Vautier holds off Carbone and Saavedra to claim Indy Lights Milwaukee pole
Tristan Vautier held off Victor Carbone and Sebastian Saavedra to secure pole position for this weekend's Indy Lights race at Milwaukee
The leading trio were comfortably quicker than the rest of the field around the one-mile oval, with Schmidt driver Vautier taking the honours with a two-lap average of 146.884mph. Carbone and Saavedra finished up at 146.429mph and 145.100mph respectively.
"It feels so good to be on pole for this track because it's a tough track," Vautier said. "Our car was awesome this morning.
"I felt a lot of pressure going into qualifying because I knew we could do it, and I just had to do the job. But there are 100 laps, pole is one point and the race is worth 50 points, so we have a lot of work ahead of us still."
Current points leader Esteban Guerrieri finished the session with the sixth-fastest average speed at 142.259mph.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Tristan Vautier Schmidt 49.7536s 2. Victor Carbone Schmidt 49.9082s + 0.1546s 3. Sebastian Saavedra AFS/Andretti 50.3654s + 0.6118s 4. Carlos Munoz Andretti 50.8646s + 1.1110s 5. Gustavo Yacaman Moore 51.1663s + 1.4127s 6. Esteban Guerrieri Schmidt 51.3710s + 1.6174s 7. David Ostella Moore 51.4659s + 1.7123s 8. Oliver Webb Schmidt 51.6287s + 1.8751s 9. Bryan Clauson Fan Force 51.6766s + 1.9230s 10. Alon Day Belardi 52.0928s + 2.3392s 11. Jorge Goncalvez Belardi 52.5236s + 2.7700s 12. Juan Pablo Garcia Jeffrey Mark 52.5712s + 2.8176s 13. Mike Larrison Belardi 53.6828s + 3.9292s
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