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GP of Indianapolis Qual Results Verizon IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Indianapolis at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Friday, May 9, 2014 QUALIFYING RESULTS P Car Driver Hometown Car Name Engine Entrant Time Speed 1 17 Sebastian Saavedra Bogota, Colombia AFS KV AFS Racing Chevrolet KV AFS Racing 01:23.8822 104.675 2 98 Jack Hawksworth (R) Bradford, England Charter / Castrol Edge Honda BHA/BBM with Curb Agajanian 01:24.0788 104.431 3 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Fort Lauderdale, Fla. DHL Honda Andretti Autosport 01:24.8882 103.435 4 77 Simon Pagenaud Montmorillon, France Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Honda Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Mtrsprts 01:25.2881 102.950 5 12 Will Power Toowoomba, Australia Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 01:25.5216 102.669 6 9 Scott Dixon Auckland, New Zealand Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target Chip Ganassi Racing 01:25.6548 102.509 7 11 Sebastien Bourdais Le Mans, France Mistic KVSH Racing Chevrolet KVSH Racing 01:24.5187 103.887 8 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Bogota, Colombia Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Penske Motorsports 01:24.6209 103.762 9 10 Tony Kanaan Salvador, Brazil Lexar Chevrolet Target Chip Ganassi Racing 01:24.7099 103.653 10 3 Helio Castroneves Sao Paulo, Brazil Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Team Penske 01:24.8839 103.440 11 27 James Hinchcliffe Toronto United Fiber & Data Honda Andretti Autosport 01:25.1318 103.139 12 15 Graham Rahal New Albany, Ohio National Guard Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 01:25.4748 102.725 13 25 Marco Andretti Nazareth, Pa. Snapple Honda Andretti Autosport 01:10.2488 124.990 14 8 Ryan Briscoe Sydney, Australia NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing 01:10.2261 125.030 15 67 Josef Newgarden Hendersonville, Tenn. Klipsch/Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing 01:10.3601 124.792 16 14 Takuma Sato Tokyo, Japan ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing Honda A.J. Foyt Racing 01:10.2804 124.934 17 18 Carlos Huertas (R) Bogota, Colombia Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dale Coyne Racing 01:10.4264 124.675 18 19 Justin Wilson Sheffield, England Dale Coyne Racing Honda Dale Coyne Racing 01:10.4141 124.697 19 34 Carlos Munoz (R) Bogota, Colombia Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Honda Andretti HVM 01:10.5097 124.528 20 41 Martin Plowman Tamworth, England Alfe/ABC Supply/AJ Foyt Racing Honda A.J. Foyt Racing 01:10.4591 124.617 21 26 Franck Montagny Feurs, France Suretone Honda Andretti Autosport 01:10.5571 124.444 22 16 Oriol Servia Pals, Spain Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 01:10.5996 124.369 23 83 Charlie Kimball Camarillo, Calif. Novo Nordisk Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Novo Nordisk Ganassi Racing 01:10.6413 124.296 24 20 Mike Conway Bromley, England Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Ed Carpenter Racing 01:10.6535 124.274 25 7 Mikhail Aleshin (R) Moscow SMP Racing Honda Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 01:11.2704 123.198 Verizon P1 Award Winner: Sebastian Saavedra (1:23.8822, 104.675) Note: #7 Aleshin lost his two fastest laps due to qualifying interference penalty in Round 1, Group 2; #28 Hunter-Reay lost two fastest laps for causing red flag in Round 3. Legend: R - Sunoco Rookie of the Year Candidate; All cars use fourth-generation Verizon IndyCar Series chassis (IR-12) and Firestone tires Issued: May 9, 2014 .
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