The Swedish Felix Rosenqvist took the pole-position of the Indianapolis GP 2. In the qualifying session held on Friday (29), the McLaren driver clocked 1min10s226 to take his second pole position of the 2022 season, since he also started from the pole position in Texas, at the beginning of the season.

The leader of the only free practice, Andretti's Alexander Rossi flirted with pole, but will start from second position, separating the McLaren cars, as Mexican Pato O'Ward will start from third.

Penske's Australian Will Power will start fourth, followed by teammate Josef Newgarden. The Fast Six was also attended by RLL's Christian Lundgaard.

Current champion Álex Palou is the best Ganassi driver on the grid, starting seventh, side by side with Carpenter's Dutchman Rinus VeeKay. Colton Herta, the last Indianapolis mixed winner with Andretti, and Conor Daly, also of Carpenter, round out the top-10.

Brazilian Helio Castroneves failed to advance from the first segment of qualifying and will start 16th. The Meyer Shank driver's time was 1min10s756. New Zealand's six-time champion Scott Dixon of Ganassi also failed to advance to Q1, and will start 20th.

Championship leader Marcus Ericsson will be forced to start from last position on Sunday. The Swede from Ganassi had a mechanical problem shortly after leaving the pits and stopped at turn 5, unable to advance to the second segment of the qualifying session.

The GP of Indianapolis 2 is scheduled to start at 13:00 (GMT-3) on Saturday. GRANDE PRÊMIO will provide complete coverage. The race will be broadcast by TV Cultura on free-to-air channels, ESPN4 on pay TV, and Star+ on streaming.

Find out how the Indianapolis GP qualifying 2 went:

Q1: Ericsson breaks down and starts last. Dixon and Castroneves are eliminated

Group 1: Josef Newgarden, Scott McLaughlin, Graham Rahal, Christian Lundgaard, Conor Daly, Callum Ilott, Jack Harvey, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, Pato O'Ward, Kyle Kirkwood, Jimmie Johnson

The green flag for Group 1 was brought out at 2:00 pm. On hard tires, the first half of the group was led by RLL's Christian Lundgaard with 1min11s439. Ilott, Newgarden, Harvey, McLaughlin and Daly were also qualifying.

On soft tires, the best time went to Carpenter's Conor Daly with 1min10s382. Newgarden, Power, O'Ward, Lundgaard and Pagenaud also qualified. McLaughlin, seventh in the championship, was eliminated.

Group 2: Alexander Rossi, Colton Herta, Álex Palou, Felix Rosenqvist, Helio Castroneves, Marcus Ericsson, David Malukas, Scott Dixon, Devlin DeFrancesco, Rinus VeeKay, Romain Grosjean, Takuma Sato, and Dalton Kellett

The green flag for group 2 was brought out at 2:15pm. The first red flag of the day came out before the first lap was even triggered, with Marcus Ericsson suffering from mechanical problems at turn 5 and stopping the Ganassi on track. For causing an interruption, the championship leader was punished with the elimination of the two fastest times.

With the track cleared in reduced time, Felix Rosenqvist set the fastest time of 1min10s122. Along with the Swede, Herta, VeeKay, Palou, Rossi, and Malukas also qualified. Title contender Scott Dixon was only 10th in the group.

Fast 12: Palou and Herta out of pole position contention

The 10-minute Fast 12 was released at 2:34 pm. With the first laps on hard tires, Colton Herta was the best of the first half, still with the high time of 1min11s391. Palou, VeeKay, Lundgaard, O'Ward and Daly were the runners of the moment.

On soft tires, Will Power stood out with a time of 1min10s027. For the pole position, Rosenqvist, Newgarden, Rossi, O'Ward and Lundgaard also advanced.

Fast 6: Rosenqvist is pole

The six minutes were cleared at 14:55 for the pole position. Newgarden, Rossi and Lundgaard went straight in on soft tires, while Power, O'Ward and Rosenqvist came in on hard tires. Rossi took the lead with 1min10s677.

Rosenqvist clocked 1min10s226 to take the top spot from Alexander. No one was able to improve on the time, leaving the Swede in the position of honor.

Indy 2022, Indianapolis GP 2, Starting Grid

1F ROSENQVISTMcLaren Chevrolet1:10.2262A ROSSIAndretti Honda1:10.503+0.2773P O'WARDMcLaren Chevrolet1:10.609+0.3834W POWERPenske Chevrolet1:10.622+0.3965J NEWGARDENPenske Chevrolet1:10.696+0.4706C LUNDGAARDRLL Honda1:10.728+0.5027A PALOUGanassi Honda1:10.2078R VEEKAYCarpenter Chevrolet1:10.310+0.0849C HERTAAndretti Honda1:10.353+0.12710C DALYCarpenter Chevrolet1:10.513+0.28711D MALUKASDale Coyne Honda1:10.563+0.33712S PAGENAUDMeyer Shank Honda1:10.762+0.53613J HARVEYRLL Honda1:10.856+0.63014D DEFRANCESCOAndretti Honda1:10.703+0.47715S MCLAUGHLINPenske Chevrolet1:10.906+0.68016H CASTRONEVESMeyer Shank Honda1:10.756+0.53017G RAHALRLL Honda1:10.909+0;68318T SATODale Coyne Honda1:10.827+0.60119C ILOTTJuncos Chevrolet1:11.119+0.89320S DIXONGanassi Honda1:10.893+0.66721K KIRKWOODFoyt Chevrolet1:11.215+0.98922R GROSJEANAndretti Honda1:11.024+0.79823J JOHNSONGanassi Honda1:11,771+1.54524D KELLETTFoyt Chevrolet1:12.006+1.78025M ERICSSONGanassi Honda0:00,000