IndyCar: Alexander Rossi takes pole for 2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1

Alexander Rossi took the pole position for the seventh race on the 2019 IndyCar schedule, Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1, at the Raceway on Belle Isle.

Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi took the pole position for the seventh of 17 races on the 2019 IndyCar schedule, Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1, at the Raceway on Belle Isle.

This pole position is Rossi’s second pole position of the season, as he also took the pole position for the season’s fourth race on the streets of Long Beach, California. He is the second driver to take two pole positions so far this season, as Team Penske’s Will Power took the pole positions for the season’s first two races.

Rossi took the pole position for this 70-lap around the 14-turn, 2.35-mile (3.782-kilometer) Raceway on Belle Isle temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan race by recording a top lap time of 74.1989 seconds (114.0179 miles per hour) in his #27 Honda in the second of two rounds of group qualifying.

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By recording the top lap time in this second round of qualifying, Rossi ensured that all 11 drivers who qualified in this round will start in odd-numbered starting positions.

So while the top lap time of Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon was the second fastest top lap time of the qualifying session at 74.3995 seconds (113.7104 miles per hour), Dixon is set to start the race in third place in his #9 Honda since he qualified in the second round along with Rossi.

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden recorded the fastest lap time of the first round of qualifying and is set to start the race in second place in his #2 Chevrolet alongside Rossi on the front row because of it. His top lap time was 74.8272 seconds (113.0605 miles per hour).

Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist and Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta are set to round out the top five on the starting grid after qualifying in fourth and fifth place in their #10 Honda and #88 Honda, respectively.

Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay is set to start the race in sixth place in his #28 Honda, giving Honda drivers five of the top six positions on the starting grid. Carlin rookie Patricio O’Ward is set to start the race in seventh in his #31 Chevrolet.

Andretti Autosport’s Zach Veach, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ James Hinchcliffe and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal are set to rounded out the top 11 on the starting grid after qualifying in eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th place in their #26 Honda, #30 Honda, #5 Honda and #15 Honda, respectively, giving Honda drivers nine of the top 11 positions on the starting grid.

Here are the full qualifying results for 2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1 at the Raceway on Belle Isle.

Qualifying Results
1st – Alexander Rossi
2nd – Josef Newgarden
3rd – Scott Dixon
4th – Felix Rosenqvist
5th – Colton Herta
6th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
7th – Patricio O’Ward
8th – Zach Veach
9th – Takuma Sato
10th – James Hinchcliffe
11th – Graham Rahal
12th – Will Power
13th – Simon Pagenaud
14th – Ed Jones
15th – Marcus Ericsson
16th – Sebastien Bourdais
17th – Spencer Pigot
18th – Marco Andretti
19th – Max Chilton
20th – Matheus Leist
21st – Tony Kanaan
22nd – Santino Ferrucci

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NBC is set to broadcast Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1 live from the Raceway on Belle Isle this afternoon beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. The race itself, which is the seventh race of the 2019 IndyCar season, is scheduled to begin at 3:50 p.m. ET.