Helio on Pole.
Biggest surprise of pole day was Alex Tagliani in 5th. Danica continued her poor season with a 23rd, behind both Brazil's Ana Beatriz and rising star Simona de Silvestro of Switzerland. Former F1 driver Takuma Sato will start from the back row along with Tony Kanaan, who wrecked 2 cars over the two days of qualifying but still made the race in a Frankenstein car made of spare parts from the other 3 Andretti teams. The last to make the field was Columbian Sebastien Saavedra, who was actually knocked out of the field by Kanaan, but got back in when Paul Tracy and Jay Howard - fearing their times were not good enough - withdrew their qualification times to make another attempt, only to fall short.