Christian Lundgaard can have his work minimize out for him in tomorrow’s IndyCar Collection spherical at Street America after narrowly lacking out on the Quick 12 throughout a irritating qualifying session.
The 24-year-old Danish driver has endured a tough weekend up to now on the 4.014-mile, 14-turn pure terrain street course. Whereas he ended up subsequent to final within the second observe session, it was furthered in qualifying when he was the primary driver to overlook the switch spot in Group 1.
Regardless of Lundgaard’s finest efforts, he ended up falling 0.1037s brief, leaving him seventh within the group and beginning thirteenth for Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix. It was particularly perplexing contemplating he was among the many brief record of drivers to check final week on the monitor primarily based in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
“We clearly discovered one thing in comparison with P2 [second practice],” Lundgaard stated. “It’s been a wrestle; we’ve been on the wrestle bus all weekend. We don’t actually perceive why, which is the hardest half to swallow. Clearly, we have been aggressive right here final 12 months and have been proper there within the take a look at. Nothing feels just like the take a look at.”
Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren
Picture by: Penske Leisure
The disparity in efficiency between his automobile and teammates Nolan Siegel and Pato O’Ward, who each additionally underwent engine modifications forward of Saturday’s on-track festivities, certified eighth and tenth, respectively, solely added to the frustration.
“I don’t actually really feel prefer it’s the identical for the 2 others,” Lundgaard stated. “What it’s we don’t know. We’re making an attempt to determine it out. We made some enhancements in qualifying, however we’re simply enjoying catch up.”
Lundgaard at present sits fourth within the IndyCar Collection championship standings, 96 factors behind chief Alex Palou (342-246).
Whereas there’s optimism to get it proper earlier than tomorrow’s 55-lap race, notably with a morning warm-up session, there’s some factor of concern.
“I’m not going to say I’m not apprehensive for tomorrow, however once more, we’ve received much more laps to determine it out,” Lundgaard stated. “So much can occur when it comes to technique. We all know how the yellows are going to fall, in the event that they do what they’ve executed beforehand.”
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