INDYCAR GMR Grand Prix at IMS Road Course - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Indianapolis where Christian Lundgaard earned pole position for the road course race.

12 May 2023

Christian Lundgaard, RLL Racing at Indianapolis

2023 GMR Grand Prix at IMS - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
2	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
3	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
4	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
7	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
8	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
13	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
15	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	Honda
16	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
17	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
18	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
19	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
20	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
21	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
22	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
23	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
24	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
25	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
26	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
27	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet

It has been a brutal start to the season for RLL Racing, but the Month of May has begun quite nicely for the organization. All three of their Honda-powered cars were fast today in qualifying on the IMS road course, with Christian Lundgaard earning his first career pole. Lundgaard made his IndyCar debut on this circuit in 2021 for the RLL team, turning heads in qualifying and leading laps. He finished runner-up last year and will be the favorite in tomorrow's race.

Lundgaard earned the top spot in qualifying by the slimmest of margins. He edged out Felix Rosenqvist by just 0.0027 seconds. The Arrow McLaren driver nearly had his third pole at this track, and his second in a row. Felix has a 10.5 average finishing position in this race, leading 27 laps and completing all 655 laps in his eight starts, but he has never finished on the podium here.

Eight of the 13 races on the IMS road course have been won by a driver starting on the front row, which bodes well for these two tomorrow. Alex Palou and Lundgaard's teammate Jack Harvey will start from Row 2 tomorrow while Pato O'Ward and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the Firestone Fast Six in qualifying. Marcus Ericsson and Graham Rahal just missed out, and will start from Row 4 tomorrow, completing a banner day for RLL Racing.

Scott Dixon starts 9th tomorrow, which is much better than his last six starting positions here of 12th, 15th, 16th, 26th, 21st, and 20th. Defending race winner Alexander Rossi completed the top-ten in qualifying, as he could not match the same pace as his two teammates. Several title contenders will be starting further back in the field tomorrow.

Will Power has dominated this track, with five wins, six poles, and 348 laps led. He has finished on the podium in both races here last year, but starts 12th tomorrow - one spot ahead of his teammate Josef Newgarden. It was a very poor day for Team Penske, as Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin were both eliminated in the first round of qualifying. Andretti Autosport won both races here last year but Colton Herta (14th) and Romain Grosjean (18th) will have a lot of work to do during the race.

Previous IMS Road Course winners

2022: Alexander Rossi

2022: Colton Herta

2021: Will Power

2021: Rinus VeeKay

2020: Will Power

2020: Josef Newgarden

2020: Scott Dixon

2019: Simon Pagenaud

2018: Will Power

2017: Will Power

2016: Simon Pagenaud