Palou clinches Indy 500 pole with late surge as Rossi starts second
TL;DR
Alex Palou earned the 110th Indy 500 pole with a four‑lap average of 232.248 mph in the Fast Six, becoming the first defending Indy 500 winner to pole the following year since 2010. Alexander Rossi qualified second with a 231.99 mph four‑lap average, as the Fast Six also featured Malukas, Rosenqvist, Ferrucci, and O’Ward; the Fast 12 included Simpson, Daly, McLaughlin, Collet, Dixon and VeeKay who didn’t advance to the final six.
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