Barber IndyCar: Top 6 quotes after qualifying
Qualifying Saturday for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 2.3-mile Barber Motorsports Park
Will Power, Team Penske Chevrolet
Rainier Ehrhardt
Cla | # | Driver | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Will Power | 3 | 1'06.9614 | 123.653 | ||
"Having a very good team and car is key and the No.12 Verizon Chevy is definitely working well this weekend. I'm kind of focusing very well, making sure I'm looking at the right things, and felt like I had a much better car on used tires. I think that's kind of where we've been going wrong. It's a very good result." | |||||||
2 | 3 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | 1'07.1429 | 0.1815 | 0.1815 | 123.319 |
"It's a great team effort, especially the No. 3 AAA Chevy guys who did a phenomenal job during qualifying because we kept chasing the car. It was phenomenal towards the end. My teammate, Will Power, he definitely has something on this place. He did a great job putting a lap towards to the end. Now we're looking for tomorrow. Hopefully the weather, it's going to be a little bit cooler, and I think everybody's car is going to be fast. Starting from the front row is a good place to be and now we've just got to look forward and hopefully beat my teammate." | |||||||
3 | 1 | Simon Pagenaud | 3 | 1'07.3817 | 0.4203 | 0.2388 | 122.882 |
"It's phenomenal for the Penske team. They did a fantastic job preparing these cars. This is a really good track for us in general. We have a really good grip and an understanding of the aero package, as well. Personally, it was a good session for the No.1 Menards Chevy. It was a little hectic in the beginning on pit lane. I couldn't really go on my out lap to get the tires up to speed, so it was very difficult to transfer with only one lap on the tires. So, unfortunately, we wore out the tires Q1, Q2, and then I pushed a little too hard in the Firestone Fast Six, but I guess that's what it's all about. It's racing. We were very aggressive with the setup and I think we went a tick too far. That was great qualifying and phenomenal for the race team starting 1-2-3." | |||||||
4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 2 | 1'07.5817 | 0.6203 | 0.2000 | 122.518 |
"We have a very good NTT Data Honda. The Penske cars are pretty fast, but we kept up pretty well given the rise in temperature today. Tomorrow is supposed to be much cooler and I feel our car will respond to that better than the temps we saw today. I'm happy with our starting spot and hope we have something to get to the front here at Barber Sunday." | |||||||
5 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 2 | 1'07.6851 | 0.7237 | 0.1034 | 122.331 |
"Not a bad place to start, considering last year we qualified 18th - it's a good turn around. I definitely had my hands full out there. We need to try to make some changes for the race tomorrow that could potentially settle the car a little bit and make it a bit more predictable to get that DHL Honda its third victory here. That's the goal." | |||||||
6 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe | 1 | 1'07.8710 | 0.9096 | 0.1859 | 121.996 |
"It's super competitive in the Verizon IndyCar Series at the moment and track position and a good starting position is such an important part of it. We focused a lot of our energy and efforts on that in over the offseason. We were decent and had a decent strike rate in that last year but certainly consistently getting the No. 5 Arrow Honda in the Firestone Fast Six is great and has put us in the position to lead laps so far this season and obviously take a victory last week in Long Beach. Proud of the Arrow Electronics guys, and everybody at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports to consistently be giving us a car good enough to be competing with the best of the best." |
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