IndyCar: 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix at Indianapolis qualifying results – Will Power takes pole
By Asher Fair
Will Power qualified on pole for the fifth race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the IndyCar Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Team Penske’s Will Power is set to start the fifth race of the 2018 IndyCar season, the IndyCar Grand Prix, from the pole position after posting a qualifying lap of 69.8182 seconds (125.761 miles per hour) in his #12 Chevrolet in the Firestone Fast Six qualifying round, the third and final qualifying session for the race.
Power is set to start alongside Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens, who was the top Honda qualifier in the session in his #6 Honda. Honda drivers locked out the second row with Dale Coyne Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais in his #18 Honda and Wickens’ teammate James Hinchcliffe in his #5 Honda in third and fourth place, respectively.
Chevrolet drivers locked out the third row with Ed Carpenter Racing rookie Jordan King in his #20 Chevrolet and Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in his #1 Chevrolet in fifth and sixth place, respectively.
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Power and Wickens are set to start on the front row for the second time this season. They did so in the season opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, but it was Wickens on pole and Power in second place.
With his 51st career pole position, Power becomes the fifth different driver to win a pole position through five races so far this season. He is the second Chevrolet driver and second Team Penske driver who has done so, as Newgarden took the pole position in the last race at Barber Motorsports Park in his #1 Chevrolet.
The final warm-up session for the race is set to take place tomorrow morning from 11:15 a.m. ET to 11:45 a.m. ET. The race is then set to begin at 3:43 p.m. ET shortly after the live broadcast of it begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 3 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 4 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 5 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 6 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 7 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 8 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 9 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 10 | Helio Castroneves | #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 11 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 12 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 14 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 15 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 16 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 18 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 20 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 21 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 22 | Gabby Chaves | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 24 | Kyle Kaiser | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
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Tune in to ABC tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of the 2018 IndyCar Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.