Linus Lundqvist says his maiden IndyCar Series pole position came in “one of the craziest qualifying sessions I've had” in mixed weather conditions at Road America on Saturday.
The 25-year-old Chip Ganassi Racing rookie twice narrowly escaped through the knockout segments and into the Fast Six shootout for pole. On a soaking wet track, he claimed the final transfer spot into the top 12 from group qualifying by 0.3497s over Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Romain Grosjean. Then, in the final moments of the top 12 segment, his best lap – which came with under a minute to go – bumped out team-mate Alex Palou, the defending race winner, from transferring.
” Linus Lundqvist, Double R, leads BRDC British F3 race at Oulton Park Photo by: JEP / Motorsport Images Lundqvist went on to note how the session felt similar to his time in British Formula 3, where he captured the championship in 2018 on the back of seven wins, 13 podiums and three poles. “This feels like an average British F3 qualifying back in the day type of style, where started off torrential rain, then the last part it dried up, we threw on the slicks,” he said.
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