Toronto IndyCar: Herta on pole, bad luck for Power, Palou, Rahal
Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport-Honda became the first repeat pole-winner of the 2022 season at Toronto, edging a resurgent Scott Dixon, but Will Power, Alex Palou and Graham Rahal were eliminated in Q1 through no fault of their own.
Firestone Fast Six
The drivers didn’t bother with sighting laps on Firestone primaries, instead heading straight out on alternates, and Alexander Rossi produced a 59.6090, ahead of Scott Dixon.
However, Newgarden scorched around in 59.5257sec despite grazing the wall. That would have looked good enough for pole but David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing w/HMD-Honda came within 0.0287sec, and then Herta found a remarkable quarter second on used red tires to deliver 59.2698sec. Dixon, seeking his first road course pole since 2016, fell a mere 0.0894sec short, demoting Newgarden and Rossi down to the second row and Malukas to fifth.
Scott McLaughlin was the fastest driver to have never seen the Toronto 1.786-mile street course before this weekend.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Points |
Team |
1 |
26 |
59.2698 |
59.2698 |
0.000 |
4 |
4 |
59.2698 |
2 |
5 |
108.480 |
6:21.8679 |
Honda |
A |
17 |
Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian |
||
2 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
59.3592 |
0.0894 |
0.0894 |
5 |
5 |
59.3592 |
3 |
4 |
108.317 |
6:41.0369 |
Honda |
A |
8 |
||
3 |
2 |
59.5257 |
0.2559 |
0.1665 |
3 |
3 |
59.5257 |
2 |
2 |
108.014 |
4:49.1005 |
Chevy |
A |
1 |
|||
4 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
59.5544 |
0.2846 |
0.0287 |
3 |
4 |
59.6430 |
2 |
1 |
107.962 |
6:15.6926 |
Honda |
A |
18 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
5 |
18 |
David Malukas |
59.6140 |
0.3442 |
0.0596 |
4 |
4 |
59.6140 |
3 |
3 |
107.854 |
5:58.8862 |
Honda |
A |
14 |
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
|
6 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
59.9558 |
0.6860 |
0.3418 |
1 |
4 |
1:00.0505 |
2 |
6 |
107.239 |
6:31.9159 |
Chevy |
A |
2 |
Team Penske |
Q2
Josef Newgarden was the first driver into the 59s, but the Andretti Autosport pair of Colton Herta and Alexander Rossi soon pushed him down, with a 59.5391 from Herta, with Felix Rosenqvist improving on him too.
Rookie David Malukas, delivered a brilliant 59.4638 for Dale Coyne Racing /HMD – the first 108mph lap of the weekend, but both Rossi and Newgarden demoted him, Rossi producing a 59.3709 – 108.295mph. Still, it was enough to see him into the Firestone Fast Six for the second time this year.
Dixon, Herta and Scott McLaughlin would also advance.
Ilott in the Juncos Hollinger-Chevrolet was seventh ahead of Rosenqvist in the Arrow McLaren SP-Chevy, just ahead of championship leader Marcus Ericsson.
Lundgaard was 10th for RLL, ahead of Romain Grosjean who looked somewhat subdued after his shunt this morning, while teammate Devlin DeFrancesco had his two fastest laps deleted as a result of inadvertently holding up Herta after recovering from an incident in Turn 1.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Points |
Team |
1 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
59.3709 |
59.3709 |
0.000 |
6 |
6 |
59.3709 |
4 |
5 |
108.295 |
9:22.0892 |
Honda |
A |
18 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
2 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
59.4614 |
0.0905 |
0.0905 |
7 |
8 |
59.9912 |
5 |
6 |
108.131 |
10:29.9203 |
Chevy |
A |
1 |
Team Penske |
|
3 |
18 |
David Malukas |
59.4638 |
0.0929 |
0.0024 |
7 |
8 |
1:01.7969 |
5 |
9 |
108.126 |
9:53.1035 |
Honda |
A |
14 |
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
|
4 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
59.5348 |
0.1639 |
0.0710 |
7 |
8 |
59.8079 |
5 |
3 |
107.997 |
10:12.8181 |
Honda |
A |
8 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
5 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
59.5391 |
0.1682 |
0.0043 |
6 |
8 |
1:02.2221 |
5 |
2 |
107.990 |
10:05.7327 |
Honda |
A |
17 |
Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian |
|
6 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
59.5876 |
0.2167 |
0.0485 |
7 |
8 |
59.8181 |
5 |
11 |
107.902 |
10:01.2038 |
Chevy |
A |
2 |
Team Penske |
|
7 |
77 |
59.6352 |
0.2643 |
0.0476 |
7 |
8 |
1:00.1544 |
5 |
7 |
107.816 |
10:18.0090 |
Chevy |
A |
26 |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
||
8 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
59.6630 |
0.2921 |
0.0278 |
7 |
8 |
1:04.2278 |
4 |
10 |
107.765 |
9:59.2660 |
Chevy |
A |
6 |
||
