Indy 500: Hunter-Reay tops 33-10 qualifying session at 231mph

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 17^th – 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