The Indycar Series set the Indy 500 starting lineup via a week long session of qualifying. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is set to host the 103rd running of the oval racing event.
View the full 2019 Indy 500 starting lineup below.
Simon Pagenaud will start from the pole position. He was one of nine drivers that locked himself into pole day of qualifying. Pagenaud turned laps at an average speed of 229.992 mph.
“Team Menards and Team Penske have been phenomenal about giving me the best equipment,” said Pagenaud, who turned 35 on Saturday. “I can’t thank them enough and my teammates for always pushing me to the limit. This is incredible. This is the biggest race in the world, so obviously I’m on Cloud Nine.”
Toward the bottom of the time sheets sits former F1 champion Fernando Alonso. He will not start the race at Indianapolis, missing the grid by one spot.
“A difficult week, no doubts. We tried our best, even today with a completely different set up and approach, 4 laps flat on the throttle but we were not fast enough. It’s never easy to drive around here at 227mph+,” Fernando Alonso stated via twitter after qualifying.
View the full 2019 Indianapolis 500 starting lineup below.
Indy 500
Starting Lineup
May 26, 2019
Pos | Driver | Car Number | Time
1. Simon Pagenaud | No. 22
229.992 mph
2. Ed Carpenter | No. 20
229.889 mph
3. Spencer Pigot | No. 21
229.826 mph
4. Ed Jones | No. 63
229.646 mph
5. Colton Herta | No. 88
229.086 mph
6. Will Power | No. 12
228.645 mph
7. Sebastien Bourdais | No. 18
228.621 mph
8. Josef Newgarden | No. 2
228.396 mph
9. Alexander Rossi | No. 27
228.247 mph
10. Marco Andretti | No. 98
228.756 mph
11. Conor Daly | No. 25
228.617 mph
12. Helio Castroneves | No. 3
228.523 mph
13. Marcus Ericsson | No. 7
228.511 mph
14. Takuma Sato | No. 30
228.300 mph
15. James Davison | No. 33
228.273 mph
16. Tony Kanaan | No. 14
228.120 mph
17. Graham Rahal | No. 15
228.104 mph
18. Scott Dixon | No. 9
228.100 mph
19. Oriol Servia | No. 77
227.991 mph
20. Charlie Kimball | No. 23
227.915 mph
21. JR Hildebrand | No. 48
227.908 mph
22. Ryan Hunter-Reay | No. 28
227.877 mph
23. Santino Ferrucci | No. 19
227.731 mph
24. Matheus Leist | No. 4
227.717 mph
25. Jack Harvey | No. 60
227.695 mph
26. Jordan King | No. 42
227.502 mph
27. Ben Hanley | No. 81
227.482 mph
28. Zach Veach | No. 26
227.341 mph
29. Felix Rosenqvist | No. 10
227.297 mph
30. Pippa Mann | No. 39
227.244 mph
31. Sage Karam | No. 24
227.740 mph
32. James Hinchcliffe | No. 5
227.543 mph
33. Kyle Kaiser | No. 32
227.372 mph
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Failed to qualify:
Fernando Alonso | No. 66
227.353 mph
Patricio O’Ward | No. 31
227.092 mph
Max Chilton | No. 59
226.192 mph
Links
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