Castroneves on pole as disaster strikes Power

Helio Castroneves edged Penske team-mate Juan Pablo Montoya for pole position at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The Brazilian’s 1:06.63s best in the Fast Six session proved a scant 0.03s faster than that of his Colombian rival.

“The team worked really hard because we changed everything in the car last night, so congratulations to them,” said Castroneves after the session.

“It was not pretty last night, but it proved that we were able to keep pushing.

“When you get the pole position with the team-mates I have it’s actually pretty cool.”

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Scott Dixon (Ganassi) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti) secured second row starting spots ahead of Simon Pagenaud (Penske) and Josef Newgarden (CFH).

The final Penske Dallara-Chevrolet, driven by Australian Will Power, will start just 18th after being caught out by an early red flag.

“I’m just kicking myself for not finishing that lap that I had a bobble on,” reflected the reigning champion.

“I just had to turn the engine down and coasted for a bit before taking off again.

“It’s tough, but in these IndyCar races anything can happen.”

Italian Stefano Coletti will start last after tagging the wall in the first session and bringing out the red fags.

Result: IndyCar Qualifying, Long Beach

Pos.	Driver	Engine	Time	Round
1	Helio Castroneves	Chevrolet	1:06.6294	Firestone Fast Six
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	1:06.6587	Firestone Fast Six
3	Scott Dixon	Chevrolet	1:06.7870	Firestone Fast Six
4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Honda	1:07.0473	Firestone Fast Six
5	Simon Pagenaud	Chevrolet	1:07.1433	Firestone Fast Six
6	Josef Newgarden	Chevrolet	1:07.1716	Firestone Fast Six
7	Tony Kanaan	Chevrolet	1:07.1090	Round 2 / Top 12
8	Graham Rahal	Honda	1:07.1290	Round 2 / Top 12
9	Sebastien Bourdais	Chevrolet	1:07.2411	Round 2 / Top 12
10	Marco Andretti	Honda	1:07.3161	Round 2 / Top 12
11	Sebastian Saavedra	Chevrolet	1:07.3924	Round 2 / Top 12
12	Carlos Munoz	Honda	1:07.4049	Round 2 / Top 12
13	James Hinchcliffe	Honda	1:07.3976	Qual / Group 1
14	Luca Filippi	Chevrolet	1:08.6104	Qual / Group 2
15	Charlie Kimball	Chevrolet	1:07.4217	Qual / Group 1
16	Jack Hawksworth	Honda	1:08.6276	Qual / Group 2
17	Gabby Chaves (R)	Honda	1:07.4653	Qual / Group 1
18	Will Power	Chevrolet	1:08.8348	Qual / Group 2
19	James Jakes	Honda	1:07.7702	Qual / Group 1
20	Takuma Sato	Honda	1:08.8732	Qual / Group 2
21	Conor Daly (R)	Honda	1:08.7825	Qual / Group 1
22	Francesco Dracone (R)	Honda	1:09.8815	Qual / Group 2
23	Stefano Coletti (R)	Chevrolet	1:10.4644	Qual / Group 2

VIDEO: Helio Castroneves onboard pole position lap