Honda Indy Toronto Qualifying Results: Dixon Snags Pole

Scott Dixon snagged the pole for Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto at the last second in the Firestone Fast Six, upsetting Helio Castroneves and Team Penske.

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In a year where Team Penske has dominated the Verizon IndyCar Series, it was their rivals in the paddock taking advantage in the final seconds of qualifying on Saturday. Scott Dixon will start from position number one for Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto, edging Helio Castroneves at the last moment.

Dixon would win the pole by just four one-hundredths of a second over Castroneves, who put in the strongest performance of the Team Penske drivers in the Firestone Fast Six.

Simon Pagenaud, who leads the points championship entering the Honda Indy Toronto, would qualify third after setting some fast laps on the black tires. The third of the Penske cars to make the Fast Six on Saturday was Will Power, who would qualify fourth.

This half-turn and look Roger Penske gave Helio Castroneves might have been the best moment of qualifying. pic.twitter.com/cMJ5s0K8Aq
— Nick Bromberg (@NickBromberg) July 16, 2016

Sebastien Bourdais and James Hinchcliffe would round out the qualifiers in the Honda Indy Toronto Fast Six with two strong runs for a pair of favorites among the Toronto fans.

The Mayor of Hinchtown is the hometown boy racing again on his city streets, while Bourdais is the winningest driver on the circuit. The No. 11 showed great speed in both practice and qualifying. He and fellow Frenchman Pagenaud were some of the fastest in Friday’s sessions.

The Honda Indy Toronto was a qualifying session to forget for the Honda teams, particularly Andretti Autosport. Only three of the top ten on Saturday were Hondas, led by the hard-charging Hinchcliffe of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Conor Daly of Dale Coyne Racing.

Many of the Honda drivers complained of a bumpy track, chiefly Ryan Hunter-Reay, as their teams continue to try and muster up some of their momentum from winning the Indianapolis 500.

In other notable but disappointing results, Juan Pablo Montoya bounced back from a practice crash (which you can watch below) to qualify ninth for the Honda Indy Toronto.

Meanwhile Josef Newgarden, still nursing an injured hand after his hard crash at Texas, made it to eighth. He is the defending race winner.

Here are the full qualifying results for the Honda Indy Toronto:

Scott Dixon, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, Team Penske
Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, Team Penske
Will Power, Chevrolet, Team Penske
Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, KVSH Racing
James Hinchcliffe, Honda, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Conor Daly, Honda, Dale Coyne Racing
Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing
Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, Team Penske
Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Luca Filippi, Honda, Dale Coyne Racing
Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
Jack Hawksworth, Honda, A.J. Foyt Racing
Max Chilton, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
Carlos Munoz, Honda, Andretti Autosport
Graham Rahal, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Charlie Kimball, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, Andretti Autosport
Alexander Rossi, Honda, BHA-Andretti Autosport
Takuma Sato, Honda, A.J. Foyt Racing
Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing
Marco Andretti, Honda, Andretti Autosport

Be sure to tune in for the 2016 Honda Indy Toronto, which can be seen live at 2:30 p.m. Et on CNBC. The race will also be streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra and on the NBC Sports app. T

There will be a race replay seen following NASCAR Sprint Cup race coverage on NBCSN, scheduled at 5:30 p.m. ET.

2016 Honda Indy Toronto Qualifying Results: Dixon Snags Pole

By Alex Herbst | Jul 16, 2016

Scott Dixon snagged the pole for Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto at the last second in the Firestone Fast Six, upsetting Helio Castroneves and Team Penske.