The grid for the 102nd Indianapolis 500

Ed Carpenter became the 10th driver to collect three or more pole positions as he aced qualifying at 230.088 mph on May 20. 

His four-lap average of 229.618 mph eclipsed that of runner-up Team Penske driver Simon Pagenaud, whose team-mate Will Power joins them on the front row. 

Josef Newgarden, defending IndyCar champion, qualified fourth followed by Sébastien Bourdais. 

Ed Carpenter pair Spencer Pigot and Danica Patrick took sixth and seventh, respectively.

Hélio Castroneves, who set the pace for Penske in practice, settled for eighth.

Alexander Rossi, second in the drivers’ standings, qualified 32nd.

James Hinchcliffe, fifth in the standings, failed to qualify having been bumped out of the top 33, joined by Pippa Mann who will make this Indy 500 her last. However, Hinchcliffe may join Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the race and IndyCar could widen the field to accommodate 35 drivers as in 1979 and 1997.

The race will be shown live in the UK on BT Sport 1 from 3.30pm on Sunday, May 27

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2018 Indy 500 qualifying results

Position	Driver	Team	Engine	Four lap average (mph)	Gap
1	Ed Carpenter	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	229.618	2min 36.7818sec
2	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	228.761	+0.5878sec
3	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	228.607	+0.6939sec
4	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	228.405	+0.8333sec
5	Sébastien Bourdais	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	228.142	+1.0147sec
6	Spencer Pigot	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	228.107	+1.0390sec
7	Danica Patrick	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	228.09	+1.0508sec
8	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	227.859	+1.2106sec
9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	227.262	+1.6258sec
10	Tony Kanaan	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	227.664	+1.3460sec
11	Matheus Leist	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	227.571	+1.4104sec
12	Marco Andretti	Andretti Herta	Honda	227.288	+1.6076sec
13	Zachary Claman	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	226.999	+1.8090sec
14	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Honda	226.788	+1.9571sec
15	Charlie Kimball	Carlin	Chevrolet	226.657	+2.0486sec
16	Takuma Sato	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	226.557	+2.1185sec
17	Kyle Kaiser	Juncos Racing	Chevrolet	226.398	+2.2301sec
18	Robert Wickens	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	226.296	+2.3017sec
19	James Davison	AJ Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	226.255	+2.3310sec
20	Max Chilton	Carlin	Chevrolet	226.212	+2.3612sec
21	Carlos Munoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	226.048	+2.4767sec
22	Gabby Chaves	Harding Racing	Chevrolet	226.007	+2.5056sec
23	Stefan Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Honda	225.863	+2.6071sec
24	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	225.823	+2.6353sec
25	Zach Veach	Andretti Autosport	Honda	225.748	+2.6878sec
26	Oriol Servia	Scuderia Corsa	Honda	225.699	+2.7226sec
27	J.R. Hildebrand	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Chevrolet	225.418	+2.9214sec
28	Jay Howard	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	225.388	+2.9427sec
29	Ed Jones	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	225.362	+2.9615sec
30	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan	Honda	225.327	+2.9861sec
31	Jack Harvey	Michael Shank Racing	Honda	225.254	+3.0375sec
32	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport	Honda	224.935	+3.2644sec
33	Conor Daly	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	224.429	+3.6255sec