Chip Ganassi Racing’s reigning champion Palou set the tempo general within the first spherical of qualifying, lapping within the day’s quickest time of 1m05.5862s on recent alternate tyres.
However then his pace vanished within the second spherical, when the highest 12 automobiles from the 2 teams run collectively.
Palou lapped in 1m06.8819s on major tyres on his first High 12 Qualifying run, however solely improved to 1m06.3013s on his subsequent set of alternates.
“We felt actually good after Q1 actually,” he advised NBC Peacock. “It was a little bit of a disgrace that we misplaced one thing like eight tenths within the High 12. Not more than happy with that.
“Beginning P10, we will do rather a lot with a quick automotive, however I’ve a bit of labor to do tonight.”
When requested concerning the technique choices accessible to him, he replied: “We noticed the final three or 4 seasons right here there’s been individuals on the rostrum with both two or three stops, we don’t know if the alternates are going to final or not, nevertheless it’s going to be an thrilling race for certain.”
Josef Newgarden, Group Penske Chevrolet
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Three-time Barber winner Josef Newgarden will begin a row forward of him for Team Penske, after admitting to errors on his Q2 lap.
“I didn’t do an excellent job,” he admitted. “We’re going to roll off eighth.
“We’ve acquired a very good automotive this weekend, want I coulda gotten a bit extra out of it there. However I’m able to rock.”
Lengthy Seashore winner and factors chief Scott Dixon (CGR) certified 13th for his worst beginning spot of the season.
“I assumed we have been going to be OK,” he stated of progressing from Q1. “Got here up a bit of quick by a couple of tenth.
“Perhaps under-drove it a bit of bit, so it’s irritating to simply miss [transferring to Q2] however as a bunch we’ve been a bit of off this weekend.
Marcus Ericsson, Andretti International Honda
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Two of Andretti International’s stars fared even worse, nevertheless, with Colton Herta beginning 15th, three spots forward of Marcus Ericsson.
“It felt OK, fairly good to drive, however we’re missing a variety of pace,” stated Ericsson. “It looks like we’re simply missing grip.
“The stability is within the ballpark however we don’t have grip as a result of it’s not like we’re lacking a tenth or so, we’re lacking rather a lot to the quickest guys. We’ve to dig into the info to know what’s happening.”