Alexander Rossi took the pole position for the third race of the 2018 IndyCar season, which is the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Alexander Rossi took his second career IndyCar pole and his first pole of the 2018 season with a top lap time of 66.5528 seconds (106.454 miles per hour) in qualifying for the 44th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit on the streets of Long Beach, California.
Rossi’s pole makes him the third different polesitter through three races so far this season, and it gives Honda their third pole in those three races as well.
Team Penske’s Will Power and Simon Pagenaud qualified in 2nd and 3rd place in their #12 Chevrolet and #22 Chevrolet, respectively, for the 85-lap race tomorrow. All three Team Penske cars qualified in the top 6, with Josef Newgarden joining those two drivers by qualifying in 6th in his #1 Chevrolet after slapping the wall toward the end of the Firestone Fast Six, which is the final round of qualifying.
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The highest qualifying non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver was Tony Kanaan, who qualified in 11th place in his #14 Chevrolet for A.J. Foyt Enterprises. Honda drivers Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing and Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing qualified in 4th and 5th place in their #9 Honda and #15 Honda, respectively, for the race.
The warmup session for tomorrow’s race is set to take place at 12:00 pm ET tomorrow before the race itself takes place at 4:30 pm ET and is broadcast live on NBC Sports Network starting at 4:00 pm ET.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the streets of Long Beach, California.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 2 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 3 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 5 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 6 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 7 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 8 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 9 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 10 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 11 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 12 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 14 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 17 | Jack Harvey | #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda |
| 18 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 21 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 22 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 23 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 24 | Kyle Kaiser | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
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Be sure to tune in to NBC Sports Network tomorrow at 4:00 pm ET to watch the live broadcast of the 44th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the streets of Long Beach, California.