McLaughlin 'lucky' after car's wild spinout

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A scary rotation successful the dying stages of qualifying for the opening contention of the IndyCar play scuppered immoderate anticipation of scoring rod presumption for Scott McLaughlin.

The Team Penske aviator was looking to replicate his rod presumption effort of past year erstwhile helium mislaid power astatine crook 10.

The No.3 spun astatine 1 of the fastest corners connected the circuit, lone narrowly missing the factual wall.

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The three-time Supercars champ had conscionable gone to the apical of the heap successful the last signifier of qualifying. Having brought retired the reddish flag, his clip was scratched from the timesheets.

Replays showed the Kiwi scraped the partition connected the extracurricular of crook 10 moments earlier the spin.

"He is truthful fortunate that there's not much harm to that contention car," said commentator Townsend Bell.

It marked the 2nd incidental for McLaughlin astatine that turn, having had a likewise scary infinitesimal (below) successful signifier connected Saturday (AEDT).

Top spot was taken retired by ex-Formula 1 operator Romain Grosjean, who led Andretti Autosport teammate Colton Herta

McLaren's Pato O'Ward qualified 3rd alongside different ex-Formula 1 operator Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing.

Kyle Kirkwood, who crashed his Andretti Autosport car aboriginal successful qualifying, volition commencement 5th alongside McLaughlin successful sixth.

"Overall, not a atrocious time for america successful the Dex Imaging Chevy," said McLaughlin.

"We bushed our teammates successful qualifying, which is your archetypal job, and past we ended up P6 aft our spin.

"I felt similar we had a car for rod today, which was truly disappointing that I made a mistake.

"I deed the partition astatine crook 10 connected my archetypal retired thigh and bent it and spun, truthful unfortunately, it caused a red, took america retired of qualifying.

"We'll beryllium OK for time and we tin decidedly enactment from there."

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