Christian Lundgaard to start 13th after “struggle bus” Road America qualifying

Christian Lundgaard could have his work lower out for him in tomorrow’s IndyCar Series spherical at Road America after narrowly lacking out on the Fast 12 throughout a irritating qualifying session.

The 24-year-old Danish driver has toughed a tough weekend to this level on the 4,014-mile, 14-turn pure terrain street course. While he ended up subsequent to final within the second follow session, he was furthered in qualifying when he was the primary driver to miss the switch spot in Group 1.

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Despite Lundgaard’s greatest efforts, he ended up falling 0.1037s brief, leaving him seventh within the group and beginning 13th for Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix. It was particularly perplexing contemplating he was among the many brief listing of drivers to take a look at final week on the observe primarily based in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

“We clearly found something compared to P2 [second practice]”Lundgaard mentioned. “It’s been a struggle; we’ve been on the struggle bus all weekend. We don’t really understand why, which is the toughest part to swallow. Obviously, we were competitive here last year and we were right there in the test. Nothing feels like the test.”

Christian Lundgaard, Arrow McLaren

The disparity in efficiency between his automobile and teammates Nolan Siegel and Duck O’Wardwho each additionally underwent engine adjustments forward of Saturday’s on-track festivities, certified eighth and tenth, respectively, solely added to the frustration.

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“I don’t really feel like it’s the same for the two others,” Lundgaard mentioned. “What it is we don’t know. We’re trying to figure it out. We made some improvements in qualifying, but we’re just playing catch up.”

Lundgaard at present sits fourth within the IndyCar Series championship standings, 96 factors behind the chief Alex Palou (342-246).

While there’s optimism to get it proper earlier than tomorrow’s 55-lap race, notably with a morning warm-up session, there’s some aspect of concern.

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“I’m not going to say I’m not worried for tomorrow, but again, we’ve got a lot more laps to figure it out,” Lundgaard mentioned. “A lot can happen in terms of strategy. We know how the yellows are going to fall, if they do what they’ve done previously.”

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