Saturday’s qualifying session was dominated by Honda-powered cars, and Colton Herta was able to snatch the top spot away as time expired.
The pole is Herta’s second consecutive pole, and took a dream result away from Graham Rahal, who was on track to claim pole for himself. Rahal’s second starting spot is still his first front row qualifying effort in four years.
The top six positions were all taken by Honda engines, Andretti Autosport, Chip Ganassi Racing, and RLL each putting forward two drivers in the final round.
READ MORE: IndyCar Mid-Ohio Qualifying Report
Simon Pagenaud was not able to participate on account of a spectacular practice crash, and he was not cleared to get back behind the wheel for qualifying.
The Honda Indy 200 from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course takes place Sunday, at 1:30 PM Eastern Time.
| # | Driver | Time | Gap | Avg. Speed (MPH) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colton Herta | 01:06.3096 | — | 122.589 |
| 2 | Graham Rahal | 01:06.3528 | 0.0432 | 122.509 |
| 3 | Kyle Kirkwood | 01:06.3693 | 0.0597 | 122.478 |
| 4 | Alex Palou | 01:06.4166 | 0.1070 | 122.391 |
| 5 | Christian Lundgaard | 01:06.6277 | 0.3181 | 122.003 |
| 6 | Scott Dixon | 01:06.9281 | 0.6185 | 121.456 |
| 7 | Will Power | 01:06.1121 | — | 122.955 |
| 8 | Scott McLaughlin | 01:06.1926 | — | 122.805 |
| 9 | Marcus Ericsson | 01:06.2289 | — | 122.738 |
| 10 | Felix Rosenqvist | 01:06.2455 | — | 122.707 |
| 11 | Jack Harvey | 01:06.7309 | — | 121.815 |
| 12 | David Malukas | 01:06.7596 | — | 121.762 |
| 13 | Alexander Rossi | 01:06.6010 | — | 122.052 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | 01:06.1870 | — | 122.816 |
| 15 | Josef Newgarden | 01:06.6307 | — | 121.998 |
| 16 | Rinus VeeKay | 01:06.2891 | — | 122.626 |
| 17 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 01:07.0095 | — | 121.308 |
| 18 | Marcus Armstrong | 01:06.2915 | — | 122.622 |
| 19 | Helio Castroneves | 01:07.0503 | — | 121.234 |
| 20 | Callum Ilott | 01:06.3487 | — | 122.516 |
| 21 | Agustin Canapino | 01:07.0816 | — | 121.178 |
| 22 | Sting Ray Robb | 01:06.5157 | — | 122.209 |
| 23 | Benjamin Pedersen | 01:07.3960 | — | 120.612 |
| 24 | Devlin DeFrancesco | 01:06.5834 | — | 122.084 |
| 25 | Pato O’Ward | 01:11.3655 | — | 113.904 |
| 26 | Santino Ferrucci | 01:07.2807 | — | 120.819 |
| 27 | Simon Pagenaud | No Time | No Time | 0.000 |
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