Dario Franchitti powered to the pole positions in IndyCar action at Toronto on Friday. Photo by Chris Owens
Dario Franchitti earned his fifth career pole start at Toronto and 32nd in Indy car competition by claiming the Verizon P1 Award for Race 1 of the Honda Indy Toronto 2 in T.O. on July 13.
The 85-lap race on the 1.7-mile, 11-turn Exhibition Place street course pays full points to the contestants and will have the added twist of the first IZOD IndyCar Series standing start.
“It feels good to get our third pole of the year,” said Franchitti, who moved into a tie with Michael Andretti for sixth on the all-time Indy car list by recording a lap of 59.6756 seconds in the No. 10 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in the Firestone Fast Six. “I made it difficult this morning. I made a mistake in Turn 5, took the right side off the car. The guys had to work and repair the car.”
Sebastien Bourdais, who has started from the pole three times at Toronto and won the 2004 CART race, secured his first front-row start in IZOD IndyCar Series competition in the No. 7 Dragon Racing car.
Combined, Franchitti and Bourdais have amassed 62 victories and 63 pole starts. Four of Franchitti’s victories have come in Toronto.
Five different teams were represented in the Firestone Fast Six session. Will Power and Tony Kanaan will share Row 2, while James Jakes and Scott Dixon qualified on Row 3. However, Jakes will incur a 10-spot grid penalty for an unapproved engine change following the Pocono INDYCAR 400 Fueled by Sunoco on July 7.
Series championship points leader Helio Castroneves qualified eighth. Defending race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, who entered the event 23 points behind Castroneves, qualified seventh.
IZOD IndyCar Series drivers practiced standing starts from a pit box at the end of pit lane during the morning session. INDYCAR officials monitored the mandatory launches as drivers got acclimated with the light sequence countdown.
Izod IndyCar Series
Streets of Toronto – Toronto, Canada
Honda Indy Toronto 2 in T.O. Race 1 Qualifying – July 12, 2013
1. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 59.6756 (105.872)
2. (7) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Chevy, 59.7701 (105.705)
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4. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.1179 (105.093)
5. (16) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.1430 (105.050)
6. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.3228 (104.737)
7. (1) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.1954 (104.958)
8. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.2866 (104.799)
9. (19) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.2954 (104.784)
10. (4) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.3843 (104.630)
11. (25) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.6027 (104.253)
12. (14) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 01:02.3831 (101.277)
13. (77) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.4303 (104.550)
14. (27) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.5083 (104.415)
15. (5) EJ Viso, Dallara-Chevy, 01:00.4556 (104.506)
16. (83) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.6569 (104.160)
17. (98) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.4586 (104.501)
18. (15) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.6868 (104.108)
19. (67) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.5822 (104.288)
20. (18) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.9526 (103.654)
21. (55) Tristan Vautier, Dallara-Honda, 01:00.9053 (103.735)
22. (78) Simona De Silvestro, Dallara-Chevy, 01:01.1553 (103.311)
23. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Chevy, 01:01.2367 (103.173)
24. (6) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Chevy, 01:01.2939 (103.07)
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