9 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
59.8527 |
0.4818 |
0.1897 |
7 |
8 |
1:00.0731 |
5 |
1 |
107.424 |
10:33.5490 |
Honda |
A |
7 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
10 |
30 |
59.9151 |
0.5442 |
0.0624 |
8 |
8 |
59.9151 |
5 |
12 |
107.312 |
10:37.0287 |
Honda |
A |
21 |
|||
11 |
28 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:00.0819 |
0.7110 |
0.1668 |
8 |
8 |
1:00.0819 |
5 |
8 |
107.014 |
10:42.3234 |
Honda |
A |
19 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
12 |
29 |
Devlin DeFrancesco |
1:14.8882 |
15.5173 |
14.8063 |
4 |
4 |
1:14.8882 |
4 |
4 |
85.856 |
6:32.7911 |
Honda |
A |
20 |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
Q1 Group 2
Andretti Autosport’s rookie Devlin DeFrancesco, in front of his home crowd, was sent out on reds from the start of the session and delivered a 60.1543sec but then he caused a local yellow at Turn 3. However, he got going again under his own power but almost simultaneously, Alex Palou ground to a halt, and by the time the track was cleared there was time enough for IndyCar to allow drivers just one last crack at a flying lap.
Herta moved up to the top of the charts ahead of DeFrancesco, with Josef Newgarden third, ahead of Romain Grosjean, Felix Rosenqvist and Christian Lundgaard.
Kyle Kirkwood smacked a wall at Turn 6 and the car spun into Turn 8, which brought out a red. The big losers from that stoppage were Lundgaard’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan teammate Graham Rahal, who couldn’t advance despite a strong weekend for the squad, but even unluckier was Will Power, who was over three-tenths up on Herta but had to abandon the lap and wound up eighth.
Conor Daly lost his two best laps for holding up Herta on a flying lap.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Points |
Team |
1 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
1:00.0681 |
1:00.0681 |
0.000 |
6 |
6 |
1:00.0681 |
5 |
1 |
107.039 |
11:53.5840 |
Honda |
A |
17 |
Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian |
|
2 |
29 |
Devlin DeFrancesco |
1:00.1543 |
0.0862 |
0.0862 |
2 |
5 |
1:03.1758 |
4 |
9 |
106.885 |
12:24.7753 |
Honda |
A |
20 |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
|
3 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
1:00.1584 |
0.0903 |
0.0041 |
6 |
6 |
1:00.1584 |
5 |
13 |
106.878 |
12:01.6967 |
Chevy |
A |
1 |
Team Penske |
|
4 |
28 |
Romain Grosjean |
1:00.2755 |
0.2074 |
0.1171 |
3 |
6 |
1:08.7132 |
5 |
10 |
106.670 |
12:35.1340 |
Honda |
A |
19 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
5 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
1:00.3655 |
0.2974 |
0.0900 |
3 |
3 |
1:00.3655 |
0 |
5 |
106.511 |
4:19.3792 |
Chevy |
A |
6 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
|
6 |
30 |
Christian Lundgaard |
1:00.5856 |
0.5175 |
0.2201 |
3 |
6 |
1:01.6459 |
5 |
3 |
106.124 |
12:16.1771 |
Honda |
P |
21 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
7 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
1:00.6805 |
0.6124 |
0.0949 |
3 |
6 |
1:00.6868 |
5 |
4 |
105.958 |
12:18.9030 |
Honda |
P |
13 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
|
8 |
12 |
Will Power |
1:00.7974 |
0.7293 |
0.1169 |
3 |
6 |
1:08.3361 |
5 |
2 |
105.755 |
12:39.4871 |
Chevy |
A |
11 |
Team Penske |
|
9 |
60 |
1:00.7974 |
0.7293 |
0.0000 |
6 |
6 |
1:00.7974 |
5 |
6 |
105.755 |
11:58.9714 |
Honda |
A |
25 |
|||
10 |
14 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
1:00.8533 |
0.7852 |
0.0559 |
2 |
5 |
1:01.5112 |
4 |
11 |
105.657 |
12:05.7440 |
Chevy |
A |
12 |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
|
11 |
21 |
1:01.0870 |
1.0189 |
0.2337 |
3 |
6 |
1:00.7372 |
5 |
7 |
105.253 |
12:12.4057 |
Chevy |
A |
16 |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
||
12 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
1:03.0514 |
2.9833 |
1.9644 |
1 |
3 |
1:00.9110 |
0 |
12 |
101.974 |
4:25.5183 |
Honda |
P |
9 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
13 |
20 |
Conor Daly |
1:05.2593 |
5.1912 |
2.2079 |
1 |
5 |
1:14.3039 |
4 |
8 |
98.524 |
12:48.5373 |
Chevy |
A |
15 |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
Q1 Group 1
Callum Ilott of Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet and Jimmie Johnson of Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda went straight out on the Firestone alternate compound tires, the ‘reds’, while Scott McLaughlin set the fastest time on the primaries, clocking a 60.0527sec (107.066mph) ahead of compatriot Scott Dixon and Marcus Ericsson, before they hit pitlane to grab their reds.
