New Zealand ace Scott Dixon has thwarted a Team Penske sweep of qualifying by claiming pole position for the Honda Indy Toronto street race.
Dixon bounded to the top with a last minute flyer to post a 59.90s lap in preparation for the 85-lap affair at the Exhibition Place venue.
The Ganassi driver prevented Helio Castroneves from earning his third pole of the season.
Castroneves held the top spot until the final moments before settling for second with a 59.94s best which was slightly slower than his lap which topped Round 2.
Series leader Simon Pagenaud clocked an impressive 1:00.22s as he was the only runner to tackle the run off for pole on the harder compound black Firestone rubber.
Penske team-mate Will Power will sit beside him on the second row after a 1:00.40s best while KVSH driver Sebastien Bourdais was fifth.
James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt-Peterson), the only Honda runner to make the final phase of qualifying, was sixth.
Of the key drivers failing to advance to the Fast 6 were Josef Newgarden who will start from eighth.
The Ed Carpenter Racing star posted a 1:00.58s lap with Dale Coyne's Conor Daly to occupy seventh after a 1:00.56s effort.
After his practice crash and further electrical issues, Team Penske's Juan Montoya will start from ninth ahead of Schmidt-Peterson Motorsport driver Mikhail Aleshin.
See below for full qualifying results
Rank |
Car |
Driver Name |
C/A/E/T |
Time |
Speed |
Session |
1 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
D/C/C/F |
59.9073 |
107.326 |
Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
2 |
3 |
Helio Castroneves |
D/C/C/F |
59.9425 |
107.263 |
Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
3 |
22 |
Simon Pagenaud |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.2293 |
106.752 |
Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
4 |
12 |
Will Power |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.4085 |
106.435 |
Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
5 |
11 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.4221 |
106.411 |
Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
6 |
5 |
James Hinchcliffe |
D/H/H/F |
01:01.5637 |
104.438 |
Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six |
7 |
18 |
Conor Daly (r) |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.5693 |
106.153 |
Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
8 |
21 |
Josef Newgarden |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.5885 |
106.119 |
Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
9 |
2 |
Juan Montoya |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.6532 |
106.006 |
Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
10 |
7 |
Mikhail Aleshin |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.6635 |
105.988 |
Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
11 |
19 |
Luca Filippi |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.7784 |
105.788 |
Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
12 |
10 |
Tony Kanaan |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.8561 |
105.653 |
Elimination Round 2 / Top 12 |
13 |
41 |
Jack Hawksworth |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.6930 |
105.936 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
14 |
8 |
Max Chilton (r) |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.6372 |
106.034 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
15 |
26 |
Carlos Munoz |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.7712 |
105.800 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
16 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.7088 |
105.909 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
17 |
83 |
Charlie Kimball |
D/C/C/F |
01:00.9060 |
105.566 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
18 |
28 |
D/H/H/F |
01:00.8721 |
105.625 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
|
19 |
98 |
Alexander Rossi (r) |
D/H/H/F |
01:01.2087 |
105.044 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
20 |
14 |
Takuma Sato |
D/H/H/F |
01:01.4012 |
104.715 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
21 |
20 |
Spencer Pigot (r) |
D/C/C/F |
01:01.3360 |
104.826 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 1 |
22 |
27 |
D/H/H/F |
01:01.4384 |
104.651 |
Elimination Round 1 / Group 2 |
(C)hassis: D=Dallara | (A)aerokit: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (E)ngine: C=Chevy, H=Honda | (T)ire: F=Firestone