For the first time in the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series, the entire KV Racing Technology team failed to advance the second round of qualifying, struggling in a competitive session on the streets of Long Beach.
The trio of Takuma Sato, Mario Moraes and EJ Viso looked primed to move to the second phase when late session heroics by Alex Tagliani, Ryan Briscoe and Marco Andretti bumped them from the top twelve in preparation for the 36th running of the Toyota Grand Prix.
Sato, making his Long Beach debut at the wheel of the #5 Lotus-KVRT Dallara-Honda, eventually finished 19th, with a lap clocked at 100.209mph and will line up on the inside of row ten for round four of the IndyCar campaign on Sunday.
"It was a very tough and disappointing day," the Japanese ace commented, "We tried many different things since yesterday but, unfortunately, the car just isn't working well. We changed it quite a bit for qualifying, but we still need to find more grip. We will review and analyse everything overnight for tomorrow."
On a more positive not, Sato announced a new personal agreement with IRacing and Interush for the forthcoming Motegi race.
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