Ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean claims stunning maiden IndyCar pole in third race
The former Haas driver - who has switched to IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2021 season having recovered from the injuries he sustained in his fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix - headed th⭕e field at the Indianapolis road course.
Having made the ‘Fast Six’ shootout for the fi൲rst time, Grosjean posted a 1m09.439s to outpace Team Penske’s two-time champion 𝄹Josef Newgarden to his first-ever IndyCar pole by 0.126s.
It marks the 34-year-old Frenchman’s first pole since the first round of the 2011𒈔 GP2 season at Istanbul Park.
That feeling... MERCI!!!
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean)
Briton’s Jack Harvey was third-fastest for Meyer Shank Racing, ahead of Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, IndyCar rookie Scott McLaughlin and Conor Daly, who wasꦉ sixth in his Ed Carpenter Racing machine.
Rinus Veekay, C♋olton Herta, Ed Jones and Simon Pagenaud completed the rest of the top-10 order.
Earlier on Friday, Mercedes confirmed that Grosjean’🍌s farewell F1 test will still go ahead next mon🤪th despite the French Grand Prix being brought forward following the postponement of the Turkish Grand Prix.
While Grosjean’s planned demo run a✅t Paul Ricard has been cancelled, he will drive a Mercedes W10 during a full test day at the home of the French GP on 29 June.
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