Car 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay DHL Honda won the Verizon P1 Award with a lap of 1 minute, 7.8219 seconds on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn course.
Andretti Autosport teammate Car 27 United Fiber & Data car, was .1184 of a second back after completing the 10-minute session. 3rd place Car 11 Sebastien Bourdais Hydro xycut KVSH Racing Chevrolet KVSH Racing time of 01:07.9580 & speed of 104.253, 4th place Car 67 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing time of 01:08.0097 & speed of 104.173, 5th place Car 98 Jack Hawksworth Charter / Castrol Edge Honda BHA/BBM with Curb Agajanian time of 01:08.0525 & speed of 104.108, lastly in the Firestone Fast Six was Car 77 Simon Pagenaud Charter Communications/SPHM Honda Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Mtrsprts time of 01:08.0732 & speed of 104.076 in 6th place.
Ryan Hunter-Reay claimed his first pole position of 2014 and his first pole at Long Beach. It is the sixth pole of his Indy car career and his first since winning the pole at Mid-Ohio in 2013. James Hinchcliffe qualified second, his best start at Long Beach in four starts. Sebastien Bourdais qualified third, his best start since winning pole here in 2007. Josef Newgarden qualified fourth, his career best qualifying performance.
Jack Hawksworth qualified for Firestone Fast Six for the first time.
QUALIFYING FOR THE VERIZON P1 AWARD:
Qualifying for the Verizon P1 Award consists of three segments. In Segment One of qualifying, each group receives 10 minutes of track time. The fastest six cars from each group advance to Segment Two, while the remaining cars are assigned positions 13-26. Group One drivers will occupy the odd-numbered positions (13, 15, 17…) while Group Two drivers will occupy the even-numbered positions (14, 16, 18…) based on their fastest lap times.
During Segment Two, the 12 advancing cars receive 10 minutes of track time. The fastest six advance to the Firestone Fast Six Shootout while the remaining six cars are ranked in positions 7-12 based on their fastest laps.
During the Firestone Fast Six, the six cars receive 10 minutes of track time, with a guarantee of five minutes of green flag time. Each car receives one additional set of Firestone Firehawk tires for use during this final segment. At the end of the session, the cars are ranked 1-6 based on their fastest laps.
Any driver who causes a red flag during any of the groups will lose their two quickest laps.
Watch for an exciting standing start at Long Beach and if they get away one of the Andretti Autosport cars front row could be contenders to win the race.
Track record: Justin Wilson, 1:06.902 (April 2008). Fastest lap this weekend: #12 Will Power, 1:08.1696 (Practice 3).
1:15 p.m. – GREEN. Round 1. Group 1.
1:25 p.m. – CHECKERED. Advancing to Round 2 are: #11 Bourdais, #27 Hinchcliffe, #19 Wilson, #67 Newgarden, #28 Hunter-Reay, #16 Servia.
1:30 p.m. – GREEN. Round 1. Group 2.
1:40 p.m. – CHECKERED. Advancing to Round 2 are: #34 Munoz, #3 Castroneves, #9 Dixon, #77 Pagenaud, #25 Andretti, #98 Hawksworth.
1:50 p.m. – GREEN. Round 2. Group 1.
2 p.m. – CHECKERED. Advancing to Firestone Fast Six are: #11 Bourdais, #77 Pagenaud, #67 Newgarden, #28 Hunter-Reay, #98 Hawksworth, #27 Hinchcliffe.
2:10 p.m. – GREEN. Firestone Fast Six.
2:15 p.m. – With five minutes gone, fastest of the session is #77 Pagenaud at 1:09.2086
2:16 p.m. – #67 Newgarden takes P1 with lap of 1:08.8527.
2:17 p.m. – #67 Newgarden resets fastest lap with lap of 1:08.0097.
2:19 pm. — #11 Bourdais takes P1 with a lap of 1:07.9580, then Hinchcliffe takes P1 at 1:07.9403.
2:20 p.m. – CHECKERED. #28 Hunter-Reay takes Verizon P1 Award with lap of 1:07.8219 on his final lap.
Firestone Fast Six.
Position Car # Driver Car Name Engine Entrant Time Speed
1. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay DHL Honda Andretti Autosport 01:07.8219 104.462
2. 27 James Hinchcliffe United Fiber & Data Honda Andretti Autosport 01:07.9403 104.280
3. 11 Sebastien Bourdais Hydro xycut KVSH Racing Chevrolet KVSH Racing 01:07.9580 104.253
4. 67 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing 01:08.0097 104.173
5. 98 Jack Hawksworth Charter / Castrol Edge Honda BHA/BBM with Curb Agajanian 01:08.0525 104.108
6. 77 Simon Pagenaud Charter Communications/SPHM Honda Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Mtrsprts 01:08.0732 104.076
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Qualifying Saturday for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 1.968-mile(s) Streets of Long Beach circuit, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine, time and speed in parentheses:
1. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 01:07.8219 (104.462)
2. (27) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 01:07.9403 (104.280)
3. (11) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 01:07.9580 (104.253)
4. (67) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.0097 (104.173)
5. (98) Jack Hawksworth, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.0525 (104.108)
6. (77) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.0732 (104.076)
7. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Chevy, 01:07.9981 (104.191)
8. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.0179 (104.161)
9. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.1119 (104.017)
10. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.1218 (104.002)
11. (34) Carlos Munoz, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.1506 (103.958)
12. (16) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.3532 (103.650)
13. (10) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.4424 (103.515)
14. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.1159 (104.011)
15. (14) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.5660 (103.328)
16. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.3649 (103.632)
17. (20) Mike Conway, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.5702 (103.322)
18. (8) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.3699 (103.625)
19. (83) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.6507 (103.201)
20. (7) Mikhail Aleshin, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.4321 (103.530)
21. (18) Carlos Huertas, Dallara-Honda, 01:08.7051 (103.119)
22. (17) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 01:08.9619 (102.735)
23. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 01:09.0562 (102.595)
Note: #14 Sato lost two fastest laps in Round 1 for qualifying interference.
Watch for an exciting standing start at Long Beach and if they get away one of the Andretti Autosport front row cars could be contenders to win the race.
SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE (all times local):
9-9:30 a.m. – Verizon IndyCar Series warmup
12:30 p.m. – Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach pre-race
1:50 p.m. – Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (80 laps/157.4 miles), NBCSN (Live)