IndyCar Grand Prix of Portland qualifying LIVE UPDATES!

• Josed Newgarden
• Pato O'Ward
• Christian Lundgaard
• Scott Dixon
• Graham Rahal
• Christian Rasmussen
• Colton Herta
• Kyle Kirkwood
• Marcus Ericsson
• Devlin DeFrancesco
• Jacob Abel
• Conor Daly
• Callum Ilott

He drops to sixth after Rossi and Armstrong also make it through Group One. This pushes Scott McLaughlin out.

He puts it into fourth with Foster up to sixth.

Drivers aren't pushing but they might need to in order to make the chequered flag.

Malukas sits in 10th but Nolan Siegel and Rinus Veekay are also looking to be victims to the red flag in 7th and 8th respectively.

I believe everyone will get one lap to try to make it through here as we go green.

He is back into pit road but that will mean he will be eliminated as it currently sits 13th.

Alex Palou goes a second quicker and straight to the top and out of the drop zone. He pushes Siegel into seventh.

He sits in 9th but he is not the only one needing to improve with Alex Palou in 7th and Louis Foster in 10th.

He has put on a pair of softs - is this the Chip Ganassi driver being a little worried of an early elimination?

He ran out of track and dipped his tyres onto the grass blowing dust across the track. He's got it back going again.

As I say that Kyffin simpson sets a 58.550 on the soft compound and half a second quicker than Scott McLaughlin in second.

He sits in third but both everyone above him is on the harder compound which says it may survive better across a lap.

He sets a 59.670s

Track temperature has jumped up massively since Practice earlier which will make it interesting to see who can make their tyres last a whole lap.

Keep an eye on the soft runners who will presumably run out of grip quickly but might get a blistering lap in compared to the alternates.

Simpson, Siegel, and Shwartzman are on the red tyre, the softer compound, while everyone else is on alternates.

• Scott McLaughlin
• David Malukas
• Nolan Siegel
• Kyffin Simpson
• Alex Palou
• Will Power
• Santino Ferrucci
• Alexander Rossi
• Robert Shwartzman
• Sting Ray Robb
• Rinus Veekay
• Louis Foster
• Marcus Armstrong

Josef Newgarden will take a 6-place grid penalty after he was rolled off the pit lane in Practice Two. 

He has chosen to take his fifth engine alongside fellow Chevy powertrain drivers, Christian Lundgaard and Santino Ferrucci.

It seems inevitable that Palou will win the championship but can O'Ward stop it from happening for another weekend? 

He's struggled so far this weekend but all is still to play for as we head into qualifying.

Will Power shared that he 'just wants to know' if he will drive for Team Penske in 2026 as pressure mounts on the team to make a decision.

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As US politics takes strange turn after another now Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward and IndyCar have spoken out after US Homeland Security posted a promotion for their new 'Speedway Slammer' in Indiana on X.

The post included a car with the number 5 on it which is the same as O'Ward's who is the only Mexican driver within the series.

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While the championship will be won tomorrow, Palou can get one point closer to claiming it in qualifying.

Here's how.

Yesterday's fastest driver, Christian Lundgaard, and AJ Foyt driver, Santino Ferrucci have both been handed a six-grid penalty for tomorrow's IndyCar race in Portland.

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Colton Herta topped Practice Two after with a lap time of 58.423s closely followed by Chip Ganassi driver, Alex Palou.

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Coverage is set to begin at 19:30pm GMT.