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Dixon qualifies eighth, Palou first of championship contenders

by Zane Shackleton
September 19, 2021
in IndyCar, International, News
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Scott Dixon will need to drive from eighth if he is to win tomorrow’s IndyCar Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, keeping his title ambitions alive.

After barely squeezing out of group one, Dixon could not progress into the pole position shootout.

The defending series champion was on the cusp of sneaking into the top six until quick laps by Pato O’Ward and Oliver Askew demoted Dixon to eighth.

Dixon says it has been a tough weekend so far, but he will try and turn around his fortunes tomorrow.

“It wasn’t a super clean lap,” he said. “Was chasing a couple of tenths here and there.

“We’ve struggled to get into flow this weekend.

“But it is how it is. We’ll see how tomorrow goes. Keep our heads down and keep pushing.”

Dixon’s two teammates are also in championship contention.

Marcus Ericsson is an outside chance and will need a win this weekend. He starts one place ahead of Dixon.

Alex Palou currently leads the points race and will start the race from P4.

Palou’s closest championship rival is Pato O’Ward, and the McLaren driver will start just two places behind the Spaniard.

Championship contender Pato O'Ward goes off course in the corkscrew! #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/N9UnPrRdXu

— INDYCAR on NBC (@IndyCaronNBC) September 18, 2021

Scott McLaughlin failed to progress past his first group stage and starts tomorrow’s race from 16th.

It was a disappointing result considering McLaughlin was fastest in free practice just hours before qualifying.

Winner of the 2019 rendition of the race, Colton Herta will start from pole position.

Will Power was provisionally on the front row until losing his fastest lap in the Fast Six due to a yellow flag infringement. It puts Alexander Rossi alongside Herta in P2.

Josef Newgarden is also firmly in the championship hunt. But he was knocked out in group one and starts down in 17th.

PosNameFast Six
1Colton Herta1m10.799s
2Alexander Rossi1m10.995s
3Will Power1m11.131s
4Alex Palou1m11.331s
5Oliver Askew1m11.893s
6Patricio O’Ward1m24.271s
7Marcus Ericsson
8Scott Dixon
9Simon Pagenaud
10Max Chilton
11James Hinchcliffe
12Graham Rahal
13Romain Grosjean
14Ed Jones
15Felix Rosenqvist
16Scott McLaughlin
17Josef Newgarden
18Conor Daly
19Ryan Hunter-Reay
20Jack Harvey
21Sébastien Bourdais
22Helio Castroneves
23Takuma Sato
24Rinus VeeKay
25Jimmie Johnson
26Callum Ilott
27Dalton Kellett

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