Sebastian Saavedra snatches Long Beach Indy Lights pole
A last-gasp effort by Sebastian Saavedra was rewarded with pole position for Sunday's Indy Lights race in Long Beach
The Colombian AFS/Andretti driver saved his best effort for his final flying lap and crossed the line with a 1m14.6143s, pipping current points leader Tristan Vautier by just 0.0864 seconds.
A late scramble made for several position changes in the final moments of the session, with Vautier's Sam Schmidt Motorsports team-mates Esteban Guerierri and Oli Webb ending up third and fourth respectively.
Carlos Munoz (Andretti) just missed out on a place on the second row and will start from fifth alongside Gustavo Yacaman (Team Moore Racing), with Victor Carbone (Schmidt), Juan Pablo Garcia (Jeffrey Mark Motorsport), David Ostella (Team Moore) and debutant Nick Andries (Bryan Herta Autosport) completing the top 10.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti 1m14.6143s 2. Tristan Vautier Schmidt 1m14.7007s + 0.0864s 3. Esteban Guerrieri Schmidt 1m14.7757s + 0.1614s 4. Oliver Webb Schmidt 1m14.8661s + 0.2518s 5. Carlos Munoz Andretti 1m14.9430s + 0.3287s 6. Gustavo Yacaman Moore 1m15.1221s + 0.5078s 7. Victor Carbone Schmidt 1m15.1889s + 0.5746s 8. Juan Pablo Garcia Jeffrey Mark 1m16.0498s + 1.4355s 9. David Ostella Moore 1m16.1165s + 1.5022s 10. Nick Andries Bryan Herta 1m16.3997s + 1.7854s 11. Jorge Goncalvez Belardi 1m16.5124s + 1.8981s 12. Darryl Wills Hillenburg 1m16.8070s + 2.1927s 13. Armaan Ebrahim Fan Force 1m16.9871s + 2.3728s 14. Alex Jones Brooks 1m17.3217s + 2.7074s 15. Alon Day Belardi 1m17.9107s + 3.2964s
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