The opening qualifying session of the IndyCar season is our first true performance indicator of 2024, giving us a steer on who’s rising fast or falling like a rock.
On the streets of St Petersburg on Saturday, we enjoyed a great battle for pole between Team Penske’s Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden and Felix Rosenqvist, who moved to Meyer Shank Racing from Arrow McLaren in the off season. Rosenqvist set a new track record in Q2 on his fresh intermediate tires, having also set the pace in opening practice on Friday. But he fell 0.0058s short of a sixth career pole. Instead, it was Newgarden’s 17th pole – his last coming at Detroit in 2022.
” Romain Grosjean, Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet Photo by: Josh Tons / Motorsport Images Grosjean is down four spots on his 2023 pole position, but he was mighty pleased with his performance given minnows Juncos Hollinger Racing, who snatched him up after his fractious Andretti exit, could only manage 21st and 22nd here last year. “It is very satisfying,” he beamed. “This year I was hoping we could get into the Fast Six but I wasn’t exactly sure about it.
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