Rinus VeeKay says he is pleased with the results in his first qualifying session with Dale Coyne Racing for Sunday’s season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. The Dutch driver starts the race from 12th place and, speaking following the action, he commented saying:
“Wow, first qualifying with the Dale Coyne Racing crew and I’m very happy with the results. We made a lot of changes last night for today and we are really seeing the gains getting P 2 in the morning practice and into the top half of the field of qualifying. This is a really starting point to build off of for the coming race and events ahead. I’m super exited to work with Dale Coyne Racing and askROI for this upcoming season”.
Jacob Abel in the No.51 Abel Construction Honda starts his maiden INDYCAR race from 25th and speaking following the action he commented saying:
“First off, I’m very happy for the team and Rinus to advance into round two! For the #51 car, our first qualifying session went ok. The alternate tire has a very short peak and you only really get one shot at it. Being a rookie and having so little time on them makes it challenging to extract the maximum. Regardless, we’ve made tons of progress with both myself and the car all weekend long and I look forward to moving forward in the race tomorrow.”