Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park Qualifying Report

One day remains at Barber Motorsports Park.

After Saturday's on-track action, Arrow McLaren ended the qualifying session with all three cars starting in the top 10.

Pato O'Ward ended qualifying in P3, less than one tenth off the pole position. Both Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander's qualifying session ended in Q2 and will start P8 and P10, respectively. 

After qualifying, find out what Pato, Felix, Alexander and Racing Director Gavin Ward said before Sunday's race.

Pato O'Ward, Driver, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"We missed it by less than a tenth of a second, so we’re right there. We definitely found the lap time that we wanted to after Practice 2. Now, it’s about working on the race car. In the race, it’s a different beast with the tire degradation. "I think you’ll see guys taking risks on the three-stopper, but you can get hosed by a yellow. The last few years, the winner has been the fuel-saving two-stopper, so I expect the Ganassi cars to be really quick, and Grosjean after winning his second pole this year. For us, we need to have a good start, but not sure yet what we will do strategy-wise. Obviously, we want to go with the one that’s going to win, right?"

Felix Rosenqvist, Driver, No. 6 NTT DATA Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"A big improvement from yesterday. I’m pretty happy with it after Practice 1, because we weren’t really in the game. We had a different car today, and now we’re in the ballpark. It’s tight, and we had a really great Q1, but in Q2, for whatever reason, we didn’t have much more. Overall, I’m bummed to be missing the Firestone Fast Six for the third time in a row by hundredths of a second, basically. We did a good job recovering, so we can win from there."

Alexander Rossi, Driver, No. 7 VELO Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, said:

"Pretty disappointing. We had a car to get to the Firestone Fast Six and we just got overzealous with some of the changes. The baseline is good and we'll get after it tomorrow."

Gavin Ward, Racing Director, Arrow McLaren, said:

"Overall, we have to be really happy with getting all the cars in the top 12 again. It’s a difficult thing to do, and not many teams manage to put that together. We’re never happy if we don’t get pole, but Pato was within one tenth of a second. That’s close. Having a difficult start to the day, that’s a great recovery by that group. "Felix was close to getting through there in Q2. Alexander missed the window on the tire a bit on his run, and he wasn’t as confident in the car as he was in Q1. The pace was there, but we will learn from it. All to play for tomorrow."

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