Ed Carpenter has topped the first day of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, after a delayed start to proceedings due to torrential rain throughout the day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Eventually qualifying was able to get underway after roughly a five hour delay, with each driver being allowed one chance to qualify. As ever the aim of first qualifying was to end the session within the top nine, with Sunday’s second qualifying session being split into two segments. The top nine will be eligible to battle for pole in the ‘Fast 9’, whereas the rest of the field will be forced to settle for the rest of the positions from P10 to P33. Sebastien Bourdais was the only...
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