Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
GMR Grand Prix – Indianapolis Motor Speedway
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
QUALIFYING NOTES/QUOTES – May 13, 2022
LUNDGAARD, HARVEY AND RAHAL TO START EIGHTH, NINTH AND 12TH IN THE GMR GRAND PRIX
1) Will Power 1:09.7664 / 125.854 mph (Group 2, Round 3)
8) Christian Lundgaard 1:09.6594 / 126.048 mph (Group 2, Round 2)
9) Jack Harvey 1:09.6899 / 125.992 mph (Group 2, Round 2)
12) Graham Rahal 1:10.2950 / 124.908 mph (Group 1, Round 2)
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 Fifth Third Bank Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Qualifying is complete here for the Fifth Third Bank car. Ultimately just a major mistake locking the right front brake going into Turn 12 on the opening of the lap, so I didn’t even get to push, didn’t even get to try. I’m pretty disappointed because not only does that affect us today, it also affects us tomorrow because that right front (tire) is dead, it’s gone, being flat spotted the way it is. This is a big red (alternate Firestone tire) strategy tomorrow so we need some rain, we need mother nature to help us out. Let’s see how it goes. I think the car got better; I’m still struggling with it personally this weekend but it’s better. We will see how it goes tomorrow.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 Shield Cleansers Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Qualifying is done here at IMS for the first Indy road course race of the season. I’m a little disappointed, I think we had the potential to be in the Fast Six, perhaps even all three cars, so it’s a little disappointing to be eighth, ninth, and 12th out there but the car felt good. The Shield Cleansers car has felt awesome all weekend, we had a good baseline from last year. We will build on that for tomorrow. We’ve got the warmup to build up for the race. I hope the rain will stop by at the end of the race to mix things up a little. But otherwise so far, I’m pretty satisfied with the day in general. It’s been a busy one.”
JACK HARVEY, 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It was a pretty solid qualifying session from us there in the #45 Hy-Vee Honda; we ended up P9. Christian was P8 just in front of me, and Graham in P12 so honestly a much better weekend for everyone at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in regard to qualifying. All three cars transferred out of Group 1. We didn’t transfer out of Group 2 but we will work on that for the next one. I’m pretty happy with the teams effort.”
RLL AT THE IMS ROAD COURSE…. The GMR Grand Prix will mark the 11th NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on the 2.439-mile road course. The team’s best finish here is second in 2015 and July 4, 2020 by Rahal and the best start is fourth in 2020, also by Rahal.
NEXT UP: Warmup for the GMR Grand Prix will take place from 10:30-11:00 AM and NBC will begin coverage of the 85-lap race at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday.