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IndyCar: 2019 Indy 500 – Live Saturday qualifying updates

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 27: A detail view of the Borg-Warner trophy prior to the 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 27, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 27: A detail view of the Borg-Warner trophy prior to the 102nd Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motorspeedway on May 27, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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Follow along with our live updates of Saturday’s qualifying session for the 103rd running of the Indy 500, the crown jewel on the IndyCar schedule.

The wait is finally over, as qualifying for the 103rd running of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and the most prestigious race on the IndyCar schedule is scheduled to begin today.

A total of 36 drivers are set to attempt to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500 around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana.

Each of these 36 drivers is guaranteed one four-lap qualifying attempt from 11:00 a.m. ET to 5:50 p.m. ET today. You can see the full qualifying order, both including and not including the backup “T” cars, by clicking here.

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When today’s qualifying session has concluded, 30 of these 36 drivers will have locked themselves into the field for next Sunday’s 200-lap race. The drivers who finish from 10th through 30th place will have locked themselves into their respective starting positions.

Meanwhile, the drivers who finish from 31st through 36th place in today’s qualifying session will be sent to Sunday’s Bump Day qualifying session to determine which three drivers will line up in row 11 on the starting grid and thus start from 31st through 33rd and which three drivers will end up being bumped from the field completely.

The drivers who finish in the top nine in today’s qualifying session will advance to Sunday’s Fast Nine Shootout to determine how they will line up from row one to row three on the starting grid and thus where they will start from first through ninth place in the race.

Who will take the pole position and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the field for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500?

Follow along with our live qualifying updates throughout today’s qualifying session for this race to find out which 21 drivers will lock themselves into their starting positions, which drivers will lock themselves into the top nine on the starting grid and which six drivers will have to battle it out tomorrow just to get into the race.

Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 230.083
2nd – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 230.081
3rd – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 229.854
4th – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 229.749
5th – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda – 229.478
6th – Ed Jones – #63, Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa, Chevrolet – 229.44
7th – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 229.349
8th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 229.268
9th – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – 228.8
10th – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – 228.756
11th – Conor Daly – #25, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 228.617
12th – Helio Castroneves – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 228.523
13th – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 228.511
14th – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 228.3
15th – James Davison – #33, Dale Coyne Racing with Byrd-Hollinger-Belardi, Honda – 228.273
16th – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 228.12
17th – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 228.104
18th – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 228.1
19th – Oriol Servia – #77, Team Stange Racing with Arrow SPM, Honda – 227.991
20th – Charlie Kimball – #23, Carlin, Chevrolet – 227.915
21st – J.R. Hildebrand – #48, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 227.908
22nd – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 227.877
23rd – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – 227.731
24th – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 227.717
25th – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing with Arrow SPM, Honda – 227.695
26th – Jordan King – #42, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 227.502
27th – Ben Hanley – #81, DragonSpeed, Chevrolet – 227.482
28th – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 227.341
29th – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 227.297
30th – Pippa Mann – #39, Clauson-Marshall Racing, Chevrolet – 227.244
31st – Fernando Alonso – #66, McLaren Racing, Chevrolet – 227.224
32nd – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda – 226.956
33rd – Sage Karam – #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 226.951
34th – Patricio O’Ward – #31, Carlin, Chevrolet – 226.897
35th – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet – 226.321
36th – Kyle Kaiser – #32, Juncos Racing, Chevrolet – 0

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Today’s qualifying session for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 is also set to broadcast live on NBC Sports Gold from 11:00 a.m. ET to 5:00 p.m. ET. At 5:00 p.m. ET, it is set to switch over to NBC Sports Network, where it is set to remain until 6:00 p.m. ET. The qualifying session itself is scheduled to last from 11:00 a.m. ET to 5:50 p.m. ET.