20:42
A hatrick of poles for Herta in Toronto
Colton Herta takes his third pole in Toronto and makes it back-to-back. Can he win again tomorrow?
Alex Palou driving at Toronto.
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IndyCar Toronto Qualifying 2025 LIVE UPDATES!
Live updates from the IndyCar Toronto qualifying session.
19 Jul 2025
20:41
No time for Kirkwood?
A big slide means that he will start sixth.
20:41
Armstrong goes quickest
Hold off on your excitement as Herta goes quickest by a huge chunk and sets a 00:59:832.
20:40
Armstrong goes second
I'm sure Marcus Armstrong would take that starting position - fun fact, his last pole position was in 2019 when he was racing in F3!
20:38
Herta on top
Colton Herta displaces Alex Palou at the top by nearly two tenths, There's real pace in that Andretti. What can Kirkwood do.
20:34
Fast Six begins
There's a lot of drivers who could take pole here today (six in fact), my money would be on an Andretti however.
20:25
Your Toronto Fast Six
K. Kirkwood
W. Power
C.Herta
G. Rahal
A. Palou
M. Armstrong
20:24
Round two eliminations
- L Foster
- M Ericsson
- R. Veekay
- P O'Ward
- S Dixon
- C Ilott
20:24
Power goes second
Will Power has launched himself into second with Herta going to third. Veekay is the driver at risk.
20:22
Palou takes to the top
He sets a 1:00.3.
20:22
Lock up for Dixon
He took to the escape road but his tire looks proper gnarly now.
20:21
Unsafe release by Palou?
Palou was released into the path of O'Ward, that might be investigated.
20:20
Cars return to rack for final runs
Foster and Ericsson need to improve but the current top six looks like what might be expected.
20:18
Thin margins
Herta only wenty 0.08s faster and that promoted him to fifth - it's going to be tight.
20:17
Kirkwood leads
Kyle Kirkwood has se the fastest time so far - Ericsson needs to improve however with Herta also in the drop zone.
20:16
Let's see what Ilott can do
It would be a great story if he could get into the Fast Six.
20:13
Round Two starts
Reminder of who is in this session:
- A Palou
- W Power
- S Dixon
- P O'Ward
- G Rahal
- M Ericsson
- L Foster
- R Veekay
- C Herta
- C Ilott
- K Kirkwood
- M Armstrong
20:06
G2 top six
- M. Armstrong
- R. Veekay
- A. Palou
- M. Ericsson
- C. Herta
- P. O'Ward
20:06
When will Newgarden bounce back fully?
After a great weekend at Iowa, Newgarden is out in Group Two - he will be disappointed to be back where he was before Iowa.
20:05
G2 eliminated
- K. Simpson
- D.Malukas
- J.Newgarden
- R. Shwartzman
- C. Rasmussen
- A. Rossi
- D. Defrancesco
- J. Abel
20:04
O'Ward gets through by the skin of his teeth
O'Ward was only 0.03s faster than Kyffin Simpson! He's escapes to round two.
20:03
Rinus Veekay goes first
Rinus Veekay sets a cracking lap to put him through and to take the top time.
20:02
Herta shows the Andretti's pace
Ericsson is on the other hand is not performing as Andretti need him to. Not good news for him if both Kirkwood and Herta go through and he doesn't.
20:01
Palou goes top
Alex Palou is driving like the champion elect he is and goes fastest.
19:58
Pato needs to bring his talent
The Arrow McLaren don't seem happy here this weekend with O'Ward now in the bottom group sat in 12th. He's joined by David Malukas and surprisingly Colton Herta.
