Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
QUALIFYING NOTES/QUOTES – Saturday, February 26, 2022
RAHAL 11TH, LUNDGAARD 15TH AND HARVEY 23RD IN QUALIFYING FOR THE FIRESTONE GRAND PRIX OF ST. PETERSBURG
1) Scott McLaughlin 59.4821 / 108.940 mph
11) Graham Rahal 59.9870 / 108.023 mph
15) Christian Lundgaard 1:00.0276 / 107.950 mph
23) Jack Harvey 1:00.5333 / 107.049 mph
GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 United Rentals Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Qualifying has come to a close here in St Pete with the No. 15 United Rentals car in P11. I thought we had more than that. Coming out of Q1 where we were second, I thought we were going to be very competitive but Q2 we just couldn’t quite get the balance right. It’s so close you know, 2/10ths (of a second) and you advance to the Fast Six, but we didn’t. We have to go back to the drawing board, we have to improve the car a little bit. I’m watching the others on their in-car cameras and stuff, and we have some work to do. We’re going to close in on it. I think as a team everybody was scrambling this morning, scrambling between sessions – so good job just to get all three cars on track. Hopefully we can have a good night, get some rest and get ready to go tomorrow.”
CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD, No. 30 Panasonic / Shield Cleansers Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It was a good day throughout. I think the morning session went pretty well, we made good improvements since yesterday in practice two this morning. We had a slight issue on the car just before qualifying and managed to sort it out and got the car out there. We performed on the (Firestone; primary) blacks but didn’t quite get the performance out of the reds that we were hoping for but considering the rush we were in just before qualifying, I am pretty satisfied with the result.”
JACK HARVEY, No. 45 Hy-Vee Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “Qualifying was not good honestly, I think we had quite a lot of pace that we just didn’t get to show. We got completely screwed with traffic to be honest. A tiny mistake on the entry of Turn 9 in the morning practice and, I mean, that’s the wall. I just grazed it and it was enough to take me off line and into the wall. So I’ll say I’m sorry to the guys of the #45 Hy-Vee Honda that it happened. I don’t crash often or a lot. Honestly, just a really disappointing day across the board, I do think the 45 Hy-Vee Honda has got some speed, we just didn’t get to show it. It was a tough day and it makes tomorrow tough, but we will give it 110 when it matters which will be tomorrow.”
NEXT UP: Warm-up will take place from 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. ET tomorrow and the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will be televised live on NBC beginning at 12 PM ET.