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June 11, 2022 — #elkhartlake, Wis.
Alexander Rossi led the way in #nttindycarseries qualifying today in #elkhartlake, Wis., and will start from the pole in Sunday's #sonsiograndprixatroadamerica. The pole is the eighth of Rossi's Indy car career, and his second at Road America, where the Andretti Autosport driver dominated in 2019, leading all but one of the 55 laps for his seventh career win.
Chip Ganassi #racing teammates #alexpalou and Marcus Ericsson make up the second row of the starting grid in the 27-car field, with defending series champion Palou qualifying third, and recent Indianapolis 500 winner Ericsson in fourth. Colton Herta rounded out the top five qualifiers today for Honda in his Andretti Autosport entry.
Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America Honda Qualifying Results
R – Rookie
Quotes
Alexander Rossi (#27 Andretti Autosport Honda) pole qualifier: "I think we saw with last year's [qualifying] results here that [Firestone primary 'Black' compound] tires were the way to go, so I think that's just kind of a trend here. But it was an amazing job here all weekend by the Napa #auto Parts/AutoNation Honda team. It's been a long time since we've been in this position [on the pole] so it's amazing. It was so close today. We'll enjoy it now, but we've still got a job to do [in the race] tomorrow. I think we're really strong on the primaries, so huge thanks to the team for all their efforts this weekend. It's a good boost for everyone, and we'll enjoy it going into tomorrow."
Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi #racing Honda) will start third: "Qualifying [third] is good, we were close [to claiming the pole], that was a good job by Alex [Rossi] and the 27 team. We were on the right strategy using the [Firestone primary compound] Black tires, it's just that Alex [Rossi] was able to get a bit more time out of them than we could. They made it happen. But we've been improving the car every single time we've gone out this weekend and this is an amazing starting position compared to last week [when Palou started 18th in Detroit]."
Fast Facts
Where to Watch
Live NBC race coverage of the race from Road America begin at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Sunday, June 12; with live streaming on NBC Peacock. Additional coverage can be found on the INDYCAR Radio Network and on Sirius/XM satellite radio.
Honda #racing social media content and video links from Road America can be found on Instagram (www.instagram.com/hondaracing_hpd), Twitter (twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/HondaRacingHPD). Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing/HPD YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV).
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