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