(30) Christian Lungaard (R), Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, 227.053ģ2. (6) Juan Pablo Montoya (W), Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren SP, 228.622ģ1. (06) Helio Castroneves (W), Honda, Meyer Shank Racing, 229.630Ģ8. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, Team Penske, 230.154Ģ7. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, Andretti Autosport, 230.235Ģ6. (29) Devlin DeFrancesco (R), Honda, Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport, 230.326Ģ5. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Curb, 230.345Ģ4. (24) Sage Karam, Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold, 230.464Ģ3. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, 230.766Ģ2. (27) Alexander Rossi (W), Honda, Andretti Autosport, 230.812Ģ1. (77) Callum Ilott (R), Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger Racing, 230.916Ģ0. (20) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing, 230.999ġ9. (60) Simon Pagenaud (W), Honda, Meyer Shank Racing, 231.275ġ7. (23) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, 231.508ġ6. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, Team Penske, 231.580ġ5.
(18) David Malukas (R), Honda, Dale Coyne Racing with HMD, 231.607ġ4. Here is the Indianapolis 500 lineup for positions 13-33, with Saturday's four-lap qualifying average, beginning with Row 5 ( R=rookie W=past winner):ġ3. “It’s very bad, but I was very proud of them.” “I know my kids were booing everyone going after me on TV,” he said. Grosjean’s family, who live in Switzerland, couldn’t make it, so he posed with his engineer and his wife instead. Johnson noticed that his kids seemed scared to watch him, citing the speed of the cars and “energy that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway brings.” His kids were there, in part, to take the traditional family picture after the qualifying run. Grosjean preferred it to the Monaco Grand Prix’s qualifying process because he had the entire track to himself for his four laps.īut neither had experienced anything similar to the pageantry of the Indy 500. Johnson said the qualifying process was more intense than its equivalent at the Daytona 500, which he won twice. Participating in their first 500s, each could only draw from other series for comparison. “So to gain that confidence, feel good about things, it’s just been a lot of fun.” “I think there are expectations that I put on myself to run better on ovals,” he said. Grosjean posted a 232.201 average during Day 1 of qualifying, good for ninth.
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Johnson and Grosjean both did well enough to make it into Sunday's Fast 12, where the top six drivers will advance with a shot at the pole Sunday afternoon. They’re two of the least experienced drivers in the series, and yet both excelled Saturday against drivers with more experience in that particular form of racing.
Also like Johnson, he was about to begin his qualifying run for his first Indy 500. Like Johnson, Grosjean had a long career in racing before joining the Ind圜ar series, competing in Formula One off and on since 2008. Romain Grosjean’s car had idled in front of Johnson, the back bumper almost touching the nose of Johnson’s Honda. In his first time qualifying on the oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Johnson turned in a stellar four laps, posting the sixth best average speed during the first day of qualifying for next Sunday's Indy 500 - outpacing Ind圜ar greats and former 500 champions Scott Dixon, Will Power, Takuma Sato, Simon Pagenaud, Alexander Rossi and four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves.
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He was a seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion but had just ventured into Ind圜ar.
Johnson watched the 2021 500 from that very box, feeling left out of the action. INDIANAPOLIS - In the final moments before his Indianapolis 500 qualifying run Saturday - the first in his illustrious, two-decade racing career - Jimmie Johnson was reminded of the life he lived a year ago.īeside the track, right next to where Johnson started his car, sat the NBC pit box.
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