IndyCar: 2021 Detroit qualifying – Full starting lineup
By Asher Fair
Another exciting qualifying session set the starting lineup for the second of two IndyCar races at Belle Isle Street Circuit this weekend.
His start to the 2021 IndyCar season has not been ideal, but Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden is looking to get things back on the right track at Belle Isle Street Circuit in the second race of this weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.
After a 10th place finish in yesterday’s race, the two-time series champion took the pole position for today’s contest.
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Newgarden took the pole position for this afternoon’s 70-lap race around the 14-turn, 2.35-mile (3.782-kilometer) temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan by recording a top lap time of 74.1094 seconds (114.156 miles per hour) in the second and final round of qualifying behind the wheel of his #2 Chevrolet.
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Set to join Newgarden on the front row is Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta in second place behind the wheel of his #26 Honda.
Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay and championship leader Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing are set to share the second row in third and fourth place behind the wheels of their #21 Chevrolet and #10 Honda, respectively. Yesterday’s race winner, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Ericsson, only managed to qualify in 22nd behind the wheel of his #8 Honda.
Here is the full starting lineup for the second race of the 2021 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle Street Circuit.
Starting Lineup
1st – Josef Newgarden
2nd – Colton Herta
3rd – Rinus VeeKay
4th – Alex Palou
5th – Romain Grosjean
6th – Scott Dixon
7th – Alexander Rossi
8th – Conor Daly
9th – Graham Rahal
10th – Simon Pagenaud
11th – Ed Jones
12th – Santino Ferrucci
13th – Sebastien Bourdais
14th – James Hinchcliffe
15th – Max Chilton
16th – Pato O’Ward
17th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
18th – Jack Harvey
19th – Takuma Sato
20th – Will Power
21st – Scott McLaughlin
22nd – Marcus Ericsson
23rd – Oliver Askew
24th – Dalton Kellett
25th – Jimmie Johnson
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Be sure to tune in to NBC at 12:00 p.m. ET this afternoon for the live broadcast of the second race of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix from Belle Isle Street Circuit.