Colton Herta on Pole Today in Toronto
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1. Alex Palou, 536. 2. Pato O'Ward, 437. 5. Christian Lundgaard, 317. 6. Felix Rosenqvist, 309. 7. Marcus Armstrong, 283. 10. David Malukas, 259.
Pato O'Ward won the INDYCAR race in Toronto, closing in on championship leader Alex Palou. He adapted strategy, pitting early and sticking to primary tires. Team Penske struggled, while VeeKay and Simpson reached the podium.
Andretti Global owned last year’s Honda Indy Toronto event with the pole and victory for Colton Herta, added two more street course victories this season with Kyle Kirkwood, and showed no signs of slowing on Saturday with Herta posting the quickest lap of the weekend to secure pole in
Herta won the NTT P1 Award for the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto for the second consecutive year and the third time in four years. Only Dario Franchitti (five) and Sebastien Bourdais (four) have won more poles for this event.
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Pato O'Ward's tire strategy call paid off, while Alex Palou's did not. O'Ward takes a big bite into the championship in a win at Toronto #HondaIndy
Saturday morning’s practice session for the Honda Indy Toronto was a testament to track evolution as the fastest early lap set by Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s Louis Foster was improved by a full 1.7 second as Andretti Global’s Colton Herta set the pace with a 1m00.
Colton Herta and the Andretti Global IndyCar team had a horrendous race weekend during last week's Iowa double-header.