Hondy Indy Toronto: Race 1 Qualifying Report

Toronto2013Ryan Hunter-Reay, the 2012 Indy Toronto winner and series champion, topped the speed charts in today’s morning practice session with the No. 1 DHL Chevy. After advancing through the first round of qualifying, Hunter-Reay was running on pace to advance to the Firestone Fast Six and contend for the pole when the No. 14 car slowed in front of Hunter-Reay and then found its way to the tires in Turn 1 bringing out a red flag. Hunter-Reay lost his fast lap and will grid from the seventh position for his first career standing start.

“It’s frustrating. We had a great car today; we led the first practice. I’d like to thank the guys, the crew on the No. 1 DHL team for giving me a great car – I’d like to thank (Takuma) Sato for knocking us out of the session again today. It’s unfortunate but we’ll be fighting again tomorrow, we’ll be fighting again on Sunday… it’s just out of our control so what do you do? We’ll just pack up and hope for a better day tomorrow.”

On concerns of hand injuries…
“It’s a concern for sure – it’s part of it. We don’t have any power steering at all in these cars, and when you get into an issue where you touch a wall or get in to it with another car the wheel will whip around and a lot of guys are hurting their thumbs, tearing ligaments and stuff like that. Certainly not a fun situation and not fun driving with it here at Toronto.”

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