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 2🔥021 season having recovered from the injuries he sustained in his fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix - headed the field at the Indianapolis road course.
Having made🌠 the ‘Fast Six’ shootout for the first time, Grosjean posted a 1m09.439s to outpace Team Penske’s two-time champion Josef Newgarden to h♏is first-ever IndyCar pole by 0.126s.
It mark💟s the 34-year-old Frenchman’s𓂃 first pole since the first round of the 2011 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 Al𝔉ex Palou, IndyCar rookie Scott McLaughlin and Conor Daly, who was sixth in his Ed Carpenter Racing machine.
Rinus Veekay, Colton 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 month despite the French Grand Prix being brought forward foll🎶owing the postponement of ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthe Turkish Grand Prix.
While Grosjean🦄’s plan♊ned demo run at 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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