Indy 500 history made with qualifying dead heat matching to 10,000th of a second

Two qualifying laps at the Indy 500 have made history, with Tony Kanaan matching Ed Carpenter’s four-lap speed to an exact dead heat, all the way down to the 10,000th of a second.

IndyCar legend Kanaan, who is competing in his final Indy 500 this year for Arrow McLaren, was looking to find a way into the Fast 12 for Sunday on his second run around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

And in improving his speed to 232.620mph, he in fact matched Carpenter’s four-lap average speed to the exact decimal point, leading to confusion as to who was ever-so-slightly faster of the two.

但当时间看而不是一个verage speed, it was found that both runs were the exact same, all the way down to the 10,000th of a second.

Kanaan took to Twitter afterwards joking about any weight that could have been saved, quipping: “Should not have had lunch I guess.”

While this dead heat was for the crucial 12th position, there was still time for either driver to improve as the session progressed.

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不久之后,凯尔·柯克伍德oh-so-close来to matching the time set by the pair himself, with 232.617mph as his average speed being just a fraction off what Kanaan and Carpenter were able to manage.

Over the 10 miles of four laps of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it is being declared as a qualifying first for a dead heat between two drivers, with Saturday qualifying ongoing for the Indy 500 next weekend and due to be completed at 5.50pm local time [10.50pm UK time].

Several former Formula 1 drivers are in the field, including Romain Grosjean, Marcus Ericsson – who took victory at last year’s Indy 500, Alexander Rossi and Takuma Sato, twice a winner around the Brickyard.