On reds, Alexander Rossi delivered the first sub 1min lap, clocking a 59.8731sec to go fastest, and while he trimmed that next time by, it was Dixon who moved to the top with a 59.6996sec run, which was then edged by teammate Ericsson who produced 59.6875 (107.721mph).
Ilott’s tactic worked well and he made it through to Q2 ahead of fellow rookie David Malukas who has looked strong all weekend for Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports-Honda, and McLaughlin.
The surprise failure to graduate was Pato O’Ward, whose Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet was only eighth fastest, confessing to Peacock, “we haven’t had the speed all weekend.”
Dalton Kellett was unable to reach the track due to a suspected mechanical issue.
P |
No |
Name |
FTime |
Diff |
Gap |
FL |
Laps |
LapTime |
LPit |
Led |
ST |
FSpeed |
Elapsed |
Engine |
Tire |
Points |
Team |
1 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
59.6875 |
59.6875 |
0.000 |
8 |
8 |
59.6875 |
5 |
1 |
107.721 |
10:22.9263 |
Honda |
A |
321 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
2 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
59.6996 |
0.0121 |
0.0121 |
7 |
8 |
1:02.5953 |
5 |
3 |
107.699 |
10:30.7360 |
Honda |
A |
254 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
3 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
59.7724 |
0.0849 |
0.0728 |
6 |
6 |
59.7724 |
4 |
5 |
107.568 |
9:08.6498 |
Honda |
A |
229 |
Andretti Autosport |
|
4 |
77 |
Callum Ilott |
59.8315 |
0.1440 |
0.0591 |
7 |
8 |
1:00.1691 |
5 |
9 |
107.462 |
10:40.9081 |
Chevy |
A |
97 |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
|
5 |
18 |
David Malukas |
59.8686 |
0.1811 |
0.0371 |
8 |
8 |
59.8686 |
5 |
4 |
107.395 |
9:51.5905 |
Honda |
A |
145 |
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
|
6 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
59.9217 |
0.2342 |
0.0531 |
8 |
8 |
59.9217 |
5 |
2 |
107.300 |
10:14.4536 |
Chevy |
A |
252 |
Team Penske |
|
7 |
45 |
1:00.0212 |
0.3337 |
0.0995 |
8 |
8 |
1:00.0212 |
5 |
8 |
107.122 |
10:45.2137 |
Honda |
A |
115 |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
||
8 |
5 |
1:00.1193 |
0.4318 |
0.0981 |
7 |
7 |
1:00.1193 |
4 |
6 |
106.947 |
9:18.7188 |
Chevy |
A |
256 |
Arrow McLaren SP |
||
9 |
06 |
1:00.2712 |
0.5837 |
0.1519 |
8 |
8 |
1:00.2712 |
5 |
10 |
106.678 |
10:49.1423 |
Honda |
A |
160 |
Meyer Shank Racing |
||
10 |
51 |
1:00.5324 |
0.8449 |
0.2612 |
7 |
7 |
1:00.5324 |
4 |
7 |
106.217 |
10:05.0382 |
Honda |
A |
149 |
Dale Coyne Racing w/RWR |
||
11 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
1:00.9817 |
1.2942 |
0.4493 |
8 |
8 |
1:00.9817 |
5 |
11 |
105.435 |
10:33.4263 |
Honda |
A |
99 |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
|
12 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
No Time |
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--- |
-- |
--- |
--.--- |
0 |
12 |
--- |
Chevy |
P |
70 |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
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