Helio on pole!

[R]

Helio claimed a vital pole position for Sunday's race on the street circuit in Detroit. Worth noting are strong performances from Bruno Junqueira and Patrick Carpentier. A little disappointing from Kenny Brack down in 10th. Paul Tracy had to qualify in his spare car after hitting the wall, and was a disappointing 23rd.

Pos Car # Driver Lap Time Lap Speed
1 3 Helio Castroneves 1:13.530 114.859
2 4 Bruno Junqueira 1:13.581 114.780
3 1 Gil de Ferran 1:13.666 114.647
4 27 Dario Franchitti 1:14.024 114.093
5 40 Jimmy Vasser 1:14.066 114.028
6 32 Patrick Carpentier 1:14.181 113.851
7 20 Roberto Moreno 1:14.284 113.693
8 11 Christian Fittipaldi 1:14.293 113.680
9 52 Shinji Nakano 1:14.500 113.364
10 8 Kenny Brack 1:14.699 113.062
11 22 Oriol Servia 1:14.705 113.053
12 17 Mauricio Gugelmin 1:14.828 112.867
13 39 Michael Andretti 1:14.963 112.664
14 12 Nicolas Minassian 1:14.964 112.662
15 51 Adrian Fernandez 1:15.004 112.602
16 66 Alex Zanardi 1:15.059 112.519
17 6 Cristiano da Matta 1:15.074 112.497
18 18 Scott Dixon 1:15.126 112.419
19 16 Michel Jourdain Jr. 1:15.128 112.416
20 33 Alex Tagliani 1:15.243 112.244
21 25 Max Wilson 1:15.300 112.159
22 77 Bryan Herta 1:15.318 112.133
23 26 Paul Tracy 1:15.538 111.806
24 7 Max Papis 1:16.551 110.326
25 5 Toranosuke Takagi 1:16.612 110.239
26 55 Tony Kanaan 1:22.276 102.650

Times courtesy of www.seventhgear.com

[domaza]

Dario 4th. Don't forget him he hasn't had luck this season but he has been quick. I quess Dario and Helio will decide who will be the winner! Hope to see Dario on podium

[mac]

Zanardi had a time to get into the top five with two corners to go when Tagliani crashed and stopped the session. What a shame. Let's hope he can pass a few guys and get a good strategy going, and get some more points. Sad to hear Kanaan won't be racing due to his accident. Let's hope he gets better soon.

[R]

Tony has suffered a mild concussion after his off, but will be fine in time for Portland next week, according to cart.com.

Zanardi keeps having bad luck, doesn't he. He's getting quicker and quicker, and when he can make it all come together in both the qualifying and the race I expect to see him on the podium again fairly soon.

Domaza, I didn't specially mention Dario because I find it hardly surprising that he's qualified 4th for a race in which he qualified 2nd and finished 4th last year, and won in 99. I think it's a good chance your wish could come true here.

[domaza]

Originally posted by R
Tony has suffered a mild concussion after his off, but will be fine in time for Portland next week, according to cart.com.

Zanardi keeps having bad luck, doesn't he. He's getting quicker and quicker, and when he can make it all come together in both the qualifying and the race I expect to see him on the podium again fairly soon.

Domaza, I didn't specially mention Dario because I find it hardly surprising that he's qualified 4th for a race in which he qualified 2nd and finished 4th last year, and won in 99. I think it's a good chance your wish could come true here.

Let's hope so, but this season he has been "up and mainly down" season for him. Aftre 3 or 4 last races he has described his race as "fast but fustrating" - u know why