Sebastien Bourdais scored the 34th pole position of his career and Dale Coyne Racing’s first since 2013 after beating compatriot and defending Phoenix winner Simon Pagenaud by 0.4mph. Due to IndyCar’s oval qualifying order this year being decided by entrant points, rather than blind draw, St. Petersburg winner Bourdais ran 23rd and last and that helped him to narrowly eclipse Pagenaud’s superb early (11th) run. The DCR with Vasser-Sullivan car ran a brilliantly consistent 188.644 and 188.434 to average 188.539mph. Pagenaud’s 188.148mph was comfortably ahead of Team Penske-Chevrolet teammate Will Power who was relieved just to bounce back from a mediocre practice session. Alexander...
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