All 27 IndyCar drivers took to the streets of Detroit Saturday afternoon, playing part in a knockout qualifying session on the temporary course.
Colton Herta took the 12th pole of his career, holding strong on the bumpy and difficult course to set a lap of 1:00.5475.
Alex Palou was second fastest of the afternoon, and will look to use his advantageous position to defend his race win from a year ago.
READ MORE: IndyCar Detroit – Full Qualifying Report
Theo Pourchaire had the best qualifying result of his young IndyCar career and will start seventh, although his Arrow McLaren team-mates did not do as well and will have their work cut out on Sunday.
A short warmup practice session is scheduled for Sunday morning, followed by a 100-lap race around the tricky streets at 12:30 eastern time.
| # | Driver | Time | Gap | Avg. Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colton Herta | 01:00.5475 | – | 97.808 |
| 2 | Alex Palou | 01:00.6995 | 0.1520 | 97.563 |
| 3 | Josef Newgarden | 01:00.9607 | 0.4132 | 97.145 |
| 4 | Scott McLaughlin | 01:01.3344 | 0.7869 | 96.553 |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | 01:01.3905 | 0.8430 | 96.464 |
| 6 | Kyle Kirkwood | 01:04.2926 | 3.7451 | 92.11 |
| 7 | Theo Pourchaire | 01:00.7342 | – | 97.507 |
| 8 | Will Power | 01:00.7612 | – | 97.464 |
| 9 | Marcus Ericsson | 01:00.8505 | – | 97.32 |
| 10 | Santino Ferrucci | 01:01.0351 | – | 97.026 |
| 11 | Christian Lundgaard | 01:01.1663 | – | 96.818 |
| 12 | Pato O’Ward | 01:03.0479 | – | 93.929 |
| 13 | Christian Rasmussen | 01:01.3930 | – | 96.461 |
| 14 | Graham Rahal | 01:01.1336 | – | 96.87 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | 01:01.4933 | – | 96.303 |
| 16 | Pietro Fittipaldi | 01:01.3684 | – | 96.499 |
| 17 | Alexander Rossi | 01:01.5905 | – | 96.151 |
| 18 | Agustin Canapino | 01:01.5566 | – | 96.204 |
| 19 | Rinus VeeKay | 01:01.6040 | – | 96.13 |
| 20 | Marcus Armstrong | 01:01.7406 | – | 95.917 |
| 21 | Linus Lundqvist | 01:01.6297 | – | 96.09 |
| 22 | Felix Rosenqvist | 01:01.7441 | – | 95.912 |
| 23 | Kyffin Simpson | 01:01.7770 | – | 95.861 |
| 24 | Sting Ray Robb | 01:01.8454 | – | 95.755 |
| 25 | Tristan Vautier | 01:02.2091 | – | 95.195 |
| 26 | Helio Castroneves | 01:01.9687 | – | 95.564 |
| 27 | Jack Harvey | 01:02.1185 | – | 95.334 |
