Andretti Global had a great day in qualifying for Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Kyle Kirkwood in the No.27 PreFab Honda scored his third career NTT P1 Award with a time of 01:06.1921s and speaking following the action he commented saying:
When you’re in an Andretti Global car at Long Beach, you know you’re going to be quick,” Kirkwood said. “You’ve got to be so happy with that, right? A front-row Andretti Global lockout here at Long Beach.
“I’m shaking. That was great. That was such a good lap, such a good qualifying. Fortunately, I didn’t put any wheel wrong or hit anything. That’s always a question here at street courses. You’ve got to send it to get that top spot.”
Southern Californian native Colton Herta in the No.26 Gainbridge Honda starts the race from second place following a time of 01:06.4232s and speaking following the action he commented saying:
The prep lap is what we do to try to get the temperatures in the right window, try to get the front and rear (tires) equal as we can. “I didn’t have that, so the tires started out a little cold. But they got there in the end, after maybe three or four corners.
“I’m guessing that maybe the time lost to Kyle is probably in those first few corners. Still can’t be mad at a front row, an Andretti 1-2, and Marcus is right there in fifth. All of us in the Fast Six. Shows we got a strong program here to go into the race with tomorrow.”
Marcus Ericsson in the No.28 Bryant Honda starts the race from fifth place just ahead of Scott McLaughlin.