Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix
Round 4 of 17 in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES
QUALIFYING NOTES/QUOTES – Saturday, April 29, 2023
LUNDGAARD TO START SIXTH IN THE CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA INDY GRAND PRIX; RAHAL AND HARVEY 19TH AND 24TH
1) Romain Grosjean 1:05.8396 / 125.760 mph (Group 1, Round 3)
6) Christian Lundgaard 1:06.1601 / 125.151 mph (Group 2, Round 3)
19) Graham Rahal 1:06.2504 / 124.980 mph (Group 1, Round 1)
24) Jack Harvey 1:06.7181 / 124.104 mph (Group 2, Round 1)
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 One Cure Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “I thought that we were decent. I was surprised to see how slow we were, relative to the others, but it was a pretty tight group. We came up a bit short. We still have some issues in some corners that are haunting us. We’ve just got to try to close that gap, which likely means just going back to Christian’s setup and seeing how it is tomorrow.”
JACK HARVEY, No. 30 AMADA Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Heading into qualifying, we were optimistic about being on the cusp of transferring. I felt we were anywhere from P12 to a P18 kind of car so I’m disappointed with where we finished. It’s not crystal clear to me where the speed was because the car didn’t feel too terrible, so it’s just got to be a sum of all the parts. I’m pretty disappointed in the end. Tomorrow is when it counts so we just need to try and build a good race car now. We need a little more stability at the rear and see what the guys can do to help us on strategy.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “We made the Fast Six, we like that! It was an amazing day in Barber and an awesome weekend so far. The pace has been great. The No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda has been fast and we got into the Firestone Fast Six and will be going for it tomorrow and I’m quite excited. I will get a good night’s rest and we’ll get after it tomorrow. The last time I was in the Firestone Fast Six and qualified sixth, we finished on the podium (second place in the Indy GP 2, 2022) but we want to be up one further than that so we’ll aim for that tomorrow.”
RLL AT BARBER: In 2019, the team qualified 1-2 for the race here, which was the first time the team locked out the front row of an Indy car race since the September 11, 2005 race at Chicagoland when Danica Patrick won pole and Buddy Rice started second. Sato led 74 of 90 laps en route to victory. The 2023 Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix will mark the 11th INDYCAR SERIES race for the team at Barber Motorsports Park (BMP).
NEXT UP: The pre-race warm-up will take place from 12-12:30 PM ET. The Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix will be televised on NBC from 3:00-6:00 PM ET Sunday, April 30.