IndyCar qualifying groups (Update)

UPDATE Below, are the qualifying groups for this afternoon's Verizon Pole Qualifying for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The session gets underway in about 10 minutes.

Group 1 –

#1 Will Power
#2 Juan Pablo Montoya
#4 Stefano Coletti
#8 Sebastian Saavedra
#11 Sebastien Bourdais
#14 Takuma Sato
#19 Francesco Dracone
#20 Luca Filippi
#22 Simon Pagenaud
#27 Marco Andretti
#41 Jack Hawksworth
#67 Josef Newgarden

Group 2 –

#3 Helio Castroneves
#5 James Hinchcliffe
#7 James Jakes
#9 Scott Dixon
#10 Tony Kanaan
#15 Graham Rahal
#18 Conor Daly
#26 Carlos Munoz
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#83 Charlie Kimball
#98 Gabby Chaves

04/18/15

Simon Pagenaud

Below, are the qualifying groups for today's Verizon IndyCar Series pole qualifying. Having set fast time in today's practice session Simon Pagenaud will pick which group he will qualify in, and second-place Helio Castroneves will go to the other group. Pagenaud must announce his decision 30 minutes prior to the session beginning.

Our guess: with two Penske cars, Newgarden, and Bourdais in Group 1, Pagenaud will opt for Group 2.

Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying will begin at 2 p.m. local time

Group 1

#1 Will Power
#2 Juan Pablo Montoya
#4 Stefano Coletti
#8 Sebastian Saavedra
#11 Sebastien Bourdais
#14 Takuma Sato
#19 Francesco Dracone
#20 Luca Filippi
#27 Marco Andretti
#41 Jack Hawksworth
#67 Josef Newgarden

Group 2

#5 James Hinchcliffe
#7 James Jakes
#9 Scott Dixon
#10 Tony Kanaan
#15 Graham Rahal
#18 Conor Daly
#26 Carlos Munoz
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#83 Charlie Kimball
#98 Gabby Chaves