– Simon Pagenaud won the third pole position of his career, needing just one lap to beat team-mate Will Power in the final session of qualifying. The Frenchman, currently atop the IndyCar points standings, has never won the race, only finishing as high as P4 in five attempts at the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. He'll surely be challenged by two-time race winner Power and the defending race winner Newgarden, lining up directly behind him.Scott Dixon set the early pace in Q1 Group 1, bettering Sébastien Bourdais while coming within a tenth of a second of the lap record. Max Chilton advanced to Q2 for the first time this year, knocking out Mikhail Aleshin by a mere six...
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