Veekay grabs phenomenal pole in IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama

30 April 2022 at 19:12

Last update 30 April 2022 at 22:33

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Rinus van Kalmthout impressively secured the pole position for the IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama. At the Barber Motor Park, the 21-year-old Dutchman proved unbeatable and won the NTT P1 Award for the second time in his career.

Veekay takes pole in IndyCar Alabama GP

Rinus Veekay, with a time of 1:06.2507, was a tenth and a half too fast for Pato O'Ward, who will start alongside Veekay from the front row. Alex Palou grabbed the third time with a gap of just under two tenths.

After the session, Veekay says he has a lot of confidence for the race on Sunday, for which the warm-up is already a few hours away in the form of the final free practice. That means no warm-up on Sunday, so the drivers will go straight into the race tomorrow.

Now that's art.@rinusveekay masters @BarberMotorPark with a fast lap of 1:06.2507 to grab the NTT P1 Award.

He'll lead the field to green tomorrow for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.#INDYCAR // #HIGPA pic.twitter.com/QaozzjBKjI
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) April 30, 2022