Hinchcliffe Qualifies Sixth in Toronto
• Hometown favorite Hinchcliffe leads Honda field
• Conor Daly top rookie, qualifies seventh
• Aleshin, Filippi also advance

Toronto native James Hinchcliffe will start Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto from the outside of the third row, sixth, as he led the Honda field Saturday in Verizon IndyCar Series qualifying in front of his hometown fans. It was the third time that the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver has advanced to the “Fast Six” final round of knockout qualifying in eight road racing weekends this season. It also was Hinchcliffe’s best qualifying result in seven career IndyCar starts in Toronto.

Conor Daly posted his best qualifying performance of 2016, advancing to the second round and just missing the “Fast Six” final round by 11 hundredths of a second. He will lead the rookie field and start seventh in his Dale Coyne Racing Honda.

Mikhail Aleshin, in the second Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, will start 10th. Daly’s teammate, Luca Filippi, qualified 11th in his Dale Coyne Racing entry. Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto starts at 3 p.m. EDT, with live network television coverage on CNBC.

James Hinchcliffe (#5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda): “It’s good to be back at the sharp end of the grid after difficult qualifying sessions in the last two races left us shotgun on the field. It is unbelievably tough to win in the series [starting] from outside the top 10. I’m much, much more than pleased to be starting from the front. In terms of our chances to win tomorrow, this is my best qualifying spot [Hinchcliffe’s previous best Toronto qualifying result was eighth], so this is the best chance we’ve ever had here [to win].”