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Indy 500: Hunter-Reay tops 33-10 qualifying session at 231mph
2014 Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay will start the 101st edition of the race from 10th after topping the qualifying session for those outside the Fast Nine.
David Malsher-Lopez
Edited: May 21, 2017, 8:54 PM
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The Andretti Autosport-Honda driver was the only driver to breach the 231mph barrier, and achieved it with all four of his laps earning himself a spot on the inside of the fourth row.
That was around 0.9mph faster than Dale Coyne Racing-Honda’s rookie Ed Jones, who was the only other driver to achieve 230 with all four of his laps and confirm the speed we saw from teammate Sebastien Bourdais yesterday, before his huge shunt that has ruled him out of the remainder of the Verizon IndyCar Series season.
Oriol Servia will be on the outside of the fourth row in the additional Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda, ahead of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda’s Mikhail Aleshin, RLLR’s Graham Rahal, and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Max Chilton and Charlie Kimball who brushed the wall.
Last year’s polesitter James Hinchcliffe will roll off from 17th – a lowly starting spot yet ahead of four Penske entries.
Jack Harvey thumped the wall on Turn 2 on his second lap, while Zach Veach ran race downforce, but said the team is still struggling to diagnose the issue they’ve had since he shunted on Fast Friday.
10. Ryan Hunter-Reay 231.674, 231.811, 231.250, 231.036 = 231.442mph
11. Ed Jones 230.897, 230.789, 230.343, 230.286 = 230.578mph
12. Oriol Servia 230.543, 230.437, 230.276, 229.981 = 230.309mph
13. Mikhail Aleshin 230.615, 230.339, 230.181, 229.949 = 230.271mph
14. Graham Rahal 230.859, 229.997, 230.404, 229.754 = 230.253mph
15. Max Chilton 231.417, 231.141, 229.076, 228.661 = 230.068mph
16. Charlie Kimball 230.344, 230.675, 229.368, 229.444 = 229.956mph
17. James Hinchcliffe 230.258, 230.060, 229.673, 229.452 = 229.860mph
18. Juan Pablo Montoya 230.445, 229.766, 229.133, 228.924 = 229.565mph
19. Helio Castroneves 229.948, 229.618, 229.268, 229.226 = 229.515mph
20. Jay Howard 229.908, 229.882, 229.617, 228.258 = 229.414mph
21. Sage Karam 230.134, 229.107, 229.173, 229.110 = 229.380mph
22. Josef Newgarden 229.481, 229.142, 228.200, 227.194 = 228.501mph
23. Simon Pagenaud 228.902, 228.375, 227.658, 227.443 = 228.093mph
24. Carlos Munoz 228.425, 228.399, 227.677, 227.186 = 227.921mph
25. Gabby Chaves 227.026, 226.912, 226.543, 227.316 = 226.921mph
26. Conor Daly 227.144, 226.679, 226.804, 225.140 = 226.439mph
27. Jack Harvey 228.784, 225.265, 226.069, 222.928 = 225.742mph
28. Pippa Mann 225.542, 224.875, 224.831, 224.784 = 225.008mph
29. Spencer Pigot 226.256, 225.652, 225.582, 218.885 = 224.052mph
30. Buddy Lazier 223.767, 223.427, 223.300, 223.174 = 223.417mph
31. Sebastian Saavedra 224.609, 225.480, 223.281, 211.736 = 221.142mph
32. Zach Veach 223.913, 221.464, 222.000, 217.064 = 221.081mph
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