2016 Texas Motor Speedway - Qualifying Results
Track Texas Motor Speedway
Type Oval
Length 2.400 km.
Trackrecord 0:22.5420
Type Oval
Length 2.400 km.
Trackrecord 0:22.5420
Hélio Castroneves: "The TMS is a 'D'-shaped oval, which sometimes poses some challenges, but the high banking makes up for that and allows us to run full throttle all the way around the track."
| P | Driver | Nat | AVG | Time | GP | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.2460 | 0 | ||
| 2. | Scott Dixon Ganassi Racing |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.2986 +0.0526 |
0 | ||
| 3. | Hélio Castroneves Penske |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.3343 +0.0883 |
+0.0357 | 0 | |
| 4. | Takuma Sato A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.3344 +0.0884 |
+0.0001 | 0 | |
| 5. | Josef Newgarden Ed Carpenter Racing |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.3470 +0.1010 |
+0.0126 | 0 | |
| 6. | Simon Pagenaud Penske |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.3516 +0.1056 |
+0.0046 | 0 | |
| 7. | Will Power Penske |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.3551 +0.1091 |
+0.0035 | 0 | |
| 8. | Tony Kanaan Ganassi Racing |
|
0.000 | 0:48.4339 +0.1879 |
+0.0788 | 0 | |
| 9. | Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport |
|
0.000 | 0:48.4412 +0.1952 |
+0.0073 | 0 | |
| 10. | James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.4413 +0.1953 |
+0.0001 | 0 | |
| 11. | Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport |
|
0.000 | 0:48.4418 +0.1958 |
+0.0005 | 0 | |
| 12. | Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport |
|
0.000 | 0:48.4637 +0.2177 |
+0.0219 | 0 | |
| 13. | Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman |
|
0.000 | 0:48.5164 +0.2704 |
+0.0527 | 0 | |
| 14. | Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing |
|
0.000 | 0:48.5560 +0.3100 |
+0.0396 | 0 | |
| 15. | Charlie Kimball Ganassi Racing |
|
0.000 | 0:48.6051 +0.3591 |
+0.0491 | 0 | |
| 16. | Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Peterson |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.6578 +0.4118 |
+0.0527 | 0 | |
| 17. | Juan Pablo Montoya Penske |
|
0.000 | 0:48.6624 +0.4164 |
+0.0046 | 0 | |
| 18. | Sébastien Bourdais KV Racing |
|
0.000 | 0:48.7187 +0.4727 |
+0.0563 | 0 | |
| 19. | Max Chilton Ganassi Racing |
 |
0.000 | 0:48.7565 +0.5105 |
+0.0378 | 0 | |
| 20. | Jack Hawksworth A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
|
0.000 | 0:48.8236 +0.5776 |
+0.0671 | 0 | |
| 21. | Conor Daly Dale Coyne |
|
0.000 | 0:48.9931 +0.7471 |
+0.1695 | 0 | |
| 22. | Gabby Chaves Dale Coyne |
|
0 |