IndyCar: St. Petersburg starting lineup

Will Power took the pole position for the 2020 IndyCar season finale, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Team Penske’s Will Power did exactly what he would’ve done had today’s qualifying session for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the 2020 IndyCar season finale, had the race taken place in mid-March as the scheduled season opener: taken yet another pole position.

Power took the pole position for the 14th and final race of the season, giving him a series-high five pole positions in 2020 and a record nine pole positions in 12 races on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. This pole position is the 62nd of his career, bringing him to within five of Mario Andretti’s all-time record of 67.

Power took the pole position for this 100-lap race around the 14-turn, 1.8-mile (2.897-kilometer) temporary street circuit on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida by recording a top lap time of 61.0369 seconds (106.165 miles per hour) in the Firestone Fast Six qualifying session behind the wheel of his #12 Chevrolet.

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Four Honda drivers, all associated with Andretti Autosport, are set to round out the top five. Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi is set to start alongside Power in second place behind the wheel of his #27 Honda.

Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport’s Colton Herta is set to start in third place behind the wheel of his #88 Honda alongside Andretti Autosport’s James Hinchcliffe in fourth behind the wheel of his #26 Honda. Jack Harvey, who drives for the Andretti Autosport-affiliated Meyer Shank Racing, is set to start in fifth behind the wheel of his #60 Honda.

Of the six drivers who advanced to the Firestone Fast Six, Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward was the slowest, as he qualified in sixth place behind the wheel of his #5 Chevrolet.

A.J. Foyt Enterprises’ Sebastien Bourdais qualified in seventh place behind the wheel of his #14 Chevrolet ahead of Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in eighth behind the wheel of his #1 Chevrolet.

Newgarden, the reigning winner of the race, originally qualified in ninth place but was bumped up to eighth after teammate Simon Pagenaud was dropped from eighth to 12th due to a penalty. Newgarden is the only driver who can challenge Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon to win the 2020 championship. Dixon qualified in 11th.

Rookies Rinus VeeKay of Ed Carpenter Racing and Oliver Askew of Arrow McLaren SP are set to round out the top 10 in ninth and 10th place behind the wheels of their #20 Chevrolet and #7 Chevrolet, respectively.

There was a massive delay following the second group of the first round of qualifying to set the field for the second round, the round of 12, due to a number of penalties that were handed down — and in some cases, retracted.

Here is the full starting lineup for the 2020 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, with all penalties factored in.

Starting Lineup
1st – Will Power
2nd – Alexander Rossi
3rd – Colton Herta
4th – James Hinchcliffe
5th – Jack Harvey
6th – Pato O’Ward
7th – Sebastien Bourdais
8th – Josef Newgarden
9th – Rinus VeeKay
10th – Oliver Askew
11th – Scott Dixon
12th – Simon Pagenaud
13th – Takuma Sato
14th – Conor Daly
15th – Marcus Ericsson
16th – Alex Palou
17th – Graham Rahal
18th – Santino Ferrucci
19th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
20th – Charlie Kimball
21st – Scott McLaughlin
22nd – Felix Rosenqvist
23rd – Marco Andretti
24th – Max Chilton

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The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is set to wrap up the 2020 IndyCar season tomorrow afternoon and is set to be broadcast live from the streets of St. Petersburg on NBC beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.

IndyCar: St. Petersburg starting lineup – Will Power takes pole

By Asher Fair | Oct 24, 2020

Will Power took the pole position for the 2020 IndyCar season finale, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida.