The battle for the top of the grid looked to be pitting one heavyweight team in CGR against another in McLaren, who each placed four cars in the Fast 12 that started off Day 2 of qualifying. Foyt Enterprise's Santino Ferrucci (233.661) and the McLaren of Pato O'Ward (2233.158) after managing a four-lap average of 233.151. Dixon will start from the second row on May 28 with A.J. It is the third pole in a row for Chip Ganassi's team as Dixon also took the honor in 2021 for the Honda-powered outfit. "The fourth lap was really tough to keep it flat, but we did it. "We knew we had to go aggressive, to trim the car a lot to get a good first lap and try to be consistent," Palou told. Arrow McLaren's Felix Rosenqvist completes the front row at 234.114, meaning that all three drivers were faster than last year's pole-winning speed of 234.046 mph by CGR's Scott Dixon. Palou held off Ed Carpenter Racing's hard-charging Rinus VeeKay, who was ever so close at 234.211 in what was the second-closest margin between the two top qualifiers in Indy 500 history. Alex Palou squeezed out every last bit of speed his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda could give him, averaging 234.217 mph over four laps for the fastest pole in the history of the Indianapolis 500, becoming the first Spaniard to qualify for the top spot for race.
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