Will Power takes last gasp Toronto IndyCar pole

Will Power moved to fifth on IndyCar’s all-time pole winners tally with a late effort in the Fast Six session at Toronto.

The Australian recorded his best of 59.43s with just 5s remaining in the final 10 minute segment.

The time edged team-mate Simon Pagenaud by 0.18s, marking the fourth time the Penske duo has locked out the front-row this season.

Third Penske driver Juan Pablo Montoya lead the early part of the Fast Six session before ending up third.

The Indianapolis 500 winner will line-up alongside Scott Dixon, while Sebastien Bourdais and Luca Filippi completed the top six.

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The first two segments were punctuated by red flags, much to the detriment of regular front-runners Helio Castroneves (seventh) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (16th).

The reds were caused by a spin from Sebastian Saavedra in Q1 and a crash for Rodolfo Gonzalez in Q2.

Power’s 41st career pole meanwhile moves him ahead of Penske legend Rick Mears on the pole position honour roll, drawing to within two of the highest active driver, Castroneves.

“Starting on the pole is great to keep out of any messes, and obviously IndyCar races are never straightforward so it’s just awesome to get the pole,” said Power.

“It’s a long (race) day and we’ll see what we can do. You’ve really got to drive around here.

“It’s all man-handling because you’ve got those slippery surfaces in the middle of the corners, so you’ve got to be on the wheel a lot.”

Result: IndyCar Series qualifying, Toronto

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Will Power	Team Penske	59.4280s
2	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	59.6095s
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	59.6242s
4	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	59.8879s
5	Sebastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	59.9012s
6	Luca Filippi	CFH Racing	1:00.2312s
7	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	59.8940s
8	Takuma Sato	AJ Foyt Enterprises	59.9500s
9	Tony Kanaan	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:00.0901s
10	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	1:00.1241s
11	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	1:00.1323s
12	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1:00.4576s
13	Carlos Munoz	Andretti Autosport	1:00.6849s
14	Jack Hawksworth	AJ Foyt Enterprises	1:01.4569s
15	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:00.8553s
16	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1:01.5959s
17	Sebastian Saavedra	Chip Ganassi Racing	1:00.9926s
18	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	1:01.9907s
19	Conor Daly	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1:01.2543s
20	Stefano Coletti	KV Racing Technology	1:02.4000s
21	Tristan Vautier	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.5065s
22	Gabby Chaves	Bryan Herta Autosport	1:02.4016s
23	Rodolfo Gonzalez	Dale Coyne Racing	1:05.0167s