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Who won Indianapolis 500 pole position? Qualifying, time trials schedule, format, starting grid
Indianapolis 500 qualifying is on, finally, as the entire 33-car field for the May 24 race will be determined today, May 17.
Rain washed out Saturday’s session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, postponing all the work on the 2.5-mile oval to today.
There are three rounds of time trials: 33 cars will get one attempt each, with the top 12 advancing to the second round; the 6 fastest from that round will compete for pole position.
We will have every qualifying attempt and more, so please remember to refresh.
9:45 a.m.: There aren’t many takers. The Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing teams are content to wait until qualifying to get on-track, according to the Fox Sports broadcast.
On Fast Friday, Penske drivers Scott McLaughlin (1st), David Malukas (9th) and two-time race champ Josef Newgarden (14th) fared well on no-tow laps (qualifying conditions). CGR drivers were 2nd (Alex Palou), 11th (Scott Dixon) and 23rd (Kyffin Simpson).
- 9 a.m.: Gates open
- 9:30 a.m.: Full-field practice
- 10:45 a.m.: Enlistment ceremony
- Noon: Qualifying; each driver gets one attempt with the 12 fastest advancing
- 3:15 p.m.: Monster Jam world record attempt
- 4:30 p.m.: Top 12 qualifying
- 6 p.m.: Fast 6
(Each driver will get one 4-lap attempt starting at noon ET; the session should last approximately 3 hours)
- Scott Dixon
- Christian Lundgaard
- Ryan Hunter-Reay
- Ed Carpenter
- Rinus VeeKay
- Scott McLaughlin
- Nolan Siegel
- Graham Rahal
- Josef Newgarden
- Will Power
- Felix Rosenqvist
- Santino Ferrucci
- Marcus Ericsson
- Conor Daly
- Mick Schumacher
- Romain Grosjean
- Marcus Armstrong
- Pato O’Ward
- David Malukas
- Alexander Rossi
- Dennis Hauger
- Sting Ray Robb
- Kyle Kirkwood
- Caio Collet
- Helio Castroneves
- Takuma Sato
- Christian Rasmussen
- Louis Foster
- Kyffin Simpson
- Jack Harvey
- Alex Palou
- Jacob Abel
- Katherine Legge
(All times ET; all IndyCar sessions are on IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio, Sirius XM Channel 218 and the Fox One app)
- Sunday, May 17
- 9:30-10:30 a.m.: Indy 500 practice, FS2
- Noon: First round of qualifying, FS2
- 4 p.m.: Top 12 qualifying, Fox (session begins at 4:30 p.m.)
- 6 p.m.: Fast 6, Fox
- Sunday: Cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy skies in the afternoon with a high in the mid 80s.
Indy 500 qualifying predictions from IndyStar’s Zion Brown
- Who wins pole position, and at what 4-lap speed average? “Takuma Sato will win his first Indy 500 pole with an average speed of 233.6 mph.”
- Who is the surprise driver advancing to Top 12 qualifying? “A.J. Foyt Racing’s Caio Collet has looked faster than expected throughout practice and the open test.”
- Who will be left out of the top 12 unexpectedly? “Kyle Kirkwood. Andretti Global’s cars have been surprisingly slow this week, and Kirkwood has started on the front four rows just once.”
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Zion Brown is IndyStar’s motorsports reporter. Follow him at @z10nbr0wn. Get IndyStar’s motor sports coverage sent directly to your inbox with our Motor Sports newsletter. Subscribe to the YouTube channel IndyStar TV: IndyCar for a behind-the-scenes look at IndyCar and expert analysis.