Indy 500 pole shootout
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Alonso's on his warm-up lap.
It’s Fernando Alonso time! This is the Spaniard’s rookie year here at Indianapolis. He’s raced on the road course in Formula 1, but never done better than second in qualifying or the race. He’s talked down his pole chances, but as he said yesterday “when I close the visor, you have to be sure I will go for it”.
Radio Comms
"Nice run, man," Kanaan is told.
Stopwatch
Kanaan goes fastest ahead of Andretti with a four-lap average of 230.828mph.
Checkered flag
Kanaan finishes with a lap at 230.317mph.
Lap three is a 230.743mph. The average is 230.999mph, still looking good and very under control.
Kanaan's second lap is a 231.016. His average is 231.127mph, so he's on target to go fastest.
Kanaan's first lap is a 231.239mph.
Green flag
Kanaan's run starts after a warm-up lap at 223.753mph.
Kanaan is on his warm-up lap in the #10 machine. He's had a good turn of pace this weekend, so with a decent run should depose Andretti.
Kanaan, 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2005 polesitter is next to go in his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.
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Radio Comms
"Lap two's going to hurt me," says Andretti, who is told that he did a great recovery to save the run on laps three and four.
Radio Comms
"You did a good job, we'll see where that puts us," Andretti is told. He doesn't sound especially happy about the run.
Stopwatch
Andretti goes fastest with a run at 230.474mph.
Checkered flag
Andretti crosses the line, with his final lap a 230.763mph.
Lap three is at 230.631mph. The average is up to 230.378mph.
Andretti's second lap is a 229.854mph. So he's averaging 229.845mph. Needs to be quicker to be a pole threat.
Andretti's first lap is a 230.659mph.
Green flag
Andretti starts his qualifying run, with grandfather Mario watching from pitroad.
Andretti heads out to warm up. This will be the 30-year-old’s 11th Indianapolis 500. His best starting position is 3rd in 2013, and he finished second in his rookie year in 2006.
Radio Comms
"Less than a minute," Andretti is told.
Autosport
Alonso was the quickest of the Fast Nine contenders in practice earlier today. 
Radio Comms
"OK, three minutes Marco," Andretti is told as the start of the shootout approaches.
Radio Comms
"What did we do with stagger?" Andretti asks. He is told it's the same as yesterday.
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Here’s the running order for the shootout, which is in reverse order of yesterday’s top nine:
1 Marco Andretti (Andretti Honda)
2 Tony Kanaan (Ganassi Honda)
3 Fernando Alonso (Andretti Honda)
4 Will Power (Penske Chevrolet)
5 Alexander Rossi (Andretti Honda)
6 JR Hildebrand (Carpenter Chevrolet)
7 Scott Dixon (Ganassi Honda)
8 Takuma Sato (Andretti Honda)
9 Ed Carpenter (Carpenter Chevrolet)
1 Marco Andretti (Andretti Honda)
2 Tony Kanaan (Ganassi Honda)
3 Fernando Alonso (Andretti Honda)
4 Will Power (Penske Chevrolet)
5 Alexander Rossi (Andretti Honda)
6 JR Hildebrand (Carpenter Chevrolet)
7 Scott Dixon (Ganassi Honda)
8 Takuma Sato (Andretti Honda)
9 Ed Carpenter (Carpenter Chevrolet)
In the Fast Nine Shootout, which starts in five minutes, each of the fastest nine drivers from yesterday gets one four-lap qualifying run to challenge for pole position.
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Alonso has had a Honda engine change for precautionary reasons today. That happened after the earlier practice session.
Autosport
Fernando Alonso reckoned there was more to come from his McLaren Honda Andretti entry after going seventh fastest yesterday. 
Had Bourdais completed that run, he would surely have been fastest as he had already set laps at 231.472mph and 231.595mph. He has been fast all week and would have been favourite for pole today.
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Bourdais, who had successful surgery last night and is out for the season, has been replaced by James Davison, who contested the Indy 500 in 2013 and 2015, for Indy. 
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The big story in qualifying was the massive accident Sebastien Bourdais suffered on the third lap of his run yesterday. He suffered multiple fractures to the pelvis, and a fractured right hip in a 115g impact at Turn 2 when he speared into the wall while trying to correct a slide. 
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Fastest in yesterday’s opening day of qualifying, which decided the nine drivers who will fight for pole, was topped by Ed Carpenter with a four-lap average of 230.468mph. Here’s our report from qualifying. 
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Here’s how positions 10-33 will line up:
10 Hunter-Reay
11 Jones
12 Servia
13 Aleshin
14 Rahal
15 Chilton
16 Kimball
17 Hinchcliffe
18 Montoya
19 Castroneves
20 Howard
21 Karam
22 Newgarden
23 Pagenaud
24 Munoz
25 Chaves
26 Daly
27 Harvey
28 Mann
29 Pigot
30 Lazier
31 Saavedra
32 Veach
33 Davison (did not run)
10 Hunter-Reay
11 Jones
12 Servia
13 Aleshin
14 Rahal
15 Chilton
16 Kimball
17 Hinchcliffe
18 Montoya
19 Castroneves
20 Howard
21 Karam
22 Newgarden
23 Pagenaud
24 Munoz
25 Chaves
26 Daly
27 Harvey
28 Mann
29 Pigot
30 Lazier
31 Saavedra
32 Veach
33 Davison (did not run)
Group 1 qualifying, which sets positions 10-33 on the grid, has just been completed. Hunter-Reay was fastest for Andretti Autosport with a four-lap run at 231.442mph.
Welcome to Autosport’s live coverage of the ‘Fast Nine’ pole position shootout that will set the first three rows for the 2017 Indianapolis 500.
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