Graham Rahal sends a message after an underwhelming Barber showing

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Graham Rahal has qualified 21st in the 27-driver grid for the fourth round of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series Championship at the Barber Motorsports Park. Following this, he acknowledged the underwhelming result but remained optimistic for the race.

On Saturday, May 3rd, Chip Ganassi driver and championship leader Alex Palou, topped the qualifying session with a time of 1:07.2918 whereas Rahal ended up on the opposite end of the roster, setting a time of 01:08.0106 which placed him 21st. The 36-year-old immediately understood that it will be a steep climb to the front during the race showdown.

Rahal, who has amassed a following of 128.4k on X (formerly known as Twitter), shared his post-quali thoughts with his fans. He acknowledged the tricky conditions in the qualifying but affirmed to give it his all on the race day.

"Got some work to do tomorrow! Tricky conditions today, but we’ll be eyes forward and get the elbows out in the race. #INDYCAR," wrote Rahal

Rookie driver Louis Foster, who also represents Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, emerged as the standout performer within the team during the session, clocking a lap time of 1:08.4427. His efforts placed him 12th overall on the timesheet. While Foster showed promising pace, his teammates Graham Rahal and Devlin DeFrancesco struggled. DeFrancesco found himself at the bottom of the grid in 27th with a time of 1:09.0373.

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Graham Rahal expresses his feelings after the "solid first day" IMS Test

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Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing reflected on the initial day of testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which kicked off on April 23. The session signals the start of on-track preparations for the 2025 Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 25.

This year's event marks a significant shift with the introduction of hybrid power units, a first for the Indy 500. With only two days allocated for testing, all 34 drivers are using this limited window to get acquainted with the new system ahead of one of motorsport’s most prestigious races.

Graham Rahal, who drives for RLL, a team owned by his father, summed up his 'solid first day'. He stated how he faced an obstacle, but still had a great outing for the test. He made a post on X with the caption:

"Cut it a little close in 3 and just barely caught the fence. We’re good though! Other than that a pretty solid first day and we get to crank up the boost tomorrow".

Before attempting the showdown at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the iconic Indy 500 along with 7 part time drivers, the 27 full-time IndyCar drivers will battle it out on May 4 at Barber Motorsports Park, in Birmingham, Alabama.