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| Will Power won his fourth pole of 2014 at Sonoma |
For the third time in 2014, Josef Newgarden will start on the outside of row one. His other front row starts came at Texas and Mid-Ohio. Scott Dixon will start third. It will be the New Zealander's fourth consecutive top five start at Sonoma. James Hinchcliffe qualified fourth and the Canadian sits third in best average starting position amongst full-time drivers behind only Castroneves and Power. Ryan Briscoe qualified fifth, his fifth top five start of the season. Castroneves qualified sixth after his fastest lap in the final session was disallowed due to the Brazilian cutting the course.
Sébastien Bourdais qualified seventh after missing the Firestone Fast Six session by 0.0432 seconds. Tony Kanaan followed the Frenchman. Andretti Autosport teammates Carlos Muñoz and Ryan Hunter-Reay rounded out the top ten. Charlie Kimball qualified eleventh in what was his first and only appearance in the Fast Twelve in 2014. Mikhail Aleshin rounded out the top twelve.
Marco Andretti qualified thirteenth after missing out on round two by 0.0837 seconds to Aleshin. An incident between Aleshin and Andretti was reviewed after their group finished but no action was taken. Graham Rahal was fourteenth with Simon Pagenaud rounding out the top fifteen. Justin Wilson ended sixteenth followed by fellow Brits Mike Conway and Jack Hawksworth.
Juan Pablo Montoya was set to advance to the second round but had his fastest lap disallowed for cutting the course and ended up nineteenth. Takuma Sato rounded out the top twenty with Colombians Carlos Huertas and Sebastián Saavedra rounding out the field.
NBCSN's coverage of the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma begins at 4:00 p.m. ET with green flag at 4:40 p.m. ET.
