Sebastian Saavedra won the first pole of his career Friday when Ryan Hunter-Reay was penalized for bringing out a session-ending red flag during qualifying at the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis. It looked as if the 2012 IndyCar champion may have hit a patch of water exiting Turn 14 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where showers changed track conditions for each of the four qualifying sessions. The rain picked up moments before the start of the Fast Six session, and IndyCar brought the cars back to pit road because of standing water on the track. The red flag lasted about 20 minutes before IndyCar sent the six cars back out for the final 10-minute session.
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