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 |