IndyCar: Rosenqvist leads Fast 12 at 234.081 mph

Felix Rosenqvist turned the fastest four-lap average speed during Fast 12 Qualifying for the 107th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.

Rosenqvist’s four-lap average was 234.081 mph in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. That was the second-fastest qualifying run in Indianapolis 500 history, behind only the four-lap average of 236.986 by Arie Luyendyk in 1996.

Try as they might, over and over and over they tried, but they can’t beat the 27-year CART IndyCar lap records. Back in 1996 you had one shot at the record.  Now you can go out and try 50 times if you want to.  Absolutely crazy.

Rosenqvist led the first day of qualifying Saturday at 233.947.

Santino Ferrucci ended up second in the Fast 12 at 233.911 in the No. 14 Homes For Our Troops Chevrolet. Rinus VeeKay was third at 233.801 in the No. 21 Bitnile.com Chevrolet, as the Bowtie Brigade took the top three spots.

Qualifying After Fast 12 Round

Pos No Name 4-Lap Avg. QLap1 QLap2 QLap3 QLap4 Status Engine Team
1 6 Felix Rosenqvist 234.081 234.534 234.220 233.950 233.623 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy Arrow McLaren
2 14 Santino Ferrucci 233.911 234.581 234.229 233.684 233.154 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
3 21 Rinus VeeKay 233.801 234.505 234.012 233.544 233.147 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy Ed Carpenter Racing
4 10 Alex Palou 233.779 234.812 234.134 233.264 232.916 Qualified – Top 12 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
5 9 Scott Dixon 233.430 234.342 233.887 232.814 232.687 Qualified – Top 12 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
6 5 Pato O’Ward 233.229 234.340 233.612 232.813 232.162 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy Arrow McLaren
7 7 Alexander Rossi 233.110 234.041 233.559 233.013 231.840 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy Arrow McLaren
8 11 Takuma Sato 233.098 233.907 233.411 232.817 232.262 Qualified – Top 12 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
9 66 Tony Kanaan 233.076 234.001 233.543 232.967 231.806 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy Arrow McLaren
10 8 Marcus Ericsson 232.889 233.825 233.272 232.529 231.940 Qualified – Top 12 Honda Chip Ganassi Racing
11 55 Benjamin Pedersen 232.671 233.137 232.869 232.657 232.026 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy AJ Foyt Enterprises
12 12 Will Power 232.635 233.297 232.518 232.640 232.089 Qualified – Top 12 Chevy Team Penske
13 33 Ed Carpenter 232.689 233.628 232.396 232.605 232.133 Qualified – Opening Day Ed Carpenter Racing
14 3 Scott McLaughlin 232.677 232.914 232.783 232.508 232.506 Qualified – Opening Day Team Penske
15 27 Kyle Kirkwood 232.662 233.476 233.062 232.391 231.726 Qualified – Opening Day Andretti Autosport
16 20 Conor Daly 232.433 233.129 232.703 232.153 231.752 Qualified – Opening Day Ed Carpenter Racing
17 2 Josef Newgarden 232.402 232.640 232.379 232.401 232.189 Qualified – Opening Day Team Penske
18 23 Ryan Hunter-Reay 232.133 232.445 232.338 232.008 231.741 Qualified – Opening Day Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
19 28 Romain Grosjean 231.997 232.580 232.099 231.758 231.554 Qualified – Opening Day Andretti Autosport
20 06 Helio Castroneves 231.954 232.343 231.970 231.832 231.672 Qualified – Opening Day Meyer Shank Racing
21 26 Colton Herta 231.951 232.469 231.873 231.753 231.708 Qualified – Opening Day Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian
22 60 Simon Pagenaud 231.878 231.916 231.984 231.970 231.643 Qualified – Opening Day Meyer Shank Racing
23 18 David Malukas 231.769 232.433 232.046 231.508 231.094 Qualified – Opening Day Dale Coyne Racing with HMD
24 98 Marco Andretti 231.682 232.331 231.999 231.202 231.198 Qualified – Opening Day Andretti
25 24 Stefan Wilson 231.648 232.238 232.036 230.939 231.383 Qualified – Opening Day Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
26 29 Devlin DeFrancesco 231.353 232.151 231.932 231.440 229.904 Qualified – Opening Day Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport
27 78 Agustin Canapino 231.320 232.514 231.615 230.832 230.330 Qualified – Opening Day Juncos Holling Racing
28 77 Callum Ilott 231.182 232.470 232.014 230.903 229.367 Qualified – Opening Day Juncos Hollinger Racing
29 50 RC Enerson 231.129 231.966 231.433 230.899 230.224 Qualified – Opening Day Abel Motorsports
30 44 Katherine Legge 231.070 231.596 231.380 230.679 230.627 Qualified – Opening Day Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing