Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
May 17, 2025
2025-05-18 17:03:47
ALL FOUR TEAM CARS ARE LOCKED INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS 500; SATO WILL RE-QUALIFY FOR HIS TOP-12 SPOT ON SUNDAY AND DEFRANCESCO WILL START 18TH, FOSTER 22ND AND RAHAL 30TH IN THE RACE
1) Alex Palou: 4-lap avg. speed of 233.043 mph
9) Takuma Sato: 4-lap avg. speed of 232.415 mph
18) Devlin DeFrancesco: 4-lap avg. speed of 231.575 mph
22) Louis Foster: 4-lap avg. speed of 231.058 mph
30) Graham Rahal: 4-lap avg. speed of 229.863 mph
TAKUMA SATO, No. 75 AMADA Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
“We almost lost confidence and kind of panicked. The practice session in the morning kind of indicated that the car had a balance issue that we really needed to fix and there was no more practice and we had to go straight into qualifying. I’m really proud of the 75 crew and engineers that made this happen. I’m so happy, so relieved that it was a strong run. Now we built up confidence and the second attempt was another great run where we saw that the potential speed was there. I had to lift on the last two laps but I think we had a good data so it was a productive day. Huge congrats to the whole team for being able to qualifying for the top-12 on Sunday. It was great teamwork. The first time I was able to do four laps flat (on the power) was my four laps in qualifying. I wasn’t able to do so on Fast Friday and this morning it was virtually impossible, so I lost confidence, but this is the name of the sport. You really need to build character and have a supportive group around you. I had to nail it and they gave me a good car to do so. I am very proud of the team.”
