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1. (83) Robert Shwartzman (R), Chevrolet, Prema, 232.790
2. (75) Takuma Sato (W), Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 232.478
3. (5) Pato O'Ward, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 232.098
4. (9) Scott Dixon (W), Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing, 232.052
5. (60) Felix Rosenqvist, Honda, Meyer Shank, 231.987
6. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing, 231.378
7. (4) David Malukas, Chevrolet, AJ Foyt Racing, 231.599
8. (7) Christian Lundgaard, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 231.360
9. (28) Marcus Ericsson (W), Honda, Andretti Global, 231.014
10. (3) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, Team Penske, no speed*
11. (76) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger Racing, 231.725
12. (20) Alexander Rossi (W), Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing, 231.701
13. (8) Kyffin Simpson, Honda, Chip Ganassi Racing, 231.641
14. (33) Ed Carpenter, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing, 231.633
15. (14) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, AJ Foyt Racing, 231.593
16. (30) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 231.575
17. (77) Sting Ray Robb, Chevrolet, Juncos Hollinger, 231.461
18. (21) Christian Rasmussen, Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing, 231.438
19. (17) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren/Hendrick, 231.326
20. (45) Louis Foster (R), Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 231.058
21. (90) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, Prema, 230.993
22. (06) Helio Castroneves (W), Honda, Meyer Shank, 230.978
23. (27) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, Andretti Global, 230.917
24. (6) Nolan Siegel (R), Chevrolet, Arrow McLaren, 230.571
25. (23) Ryan Hunter-Reay (W), Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold/Cusick, 230.363
26. (24) Jack Harvey, Chevrolet, Dreyer & Reinbold/Cusick, 230.348
27. (26) Colton Herta, Honda, Andretti Global, 230.192
28. (15) Graham Rahal, Honda, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, 229.863
29. (98) Marco Andretti, Honda, Andretti Global, 229.741
30. (66) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, Meyer Shank, 229.091
31. (18) Rinus Veekay, Honda, Dale Coyne Racing, 226.913
32. (2) Josef Newgarden (W), Chevrolet, Team Penske, no speed*
33. (12) Will Power (W), Chevrolet, Team Penske, no speed*
* − Scott McLaughlin crashed in Sunday practice and he did not take part in the fast 12 qualifying; Daly, Rossi and all the drivers through 31st moved up 2 places from their qualifying positions after the cars of Josef Newgarden and Will Power were found to have had illegal modifications. They are set to start 32nd and 33rd. Speeds set in Saturday's session; did not make a Sunday qualifying attempt.
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