. ColtonHerta predicts tougher battle for pole in Nashville's MusicCityGP this year IndyCar
Herta’s pace advantage around the 2.17-mile street course during IndyCar’s inaugural visit to downtown Nashville meant he got through Q1 using Firestone’s primary tires. This meant he saved a fresh set of the softer alternates for the Firestone Fast Six, allowing him to deliver a knockout blow to the opposition with a lap 0.55sec faster than his closest rival.
“We were really fast in practice, but we didn't know that we were going to be able to do it in qualifying… Obviously it was a pretty easy decision there because we had a pretty good gap, but if it was maybe six-tenths or seven-tenths, it's difficult to make that decision because you don't want to be the guy that can get the pole, have a really good shot at it, and you get knocked out in round 1 because you thought you could make it through on blacks [Firestone primaries].
“But it'll be interesting to see the loads in the corners and what that might do to spring rates and damping and how that might affect it, if it's flexing a whole bunch or just a super stiff sidewall. It might completely change what you need from the car.” Arguably more important than the track tweaks is the fact that restarts this year will be held on the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial Bridge over the Cumberland River – the same location as the start of the race, rather than the short straight before the start/finish line. This is an attempt to eliminate the hazard of 26 cars trying to squeeze through one of the tightest areas of track at racing speed while still bunched together.
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