Tristan Vautier edges Esteban Guerrieri for Iowa Indy Lights pole
Tristan Vautier held off Sam Schmidt Motorsports team-mate Esteban Guerrieri to secure pole for Saturday's Indy Lights race at Iowa Speedway
Vautier, who currently leads Guerrieri in the points standings, took the top spot with a two-lap average of 159.973mph. In lap time, the gap between him and Guerrieri was just 0.09 seconds.
"I tried to be very precise with my feedback to the engineers to lead the car in the right way, and everyone did a great job," said the Frenchman. "Tomorrow is a long race and it's going to take a lot to win this one, but we are in a good position and hopefully we'll make the most of it."
Victor Carbone secured a Schmidt 1-2-3 on the grid by going third fastest ahead of Andretti Autosport's Sebastian Saavedra, with David Ostella (Team Moore Racing) and Oli Webb (Schmidt) filling the third row.
The session passed without incident save for Belardi's Mike Larrison spinning and brushing the wall on his out-lap. The rookie ended the session without setting a time.
Pos Driver Team Speed 1. Tristan Vautier Schmidt 159.973 2. Esteban Guerrieri Schmidt 159.597 3. Victor Carbone Schmidt 159.442 4. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti 159.402 5. David Ostella Moore 158.939 6. Oliver Webb Schmidt 158.742 7. Carlos Munoz Andretti 158.737 8. Gustavo Yacaman Moore 158.017 9. Alon Day Belardi 157.618 10. Anders Krohn Herta 157.351 11. Jorge Goncalvez Belardi 157.196 12. Chase Austin Juncos 156.969 13. Bryan Clauson Fan Force 156.483 14. Juan Pablo Garcia Jeffrey Mark 156.203 15. Mike Larrison Belardi
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