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Bourdais takes pole for Saturday’s Toronto GP

Sebastien Bourdais

Sebastien Bourdais was the only driver to get into the 58 second bracket in Q3 qualifying for the Honda GP of Toronto to win the pole for Race #1 of the Honda GP of Toronto.

His time of 58.948s was enough to beat the Team Penske teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves. Ryan Hunter-Reay will start 4th while Simon Pagenaud will start 5th but could have been on pole had he not crashed in the final corner.

Tony Kanaan was 6th.

Bourdais' time was faster than the pole for both races in 2013. He said afterward, "I was initially pissed at the team for sending me out too early in Q3 but sometimes Jimmy Vasser sees things from the puts I don't see from the car and it turned out OK.

"For me this pole is personally satisfying. It has been six years since I won my last pole, which was in 2007 in a Champ Car at Assen, Holland. We have been knocking on the door by being in a several Fast Six sessions but not quite getting there, so this is personally very satisfying for me."

With the chance of showers by race time, if it does rain the standing start will be tricky as the drivers will be fighting for traction. "Starting up front is always good, but especially good in the rain," said Bourdais.

More to follow……

Results (Q3 Fast Six)

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine
1 11 Sebastien Bourdais 58.948 0.000 0.000 7 7 107.179 Chevy
2 12 Will Power 59.102 0.1546 0.1546 3 4 106.899 Chevy
3 3 Helio Castroneves 59.150 0.2020 0.0474 2 4 106.813 Chevy
4 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 59.267 0.3193 0.1173 7 7 106.602 Honda
5 77 Simon Pagenaud 59.397 0.4493 0.1300 2 3 106.369 Honda
6 10 Tony Kanaan 59.999 1.0508 0.6015 4 8 105.302 Chevy

Q2 Results

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine
1 3 Helio Castroneves 59.0428 0.0000 0.0000 6 6 107.007 Chevy
2 12 Will Power 59.4142 0.3714 0.3714 7 8 106.338 Chevy
3 19 Justin Wilson 59.4620 0.4192 0.0478 8 8 106.253 Honda
4 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 59.5032 0.4604 0.0412 8 8 106.179 Chevy
5 11 Sebastien Bourdais 59.7482 0.7054 0.0055 7 7 105.744 Chevy
6 8 Ryan Briscoe 59.8699 0.8271 0.1217 8 8 105.529 Chevy
7 15 Graham Rahal 59.9495 0.9067 0.0796 8 8 105.389 Honda
8 20 Mike Conway 59.9904 0.9476 0.0409 8 8 105.317 Chevy
9 98 Jack Hawksworth 60.1856 1.1428 0.1952 7 8 104.975 Honda
10 83 Charlie Kimball 60.2304 1.1876 0.0448 8 8 104.897 Chevy
11 7 Mikhail Aleshin 60.23379 1.1951 0.0075 8 8 104.884 Honda

Q1 Group 1

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine
1 9 Scott Dixon 59.247 0.000 0.000 8 8 106.638 Chevy
2 77 Simon Pagenaud 59.293 0.0461 0.0461 7 9 106.555 Honda
3 27 James Hinchcliffe 59.310 0.0630 0.0169 7 8 106.524 Honda
4 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay 59.399 0.1514 0.0884 7 8 106.366 Honda
5 10 Tony Kanaan 59.409 0.1616 0.0102 8 9 106.348 Chevy
6 16 Luca Filippi 59.425 0.1782 0.0166 8 8 106.318 Honda
7 67 Josef Newgarden 59.446 0.1982 0.0200 7 7 106.282 Honda
8 14 Takuma Sato 59.537 0.2894 0.0912 7 8 106.119 Honda
9 34 Carlos Munoz 59.571 0.3235 0.0341 8 8 106.059 Honda
10 17 Sebastian Saavedra 59.681 0.4333 0.1098 7 7 105.864 Chevy
11 18 Carlos Huertas 59.724 0.4771 0.0438 7 8 105.786 Honda
12 25 Marco Andretti 59.982 0.7343 0.2572 7 8 105.332 Honda

Q1 Group 2

Pos No Name Time Diff Gap FL Laps Speed Engine
1 3 Helio Castroneves 59.0428 0.0000 0.0000 6 6 107.007 Chevy
2 12 Will Power 59.4142 0.3714 0.3714 7 8 106.338 Chevy
3 19 Justin Wilson 59.4620 0.4192 0.0478 8 8 106.253 Honda
4 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 59.5032 0.4604 0.0412 8 8 106.179 Chevy
5 11 Sebastien Bourdais 59.7482 0.7054 0.0055 7 7 105.744 Chevy
6 8 Ryan Briscoe 59.8699 0.8271 0.1217 8 8 105.529 Chevy
7 15 Graham Rahal 59.9495 0.9067 0.0796 8 8 105.389 Honda
8 20 Mike Conway 59.9904 0.9476 0.0409 8 8 105.317 Chevy
9 98 Jack Hawksworth 60.1856 1.1428 0.1952 7 8 104.975 Honda
10 83 Charlie Kimball 60.2304 1.1876 0.0448 8 8 104.897 Chevy
11 7 Mikhail Aleshin 60.23379 1.1951 0.0075 8 8 104.884 Honda