Andretti teammates 1-2-3-4 after 1st round of IndyCar Qualifying
Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi and James Hinchcliffe led a Andretti Autosport Honda assault in round 1 qualifying for the 104th Indy 500.
The Andretti cars are 1-2-3-4 and will be part of the fast-nine that will shoot for the pole tomorrow.
A 4th Andretti car – Colton Herta – just missed the fast-nine in 10th.
11 of the top-12 cars were all powered by Honda engines with only rookie Rinus Veekay with Chevy power in 5th.
Next up the cars below the top-10 can all try to improve their position by re-qualifying but the top-9 cannot be bumped down. The fast nine will battle for pole on Sunday.
For Marco Andretti it was his best qualifying effort in quite some time, now he has to do it again tomorrow if he wants to sit on pole for the Indy 500.
Mark C. reporting for AutoRacing1.com
Round 1 Qualifying Rank
| Pos | No | Name | QSPEED | Diff | Lap1 | Lap2 | Lap3 | Lap4 | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 98 | Marco Andretti | 231.351 | –.—- | 232.177 | 231.559 | 230.968 | 230.705 | Honda | Andretti Herta with Marco & Curb-Agajanian |
| 2 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 231.330 | 0.0139 | 231.653 | 231.506 | 231.219 | 230.944 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 3 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 231.268 | 0.0560 | 231.886 | 231.497 | 230.879 | 230.812 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 4 | 29 | James Hinchcliffe | 231.195 | 0.1048 | 231.790 | 231.393 | 231.048 | 230.553 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 5 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 231.114 | 0.1596 | 231.789 | 231.029 | 230.888 | 230.753 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 231.094 | 0.1731 | 231.787 | 231.160 | 230.911 | 230.520 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 7 | 55 | Alex Palou | 231.034 | 0.2135 | 231.552 | 231.211 | 230.808 | 230.566 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh |
| 8 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 230.822 | 0.3563 | 231.102 | 230.876 | 230.740 | 230.572 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 9 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 230.792 | 0.3766 | 231.244 | 230.763 | 230.710 | 230.454 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 10 | 88 | Colton Herta | 230.560 | 0.5340 | 231.135 | 230.658 | 230.314 | 230.134 | Honda | Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport |
| 11 | 45 | Spencer Pigot | 230.539 | 0.5479 | 231.325 | 230.850 | 230.261 | 229.727 | Honda | RLL with Citrone/Buhl Autosport |
| 12 | 8 | Marcus Ericsson | 230.472 | 0.5936 | 231.061 | 230.576 | 230.299 | 229.954 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 13 | 1 | Josef Newgarden | 230.296 | 0.7125 | 230.431 | 230.408 | 230.316 | 230.031 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 14 | 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 230.254 | 0.7413 | 230.639 | 230.205 | 230.153 | 230.021 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 15 | 26 | Zach Veach | 229.961 | 0.9406 | 230.644 | 230.071 | 229.685 | 229.447 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 16 | 18 | Santino Ferrucci | 229.924 | 0.9658 | 230.455 | 230.075 | 229.588 | 229.578 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan |
| 17 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 229.902 | 0.9807 | 230.712 | 230.165 | 229.422 | 229.314 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 18 | 47 | Conor Daly | 229.884 | 0.9929 | 231.053 | 230.210 | 229.846 | 228.443 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 19 | 60 | Jack Harvey | 229.861 | 1.0083 | 230.593 | 229.851 | 229.367 | 229.639 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 20 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 229.811 | 1.0428 | 231.390 | 230.359 | 229.894 | 227.633 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 21 | 7 | Oliver Askew | 229.760 | 1.0774 | 230.304 | 229.855 | 229.517 | 229.367 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 22 | 12 | Will Power | 229.701 | 1.1174 | 230.343 | 229.769 | 229.472 | 229.225 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 23 | 14 | Tony Kanaan | 229.154 | 1.4915 | 229.920 | 229.342 | 228.860 | 228.501 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 24 | 41 | Dalton Kellett | 228.880 | 1.6802 | 229.111 | 229.041 | 228.841 | 228.526 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 25 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 228.836 | 1.7102 | 229.529 | 229.229 | 229.032 | 227.563 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 26 | 66 | Fernando Alonso | 228.768 | 1.7568 | 229.418 | 228.846 | 228.520 | 228.291 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren SP |
| 27 | 51 | James Davison | 228.747 | 1.7711 | 230.957 | 230.267 | 227.771 | 226.061 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing w/Rick Ware Racing/Byrd/Belardi |
| 28 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 228.115 | 2.2073 | 228.652 | 228.169 | 227.990 | 227.652 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 29 | 4 | Charlie Kimball | 227.758 | 2.4547 | 229.677 | 229.399 | 228.980 | 223.108 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 30 | 24 | Sage Karam | 227.099 | 2.9132 | 227.609 | 227.267 | 226.940 | 226.583 | Chevy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 31 | 67 | JR Hildebrand | 226.341 | 3.4440 | 228.594 | 225.328 | 225.980 | 225.494 | Chevy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 32 | 59 | Max Chilton | 225.819 | 3.8118 | 227.218 | 225.844 | 225.700 | 224.531 | Chevy | Carlin |
| 33 | 81 | Ben Hanley | 220.946 | 7.3282 | 222.617 | 221.764 | 219.963 | 219.469 | Chevy | DragonSpeed USA |