Listen to this article After everyone other than Stefan Wilson and Colton Herta had completed their first run – both required engine changes – Grosjean was sitting ninth, and therefore able to graduate to the Fast 12 segment of qualifying tomorrow. “I think we were expecting more wind like this morning [in practice] and the wind didn’t pick up, so the conditions were very good,” said Grosjean. “We played it too safe for our first run, but it’s OK because if the conditions are similar or the same, we should have a good run tomorrow.” However, Alexander Rossi was 15th, rookie Devlin DeFrancesco was 21st and Marco Andretti only 29th. The latter, preparing for his 17th Indy 500 and 250th IndyCar start, had suffered when his engine cut out briefly on his second lap. But even when he went for a second time in the afternoon, he could improve only to 24th, not aided by the track temp reaching 107degF. “It didn’t help with the engine shutting off!” Andretti told NBC. “From the test, I’m not surprised. I know we’ve been battling car speed issues which is a bit of a bummer. “Really happy with the race balance so it’s a bummer we’re going to be coming from that far back. …

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