Sebastian Saavedra takes Barber Indy Lights pole for Andretti Autosport

The Andretti Autosport driver, who returned to Lights this year after spending last season in IndyCar with Conquest, set a best time of 1m16.4968s with six minutes remaining.

Sam Schmidt Motorsports drivers Tristan Vautier and Esteban Guerrieri were both shaping up for a crack at Saavedra's time but were denied the chance when team-mate Oli Webb spun off at Turn 12 and skidded backwards into the barriers with four minutes left on the clock, bringing out the red flag.

The session was not restarted and Webb, who at that point was fifth-fastest, will be docked his best time for causing a stoppage. The Schmidt team's frustration was compounded by its fourth driver, Victor Carbone, spinning off the damp track at the start of the session and failing to set a time.

Vautier managed to finish up second fastest ahead of Andretti's Carlos Munoz, with Guerrieri fourth.

Pos  Driver              Team          Time        Gap
 1.  Sebastian Saavedra  AFS/Andretti  1m16.4968s
 2.  Tristan Vautier     Sam Schmidt   1m16.7270s  + 0.2302s
 3.  Carlos Munoz        Andretti      1m17.0882s  + 0.5914s
 4.  Esteban Guerrieri   Sam Schmidt   1m17.2494s  + 0.7526s
 5.  Oliver Webb         Sam Schmidt   1m17.4288s  + 0.9320s
 6.  Alon Day            Belardi       1m17.5997s  + 1.1029s
 7.  Gustavo Yacaman     Moore         1m17.6158s  + 1.1190s
 8.  Jorge Goncalvez     Belardi       1m17.8393s  + 1.3425s
 9.  Troy Castaneda      Bryan Herta   1m17.9743s  + 1.4775s
10.  Joao Horto          Juncos        1m18.0338s  + 1.5370s
11.  Juan Pablo Garcia   Jeffrey Mark  1m18.0496s  + 1.5528s
12.  Armaan Ebrahim      Fan Force     1m18.3943s  + 1.8975s
13.  Darryl Wills        Hillenburg    1m18.7854s  + 2.2886s
14.  David Ostella       Moore         1m18.7993s  + 2.3025s
15.  Victor Carbone      Sam Schmidt