Michel Jourdain Jr became the only driver left out of the Indy 500 after failing to qualify during final Bump Day qualifications, leaving Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with just its two full-time drivers.
All afternoon, the RLL team tried to squeeze more speeds out of the Mexican’s car but, with just fewer than 20 minutes of track time remaining, the squad decided that the task was impossible; never being able to pass the 214mph mark. "This morning we tried James Jakes' set-up, and it was impossible to drive. And then we tried Graham's set-up, but it felt exactly the same and we couldn't drive it." said a disappointed Jourdain.
Jourdain was among those who attempted to qualify on Saturday, but the appearance of Katherine Legge in the third Schmidt entry for the first time pushed the entry list above the 33-car limit, meaning that one car would not make the cut. Despite having missed out on the entire week of practice, Legge managed to post a four-lap average of 223.176mph to earn herself a place in the field. Buddy Lazier, winner of the 1996 Indy 500, also made the cut in his one-off, family-run entry. Qualifying results – Indy 500 (IndyCar) 1.Ed Carpenter (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Carpenter - 228.762 mph (368.156 kmh) 2.Carlos Munoz (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 228.342 3.Marco Andretti (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 228.261 4.Ernesto Viso (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 228.150 5.AJ Allmendinger (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 228.099 6.Will Power (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 228.087 7.Ryan Hunter-Reay (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 227.904 8.Helio Castroneves (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Penske - 227.762 9.James Hinchcliffe (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Andretti - 227.070 10.JR Hildebrand (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 227.441 11.Alex Tagliani (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Herta - 227.386 12.Tony Kanaan (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 226.949 13.Oriol Servia (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther DRR - 226.814 14.Justin Wilson (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 226.370 15.Sebastien Bourdais (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 226.196 16.Scott Dixon (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 226.158 17.Dario Franchitti (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 226.069 18.Takuma Sato (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 225.892 19.Charlie Kimball (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Ganassi - 225.880 20.James Jakes (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 225.809 21.Simon Pagenaud (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 225.674 22.Townsend Bell (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Panther - 225.643 23.Ryan Briscoe (Dallara DW12-Honda) - 225.265 24.Simona de Silvestro (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - KV - 225226 25.Josef Newgarden (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Fisher - 225.731 26.Graham Rahal (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal - 225.007 27.Sebastian Saavedra (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Dragon - 224.929 28.Tristan Vautier (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 224.873 29.Ana Beatriz (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 224.184 30.Pippa Mann (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Coyne - 224.005 31.Conor Daly (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Foyt - 223.582 32.Buddy Lazier (Dallara DW12-Chevy) - Lazier - 223.442 33.Katherine Legge (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Schmidt - 223.176 DNQ Michel Jourdain (Dallara DW12-Honda) - Rahal
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