Romain Grosjean led an Andretti Autosport sweep of the front row in qualifying for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding on Saturday, winning the NTT P1 Award for the second time in his career. Grosjean, from France, led the Firestone Fast Six with a best lap of 59.5532 seconds in the No. “Last year was a really good end of the year, good winter testing,” Grosjean said. Grosjean was winless and didn’t earn a pole last year in his highly anticipated first season with Michael Andretti’s team. “I knew last year that something was just not coming my way,” Grosjean said. 27 AutoNation Honda as he earned a spot in the Firestone Fast Six for the first time in his young NTT INDYCAR SERIES career and in his Andretti Autosport. That incident left time for only one more flying lap in qualifying for the remaining drivers in the Fast Six.

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