Saturday was the fastest and Sunday he dominated again. Marco Andretti has achieved the Pole Position of the Indianapolis 500 in the Fast 9, achieving the first pole for the surname in 33 years. It has been imposed on Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato. Alex Palou was seventh after experiencing a loss of pace due to a problem with the weight jacker.
The nine fastest cars in the qualifying session on Saturday have been the ones that have won the ticket to the Fast Nine, in which this Sunday the Pole Position has been decided. They have gone out to shoot in reverse order to the record of the previous day. Thus, as Palou had been seventh, today he was the third to take the asphalt.
The person in charge of opening the track has been Takuma Sato, who has flown four consecutive laps in 230 to complete his attempt with an average of 230,725 miles / hour, with hardly any loss of pace. Then it was the turn of Graham Rahal, who has stayed at 229,380 miles / hour and has reported feeling uncomfortable with the car.
Then its time to Palou. The Team Goh rider was spectacular on his first lap 231.901 miles / hour, the best first lap of the day but he quickly lost pace in the following and finished with an average of 229.676 miles / hour. The reason for this decline has been a problem with the weight jacker a sort of weight distribution.
The weight jacker is a control that the pilot has on the steering wheel that affects the rear suspension and the distribution of weights. On the straights, it allows you to lower the suspension and raise the nose, which ultimately reduces downforce and provides a plus of about 0.5 miles / hour. When it returns to its original position, the car gains aerodynamics.
That slip was very expensive for the Team Goh rider, who this Saturday had reached 231.034 miles / hour and who felt he had the potential to approach 231.5. And it allowed him to lose ground to the other rookie of the session, Rinus VeeKay, who has completed his stint at 230,704 miles / hour.
We had a couple of problems with the weight jacker. We have to check if it was me or if it was the system, but its a shame because the car had the speed and the team had done a great job. Now I look at the race. . Im sure it will be very good, he told the American broadcast as he got out of the car.
But Sato would not be the fastest of the session, because Scott Dixon would climb twice to 231 to complete his attempt in 231,051 miles / hour, placing himself in the provisional pole position awaiting the four cars of the Andretti team, who had dominated Saturdays qualifying with a poker.
The first Andretti to go out on the road was James Hinchcliffe, who posted a discreet average of 229,870 miles / hour. Worse luck was Alexander Rossi, finishing last with a 229,234 that suggested the track slowed down as temperatures rose. Ryan Hunter-Reay would go up with 230,648, but still far behind on Saturday.
If the first three Andretti had been hesitant, Marco Andrettis was the opposite. The fastest man on Saturday would climb twice to 231 and complete his attempt with an average of 231,068 miles / hour, enough to pass Dixon by the minimum 0.017 miles / hour and score the Pole Position of the Indianapolis 500 .
The great race, August 23.
Marco Andretti, the Pole Man of the 2020 Indianapolis 500
RESULTS FAST NINE INDY500 2020
POS. PILOT EQUIPMENT SPEED WEATHER 01. M. Andretti Andretti Herta with Marco & Curb-Agajanian 231,068 235 7985 02. S. Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 231,051 235 8098 03. T. Sato Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 230,725 236 0300 04. R. VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing 230,704 236 0438 05. R. Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 230,648 236 0818 06. J. Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport 229,870 236 6103 07. A. Palou Dale Coyne Racing with Team Goh 229,676 236 7425 08. G. Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 229,380 236 9450 09. A. Rossi Andretti Autosport 229,234 237 0446
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