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IndyCar: 2021 Indy 500 – Full qualifying order

By Asher Fair

Scott Dixon, IndyCar, Indy 500 - Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports
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Following Friday evening’s random draw, the qualifying order for Saturday’s Indy 500 qualifying session is set for the 35 IndyCar drivers in the field.

A total of 35 IndyCar drivers are set to attempt to qualify for 33 spots in the starting lineup for the 105th running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and that pursuit is officially set to begin tomorrow afternoon in the opening qualifying session of the weekend.

After Friday’s Fast Friday practice session, a random draw was held to determine the order in which these 35 drivers are slated to make their initial four-lap qualifying runs around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) oval in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday afternoon.

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Each driver is guaranteed one attempt in this session, which is scheduled to last from 12:00 p.m. ET to 5:50 p.m. ET.

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Additional attempts may be made without waiving previous speeds, but drivers can also opt to go to the front of the line via the fast lane, which would waive previous speeds.

The top nine drivers from this session advance to Sunday’s Fast Nine Shootout to set the front three rows of the grid while the slowest five move on to Sunday’s Bump Day session to set the 11th and final row of the grid and determine which two drivers won’t make the show. The 10th through 30th place drivers in tomorrow’s session lock into their starting positions.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, who topped the speed charts in Friday’s practice session with a top lap speed of 233.302 miles per hour (38.5766 seconds) behind the wheel of his #9 Honda, drew the top spot in the qualifying order.

Here is the full order for Saturday’s qualifying session for the 2021 Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Rank – Driver, Car, Team, Engine
1 – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
2 – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta-Haupert Autosport, Honda
3 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
4 – Helio Castroneves – #06, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
5 – Ed Jones – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda
6 – James Hinchcliffe – #29, Andretti Autosport, Honda
7 – Stefan Wilson – #25, Andretti Autosport, Honda
8 – Tony Kanaan – #48, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
9 – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
10 – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
11 – Scott McLaughlin – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
12 – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
13 – Santino Ferrucci – #45, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
14 – Sage Karam – #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet
15 – Pietro Fittipaldi – #51, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR, Honda
16 – Juan Pablo Montoya – #86, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet
17 – J.R. Hildebrand – #1, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
18 – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
19 – Ed Carpenter – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
20 – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet
21 – Felix Rosenqvist – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet
22 – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet
23 – Dalton Kellett – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
24 – Conor Daly – #47, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
25 – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
26 – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
27 – RC Enerson – #75, Top Gun Racing, Chevrolet
28 – Alex Palou – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
29 – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
30 – Colton Herta – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
31 – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
32 – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
33 – Simona de Silvestro – #16, Paretta Autosport, Chevrolet
34 – Charlie Kimball – #11, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
35 – Sebastien Bourdais – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet

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Tune in to Peacock at 12:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of qualifying for the 105th running of the Indy 500 from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. NBC is also set to broadcast part of the session live beginning at 2:00 p.m. ET, and NBC Sports Network is set to take over at 3:00 p.m. ET.