2023 IndyCar Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Mid-Ohio where Colton Herta earned pole position for the race.

01 Jul 2023

Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport at Mid-Ohio

2023 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
2	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
3	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
4	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
6	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
7	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
8	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
9	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
11	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
12	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
13	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
14	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
15	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
16	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
18	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
19	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
20	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
21	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
22	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
23	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
24	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	Honda
25	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
26	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
27	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda

Drama was oozing out of the confines of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday, where Colton Herta walked away with pole position for the second consecutive race. Herta took the top spot from hometown favorite Graham Rahal on the final lap in qualifying. Rahal nearly earned his first pole since 2017 but will still make his first start from the front row in four years. That is good news for he and Herta, as seven of the last eight races here have been won from the front row.

Kyle Kirkwood and championship points leader Alex Palou will start from Row 2 tomorrow while Christian Lundgaard and Scott Dixon share Row 3. Lundgaard capped a great day for RLL Racing, with two cars inside the Firestone Fast Six. Dixon has six wins at this track, but he has just one podium finish here in his last nine starts. This was the first time since 2012 that Honda swept the top six starting spots.

Team Penske missed the final round of qualifying, but Will Power and Scott McLaughlin will start from Row 4 tomorrow. Power, who is the all-time leader in poles with 68, still has not qualified inside the top-six this season. The organization still has yet to win a pole this year. Now nine races into the season, it is the longest Penske has gone without a pole since the 1999 season.

Several big-names will be starting in the back of the field on Sunday. Former winners Alexander Rossi (13th) and Josef Newgarden (15th) will have some heavy lifting to do in order to get to the front. Pato O'Ward was at the top of the timing chart during the first round of qualifying when he spun and stalled his Arrow McLaren Chevrolet. That ruined his entire day, as he was unable to advance and will start 25th tomorrow.

The biggest moment of the day came during the morning practice session when Simon Pagenaud had a massive shunt when the brakes failed on his Meyer Shank Racing Honda. The series champion and Indy 500 winner went airborne at full speed before hitting the sand trap, causing his No. 60 machine to barrel roll nearly eight times before finally coming to a stop on its side against the tire barrier. Fortunately, he was okay but the medical team still has not cleared him to get back in the car. Conor Daly is on standby should Pagenaud not be cleared to race tomorrow.