Lundgaard, Honda Claim Pole at Toronto

Canadian Racin’

For the second time this season, and the second time in his young NTT INDYCAR SERIES career, Christian Lundgaard started from the pole position aboard his #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda, in Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto.

It was a difficult qualifying session today on streets of the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with rain beginning to fall in group one, round one of knockout qualifying, with the precipitation continuing through group two and the second qualifying round. The rain finally ended before final qualifying, with a dry line forming just enough for the Firestone Fast Six to set their best times on dry tires in the final moments of the six-minute session.

Also making it through to the Fast Six for Honda was Marcus Ericsson for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Other Honda cars starting in the top 10 included Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon and Marcus Armstrong, seventh and tenth, and Andretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood and Romain Grosjean, eighth and ninth.

In a surprise from round one, championship leader Alex Palou failed to advance.

Honda Indy Toronto Honda Qualifying Results

1st Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
4th Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
7th Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
8th Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
9th Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
10th Marcus Armstrong-R Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
13th Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda
14th Colton Herta Andretti Autosport Honda
15th Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
17th David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Honda
19th Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda
20th Tom Blomqvist-R Meyer Shank Racing Honda
22nd Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Autosport Honda
23rd Sting Ray Robb-R Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
27th Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda

R – Rookie