IndyCar: 2021 Portland qualifying – Full starting lineup

The starting lineup for the antepenultimate race of the 2021 IndyCar season at Portland International Raceway is set following Saturday’s qualifying session.

Following two consecutive off weekends, the final run to the 2021 IndyCar championship begins this weekend at Portland International Raceway with the Grand Prix of Portland. This race is the first of three in a row to conclude the 16-race season.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou took the pole position for this 110-lap race around the 12-turn, 1.967-mile (3.166-kilometer)  natural terrain road course in Portland, Oregon.

He took the pole position by recording a top lap time of 58.7701 seconds (120.306 miles per hour) behind the wheel of his #10 Honda in the Firestone Fast Six qualifying session for this race.

He entered the weekend trailing Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward by 10 points for the lead of the championship standings. With this pole position, the first of his career, he now trails by nine.

Set to start on the outside of Palou on the front row is Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi in second place behind the wheel of his #27 Honda.

O’Ward just missed out on advancing to the Firestone Fast Six and is set to start in seventh place behind the wheel of the #5 Chevrolet.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, who sits in fourth place in the championship standings, is set to start in third behind the wheel of his #9 Honda. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who sits in third, is set to start in 18th behind the wheel of his #2 Chevrolet after a disappointing qualifying session.

Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Grand Prix of Portland at Portland International Raceway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Alex Palou
2nd – Alexander Rossi
3rd – Scott Dixon
4th – Felix Rosenqvist
5th – Graham Rahal
6th – Colton Herta
7th – Pato O’Ward
8th – Ed Jones
9th – Oliver Askew
10th – Marcus Ericsson
11th – Max Chilton
12th – Sebastien Bourdais
13th – James Hinchcliffe
14th – Will Power
15th – Scott McLaughlin
16th – Conor Daly
17th – Helio Castroneves
18th – Josef Newgarden
19th – Callum Ilott
20th – Jack Harvey
21st – Romain Grosjean
22nd – Rinus VeeKay
23rd – Jimmie Johnson
24th – Takuma Sato
25th – Ryan Hunter-Reay
26th – Simon Pagenaud
27th – Dalton Kellett

Tune in to NBC at 3:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of the 2021 Grand Prix of Portland from Portland International Raceway. If you have not begun your free trial of FuboTV, now would be a great time to do so!