Veekay grabs phenomenal pole in IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama

Rinus van Kalmthout impressively secured the pole position for the IndyCar Grand Prix of Alabama. At the Barber Motor Park, the 21-year-old Dutchman proved unbeatable and won the NTT P1 Award for the second time in his career.

Veekay takes pole in IndyCar Alabama GP

Rinus Veekay, with a time of 1:06.2507, was a tenth and a half too fast for Pato O'Ward, who will start alongside Veekay from the front row. Alex Palou grabbed the third time with a gap of just under two tenths.

After the session, Veekay says he has a lot of confidence for the race on Sunday, for which the warm-up is already a few hours away in the form of the final free practice. That means no warm-up on Sunday, so the drivers will go straight into the race tomorrow.

Now that's art.@rinusveekay masters @BarberMotorPark with a fast lap of 1:06.2507 to grab the NTT P1 Award.

He'll lead the field to green tomorrow for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama.#INDYCAR // #HIGPA pic.twitter.com/QaozzjBKjI

— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) April 30, 2022