IndyCar: 2018 Honda Indy Toronto qualifying results – Josef Newgarden takes pole
By Asher Fair
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden took the pole position for the 12th race of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season, the Honda Indy Toronto.
Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden took his fourth pole position of the 17-race 2018 IndyCar season for the season’s 12th race, the Honda Indy Toronto. The Honda Indy Toronto is the eight of 11 road or street course races on the 2018 schedule, and it is the fifth and final street course race on the schedule.
Newgarden took the pole position for the race by recording a top lap time of 59.4956 seconds (108.068 miles per hour) in the Firestone Fast Six in his #1 Chevrolet around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile (2.874-kilometer) temporary street circuit at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon was the highest qualifying Honda driver for the race. He qualified in second place in his #9 Honda. Team Penske teammates Simon Pagenaud and Will Power are set to start the race in the second row in third and fourth in their #22 Chevrolet and #12 Chevrolet, respectively.
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Andretti Autosport teammates Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay are set to start the race in the third row in fifth and sixth place in their #27 Honda and #28 Honda, respectively.
Ed Carpenter Racing’s Jordan King was the highest qualifying non-Team Penske Chevrolet driver for the race. He qualified in eighth place in his #20 Chevrolet. He is set to start the race alongside Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, who qualified in seventh in his #30 Honda.
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports teammates James Hinchcliffe and Robert Wickens are set to round out the top 10 in the fifth row. They qualified in ninth and 10th place in their #5 Honda and #6 Honda, respectively.
After Chevrolet drivers took seven of the eight lowest positions in the second and third practice sessions for the race, Honda drivers ended up qualifying in the three lowest positions for the race.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Ed Jones, Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach and Dale Coyne Racing’s Zachary Claman DeMelo are set to start the race in 21st, 22nd and 23rd (last) place in their #10 Honda, #26 Honda and #19 Honda, respectively.
There are no more practice sessions prior to the start of the race tomorrow, but there is a final warmup session that is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning at 11:40 a.m. ET. That session will be broadcast live on IndyCar RaceControl, the IndyCar app, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Josef Newgarden | #1, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Scott Dixon | #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 3 | Simon Pagenaud | #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Will Power | #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet |
| 5 | Alexander Rossi | #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 6 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 7 | Takuma Sato | #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 8 | Jordan King | #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 9 | James Hinchcliffe | #5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 10 | Robert Wickens | #6, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda |
| 11 | Conor Daly | #88, Harding Racing, Chevrolet |
| 12 | Matheus Leist | #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Graham Rahal | #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda |
| 14 | Marco Andretti | #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda |
| 15 | Tony Kanaan | #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet |
| 16 | Spencer Pigot | #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Sebastien Bourdais | #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
| 18 | Max Chilton | #59, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 19 | Rene Binder | #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Charlie Kimball | #23, Carlin Motorsport, Chevrolet |
| 21 | Ed Jones | #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda |
| 22 | Zach Veach | #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda |
| 23 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda |
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Tune in to NBC Sports Network tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of the Honda Indy Toronto from the streets of Exhibition Place. Which driver will win the 12th race of the 2018 IndyCar season?