Motegi qualifying rained out
Penske's Helio Castroneves will start from pole position in Saturday's Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan, as rain saw the grid set by entrant points
After losing a practice session yesterday to rain, showers and a thunderstorm led to today's first practice session being cancelled, with qualifying later falling to the same fate.
Castroneves will be joined on the front row by Ganassi driver Scott Dixon, with his teammate and reigning champion Dan Wheldon just behind him in third. Completing the second row is Castroneves's Penske teammate Sam Hornish Jr.
One driver who will be disappointed in the lack of running so far is Marco Andretti, who is in his rookie season and was twelfth fastest in yesterday's only practice session. Two DNFs in the first two races mean he will start the race from seventeenth position.
Pos Driver Team Chassis 1. Helio Castroneves Penske Dallara-Honda 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi Dallara-Honda 3. Dan Wheldon Ganassi Dallara-Honda 4. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dallara-Honda 5. Tony Kanaan Andretti-Green Dallara-Honda 6. Kosuke Matsuura Super Aguri Fernandez Dallara-Honda 7. Bryan Herta Andretti-Green Dallara-Honda 8. Scott Sharp Fernandez Dallara-Honda 9. Felipe Giaffone AJ Foyt Dallara-Honda 10. Dario Franchitti Andretti-Green Dallara-Honda 11. Vitor Meira Panther Dallara-Honda 12. Tomas Scheckter Vision Dallara-Honda 13. Tomas Enge Cheever Dallara-Honda 14. Danica Patrick Rahal-Letterman Panoz-Honda 15. Buddy Lazier Dreyer and Reinbold Dallara-Honda 16. P.J. Chesson Hemelgarn Dallara-Honda 17. Marco Andretti Andretti-Green Dallara-Honda 18. Buddy Rice Rahal-Letterman Panoz-Honda 19. Ed Carpenter Vision Dallara-Honda 20. Jeff Simmons Rahal-Letterman Panoz Honda
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