-Six'.

De voormalige Formule 1-coureur staat samen met Graham Rahal op de eerste startrij, het is de eerste keer dat Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing een front-row-lockout heeft in de huidige generatie auto's. Geen enkele auto van Team Penske is erin geslaagd om de Fast Six te bereiken, de laatste keer dat dat gebeurde was in Long Beach 2014.

Regerend kampioen Scott Dixon eindigde op de derde plaats, de Ganassi-coureur versloeg James Hinchcliffe die als vierde zal starten. Sebastièn Bourdais en Spencer Pigot waren de verrassing van de kwalificatie, zij bezetten de derde rij.

Will Power is de eerste Penske-coureur op de grid, de huidige Indianapolis 500-winnaar kwam tot de zevende positie. Josef Newgarden en Simon Pagenaud haalde de eerste schifting niet. Colton Herta, winnaar op COTA zal als negende starten, Santino Ferrucci start als tiende.

Firestone Fast Six

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
undefined 1.	undefined Takuma Sato	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:08.5934	undefined -
undefined 2.	undefined Graham Rahal	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:08.6971	undefined +0.1037
undefined 3.	undefined Scott Dixon	undefined Chip Ganassi Racing	undefined 1:08.8081	undefined +0.2147
undefined 4.	undefined James Hinchcliffe	undefined Schmidt Peterson Motorsport	undefined 1:08.8476	undefined +0.2542
undefined 5.	undefined Sebastien Bourdais	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:09.0189	undefined +0.4255
undefined 6.	undefined Spencer Pigot	undefined Ed Carpenter Racing	undefined 1:09.6074	undefined +1.0140

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
undefined 1.	undefined James Hinchcliffe	undefined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	undefined 1:08.4074	undefined -
undefined 2.	undefined Spencer Pigot	undefined Ed Carpenter Racing	undefined 1:08.5951	undefined +0.1877
undefined 3.	undefined Scott Dixon	undefined Chip Ganassi Racing	undefined 1:08.6123	undefined +0.2049
undefined 4.	undefined Takuma Sato	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:08.6234	undefined +0.2160
undefined 5.	undefined Graham Rahal	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:08.6996	undefined +0.2922
undefined 6.	undefined Sebastien Bourdais	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:08.7860	undefined +0.3786
undefined 7.	undefined Will Power	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:08.8248	undefined +0.4174
undefined 8.	undefined Alexander Rossi	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:08.8866	undefined +0.4792
undefined 9.	undefined Colton Herta	undefined Harding Racing	undefined 1:08.9130	undefined +0.5056
undefined 10.	undefined Santino Ferrucci	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:09.0213	undefined +0.6139
undefined 11.	undefined Ryan Hunter-Reay	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:09.0764	undefined +0.6690
undefined 12.	undefined Jack Harvey	undefined Meyer Shank Racing	undefined 1:09.2967	undefined +0.8893

Q1 Group 2

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
undefined 1.	undefined Scott Dixon	undefined Chip Ganassi Racing	undefined 1:08.4996	undefined
undefined 2.	undefined Graham Rahal	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:08.5104	undefined +0.0108
undefined 3.	undefined Will Power	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:08.5397	undefined +0.0401
undefined 4.	undefined Ryan Hunter-Reay	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:08.6872	undefined +0.1876
undefined 5.	undefined Takuma Sato	undefined Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	undefined 1:08.7171	undefined +0.2175
undefined 6.	undefined James Hinchcliffe	undefined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	undefined 1:08.7545	undefined +0.2549
undefined 7.	undefined Simon Pagenaud	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:08.7943	undefined +0.2947
undefined 8.	undefined Josef Newgarden	undefined Team Penske	undefined 1:08.8700	undefined +0.3704
undefined 9.	undefined Patricio O'Ward	undefined Carlin	undefined 1:08.9011	undefined +0.4015
undefined 10.	undefined Marcus Ericsson	undefined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	undefined 1:08.9226	undefined +0.4230
undefined 11.	undefined Max Chilton	undefined Carlin	undefined 1:09.0566	undefined +0.5570
undefined 12.	undefined Ben Hanley	undefined DragonSpeed	undefined 1:10.4165	undefined +1.9169

Q1 Group 1

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
undefined 1.	undefined Spencer Pigot	undefined Ed Carpenter Racing	undefined 1:08.3548	undefined -
undefined 2.	undefined Colton Herta	undefined Harding Racing	undefined 1:08.3762	undefined +0.0214
undefined 3.	undefined Santino Ferrucci	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:08.5672	undefined +0.2124
undefined 4.	undefined Sébastien Bourdais	undefined Dale Coyne Racing	undefined 1:08.5930	undefined +0.2382
undefined 5.	undefined Alexander Rossi	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:08.8013	undefined +0.4465
undefined 6.	undefined Jack Harvey	undefined Meyer Shank Racing	undefined 1:08.8605	undefined +0.5057
undefined 7.	undefined Marco Andretti	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:08.8950	undefined +0.5402
undefined 8.	undefined Matheus Leist	undefined A.J. Foyt Enterprises	undefined 1:08.9477	undefined +0.5929
undefined 9.	undefined Felix Rosenqvist	undefined Chip Ganassi Racing	undefined 1:08.9630	undefined +0.6082
undefined 10.	undefined Tony Kanaan	undefined A.J. Foyt Enterprises	undefined 1:09.0327	undefined +0.6779
undefined 11.	undefined Ed Jones	undefined Ed Carpenter Racing	undefined 1:09.0441	undefined +0.6893
undefined 12.	undefined Zach Veach	undefined Andretti Autosport	undefined 1:09.4478	undefined +1.0930