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Dario Franchitti gets the pole for the first standing start ever

After this session, we know who will be the driver who will start from the pole position on the first standing start of IndyCar’s history.

The first group decides positions of the inside from row 7 onwards, eliminated drivers have been: Simon Pagenaud, EJ Viso, Alex Tagliani, Josef Newgarden, Tristan Vautier and Ed Carpenter.

The second group was for outside line from row 7 onwards. Here we had the first big surprise, because local hero, James Hinchcliffe, has not passed to next round by 81 thousands of a second. In this group, Dario Franchitti has set the best time of the weekend, almost breaking the barrier of one minute (1:00.021). Eliminated drivers have been: James Hinchcliffe, Charlie Kimball, Graham Rahal, Mike Conway, Simona de Silversto and Sebastian Saavedra.

Round 2 has finished one minute before it was predicted, due to an accident of Takuma Sato that has caused a red flag. Eliminated drivers have been Ryan Hunter-Reay, Helio Castroneves, Justin Wilson, Ryan Briscoe, Marco Andretti and Takuma Sato. James Jakes has been the surprise, he passed to fast 6.

The last round decided the pole, who finally was for Dario Franchitti, he will be the first ever driver on IndyCar to start from pole position on a standing start. Top 6 was completed by Sebastien Bourdais, Will Power, Tony Kanaan, James Jakes and Scott Dixon.

1 Dario Franchitti 0:59.6756
2 Sebastien Bourdais 0:59.7701
3 Will Power 1:00.0612
4 Tony Kanaan 1:00.1179
5 James Jakes 1:00.1430
6 Scott Dixon 1:00.3228
7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:00.1954
8 Helio Castroneves 1:00.2866
9 Justin Wilson 1:00.2954
10 Ryan Briscoe 1:00.3843
11 Marco Andretti 1:00.6027
12 Takuma Sato 1:02.3831
13 Simon Pagenaud 1:00.4303
14 James Hinchcliffe 1:00.5083
15 EJ Viso 1:00.4556
16 Charlie Kimball 1:00.6569
17 Alex Tagliani 1:00.4586
18 Graham Rahal 1:00.6868
19 Josef Newgarden 1:00.5822
20 Mike Conway 1:00.9526
21 Tristan Vautier 1:00.9053
22 Simona De Silvestro 1:01.1553
23 Ed Carpenter 1:01.2367
24 Sebastian Saavedra 1:01.2939