Alexander Rossi took pole position at Road America for the eighth round of the IndyCar Series. The 30-year-old driver recently announced a move to the Arrow McLaren SP starting in 2023, and is still with Andretti Autosport Honda.

Rossi completed the 4.05-mile course in 1min44s8656, less than a tenth of a second ahead of runner-up Josef Newgarden. His achievement also marks the eighth different pole in eight races so far this season, the longest streak since 1961.

Interestingly, there seemed to be little or no difference between the different tire compounds, with the top two sharing the strategies for the fastest laps. Alex Palou and Marcus Ericsson set the third and fourth fastest laps, respectively, and will form an all-Ganassi second row.

Colton Herta had the fifth best time in the final round of Fast 6, but was a bit disappointed with his effort after setting the best time in the second round. Pato O'Ward completes the third row with a lap of 1min45s6826 and was unable to improve due to a locked front tire on his fast lap.

Light rain started in the middle of the second round of qualifying, causing a bit of chaos and urgency as drivers wanted to get their laps in before the rain increased. The real rain never came, however, and the entire grid was able to comfortably stay on dry weather tires throughout the afternoon.

Romain Grosjean started the second round a few minutes after everyone else, as his team struggled to get his Andretti Autosport Honda in gear. He had time for a lap, but lost the lead to Fast 6 by less than a tenth of a second.

Callum Ilott also had some problems in the second pre-race and ended up making a trip through the gravel, followed by contact with the tire barrier, after pushing a bit in the last corner.

Brazilian Helio Castroneves starts 16th. The start will be on Sunday at 1:30 pm, with broadcast by TV Cultura and ESPN 4.

Check out the grid:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'44.895s	1'45.073s	1'44.865s
2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'44.555s	1'44.553s	1'44.937s
3	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.125s	1'44.831s	1'45.382s
4	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.204s	1'45.185s	1'45.424s
5	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'44.926s	1'44.403s	1'45.538s
6	Patricio O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'45.103s	1'44.87s	1'45.682s
7	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'44.884s	1'45.154s
8	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'45.149s	1'45.23s
9	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'45.567s	1'45.241s
10	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.09s	1'45.244s
11	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.227s	1'45.275s
12	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1m45.39s
13	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.402s
14	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsport	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.601s
15	Will Power	Team Penske	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'45.422s
16	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.621s
17	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'45.558s
18	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'45.723s
19	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing with RWR	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.704s
20	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.942s
21	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'46.078s
22	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'45.995s
23	Dalton Kellett	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'46.975s
24	Kyle Kirkwood	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'46.613s
25	Tatiana Calderón	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'47.566s
26	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara DW12-Honda	1'47.313s
27	Simona De Silvestro	Paretta Autosport	Dallara DW12-Chevrolet	1'48.103s