IndyCar: 2022 Indy 500 qualifying – Starting lineup, updates

Keep tabs on Saturday’s qualifying session for next Sunday afternoon’s running of the Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Qualifying for the biggest race of the 2022 IndyCar season is scheduled to begin this morning (moved up by an hour from 12:00 p.m. ET to 11:00 a.m. ET) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The 33 drivers on the entry list for the 106th running of the Indy 500 are each set to make a four-lap qualifying attempt around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) oval in Speedway, Indiana.

Additional qualifying attempts are allowed afterward, with a priority lane (must give up previous speed) and a regular lane opening up.

In a significant change from recent years, the top 12 drivers, not just the top nine, from today’s qualifying session advance to the next session tomorrow afternoon.

Instead of just one Fast Nine Shootout, there are two Sunday sessions to determine the pole position. The first session features these 12 drivers (Top 12 Qualifying), and the top six drivers from this session advance to the Firestone Fast Six, which is the new battle for the pole position.

The drivers who finish outside of the top 12 in today’s session are locked into their starting positions for next Sunday’s race, as there aren’t more than 33 drivers on the entry list.

If there had been more than 33 drivers, only the drivers who had finished from 13th to 30th place in today’s session would be locked into their starting positions, and the drivers outside of the top 30 would participate in the Last Row Shootout on Sunday.

Follow along with Saturday’s portion of qualifying for the 106th running of the Indy 500.

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Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 233.655
2nd – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 233.037
3rd – Felix Rosenqvist – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 232.775
4th – Alex Palou – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.774
5th – Tony Kanaan – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.625
6th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.398
7th – Ed Carpenter – #33, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 232.397
8th – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.275
9th – Romain Grosjean – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 232.201
10th – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.151
11th – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 231.842
12th – Takuma Sato – #51, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR, Honda – 231.708
13th – David Malukas – #18, Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports, Honda – 231.607
14th – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 231.58
15th – Santino Ferrucci – #23, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 231.508
16th – Simon Pagenaud – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 231.275
17th – J.R. Hildebrand – #11, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 231.112
18th – Conor Daly – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 230.999
19th – Callum Ilott – #77, Juncos Hollinger Racing, Chevrolet – 230.961
20th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 230.812
21st – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 230.766
22nd – Sage Karam – #24, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, Chevrolet – 230.464
23rd – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport w/Marco and Curb-Agajanian – 230.345
24th – Devlin DeFrancesco – #29, Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport, Honda – 230.326
25th – Colton Herta – #26, Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian, Honda – 230.235
26th – Scott McLaughlin – #3, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 230.154
27th – Helio Castroneves – #06, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda – 229.63
28th – Kyle Kirkwood – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 229.406
29th – Dalton Kellett – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – 228.916
30th – Juan Pablo Montoya – #6, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 228.622
31st – Christian Lundgaard – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 227.053
32nd – Jack Harvey – #45, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – 226.851
33rd – Stefan Wilson – #25, DragonSpeed/Cusick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 0

Top 12 for Sunday

NOTE: Separate article (here) for Sunday qualifying updates.

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Rinus VeeKay – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 233.655
2nd – Pato O’Ward – #5, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 233.037
3rd – Felix Rosenqvist – #7, Arrow McLaren SP, Chevrolet – 232.775
4th – Alex Palou – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.774
5th – Tony Kanaan – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.625
6th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.398
7th – Ed Carpenter – #33, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – 232.397
8th – Marcus Ericsson – #8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.275
9th – Romain Grosjean – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – 232.201
10th – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – 232.151
11th – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – 231.842
12th – Takuma Sato – #51, Dale Coyne Racing with RWR, Honda – 231.708

Starting lineup (13th to 33rd)

NOTE: Separate article (here) for full starting lineup after Sunday.

Lineup

13th – David Malukas
14th – Josef Newgarden
15th – Santino Ferrucci
16th – Simon Pagenaud
17th – J.R. Hildebrand
18th – Conor Daly
19th – Callum Ilott
20th – Alexander Rossi
21st – Graham Rahal
22nd – Sage Karam
23rd – Marco Andretti
24th – Devlin DeFrancesco
25th – Colton Herta
26th – Scott McLaughlin
27th – Helio Castroneves
28th – Kyle Kirkwood
29th – Dalton Kellett
30th – Juan Pablo Montoya
31st – Christian Lundgaard
32nd – Jack Harvey
33rd – Stefan Wilson

NBC is set to broadcast the second day of qualifying live from Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon. The race itself is also set to be broadcast live on NBC beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET next Sunday, May 29. Don’t miss your chance to start a free trial of FuboTV!