Chip Ganassi’s Scott Dixon completed on the prime of the timing sheets within the Last Follow at Milwaukee.
Dixon, who certified fifth within the earlier qualifying session, set a greatest lap pace of 156.712. That is considerably slower than Alex Palou’s quickest single lap of over 163 mph in his qualifying run.
All on alternate tires, the tougher compound, it’s possible drivers have been working race simulations in preparation for tomorrow.
Dixon has been handed a six place grid penalty for Sunday’s race after he has taken his seventh engine of the season.
Dixon was adopted by AJ Foyt’s David Malukas within the follow session who set a greatest lap pace of 154.871 mph which is 2 mph slower than Dixon’s
Malukas regarded to take his first pole place in qualifying earlier right now after he set the quickest common of 162.256.
On provisional pole with solely Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou left to run, O’Ward marginally missed out on the highest spot after setting a median 0.2 mph slower than Malukas.
Palou was subsequent on monitor and set an astonishing first lap common pace of 163.297 mph adopted by one other lap of 162.647 mph which gave him an total common of 162.971.
Malukas has been spectacular on oval tracks all seasons and can look to take his first win tomorrow however Palou has confirmed to be formidable competitors in 2025.
Palou completed Last Follow in sixth whereas O’Ward could possibly be present in eighth.
After his crash in qualifying, Felix Rosenqvist managed to get on monitor however took it regular and set a greatest lap pace of 147.319.
Rosenqvist, who earlier than his incident had the most effective common qualifying common on ovals in 2025, will begin from the again of the grid after he didn’t set a single lap time.
Nolan Siegel, who certified 18th, wrapped up the highest three in Last Follow with a greatest lap pace of 154.514 mph.
# | Driver | Greatest Lap Pace |
---|---|---|
1 | S. Dixon | 156.712 |
2 | D. Malukas | 154.871 |
3 | N. Siegel | 154.514 |
4 | J. Newgarden | 154.486 |
5 | M. Armstrong | 154.413 |
6 | A. Palou | 154.221 |
7 | C. Daly | 154.151 |
8 | P. O’Ward | 153.880 |
9 | R. Veekay | 153.560 |
10 | G. Rahal | 153.551 |
11 | C. Lundgaard | 153.355 |
12 | Okay. Kirkwood | 153.280 |
13 | A. Rossi | 153.164 |
14 | L. Foster | 153.102 |
15 | W. Energy | 152.772 |
16 | C. Herta | 152.660 |
17 | M. Ericsson | 152.310 |
18 | S. Robb | 152.233 |
19 | R. Shwartzman | 151.807 |
20 | C. Rasmussen | 151.636 |
21 | S. McLaughlin | 151.296 |
22 | Okay. Simpson | 150.711 |
23 | J. Abel | 150.649 |
24 | S. Ferrucci | 150.395 |
25 | C. Ilott | 149.382 |
26 | D. DeFrancesco | 149.299 |
27 | F. Rosenqvist | 147.319 |