Takuma Sato driving Dale Coyne Racing with RWR’s No. 51 Nurtec ODT Honda on the first day of the 106th Indy 500 qualifying at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway averaged 231.708mph (about 370.733) on four laps. km / h) was recorded and it was ranked 12th.
Takuma Sato marked an average of 232.196mph (about 371.514km / h) in his first attack. He was sixth at this point, but his first record was invalidated for interfering with other drivers during the deceleration.
With the forecast that it would rain, the mechanics hurriedly prepared for the second run and lined up the machines in a line waiting for the running order.
Takuma Sato showed his speed in the second attack, but he made a slight contact with the wall on the third lap and recorded an average of 231.708mph on the four laps. He finished the first day of qualifying in 12th place.
Takuma Sato will challenge for pole position in the final qualifying session starting at 4 pm (local time) on Sunday.
“It was a day when various events happened,” commented Takuma Sato.
“I didn’t expect that speed when I hit the first attack. The conditions have changed a lot since yesterday, and I’ve had the contingency of interfering with Marco’s (Andretti) warm-up lap. It happened. This penalized me for IndyCar, and I have no objection to this. “
“However, because we lost the qualifying record, we had to attack again. We didn’t know when it would start raining, but fortunately we were able to make a second attack. At first I thought it was challenging to run at a slightly higher temperature, but we were lucky enough to stay fast and we were in the top 12. “
“I think Dale Coyne Racing with RWR worked great because my teammate David Marcus was 13th and I was 12th.”
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