LEXINGTON, Ohio – Alexander Rossi left it all on the table on one lap, winning the Verizon P1 Award for pole position at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Saturday.

In the Firestone Fast Six, the last of three Verizon IndyCar Series knockout qualifying rounds, Rossi waited until less than two minutes remained in the session before taking the track at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He turned a single timed lap in the No. 27 NAPA AUTO PARTS Honda, but it was good enough to secure Rossi the fourth pole of his career and third this season.

HONDA INDY 200 AT MID-OHIO: Unofficial qualifying results

Rossi’s lap on the 2.258-mile permanent road course was 1 minute, 4.6802 seconds (125.677 mph). He will lead the 24-car field to the green flag in Sunday’s 90-lap race (3 p.m. ET, CNBC and Advance Auto Parts INDYCAR Radio Network; same-day encore telecast at 6:30 p.m. on NBCSN).

Will Power qualified second in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, with a lap of 1:04.8939 (125.263 mph). It marks the eighth time this season that the 2018 Indianapolis 500 winner will start from the front row.

Row 2 on the grid mirrors the front row by team. Rossi’s teammate at Andretti Autosport, Ryan Hunter-Reay, qualified third in the No. 28 DHL Honda (1:04.9896, 125.078 mph). Reigning Verizon IndyCar Series champion and defending Mid-Ohio winner Josef Newgarden, Power’s teammate, qualified fourth in the No. 1 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet (1:05.1335, 124.802 mph).

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens qualified fifth in the No. 6 Lucas Oil SPM Honda (1:05.1747, 124.723 mph). Max Chilton equaled his career-best start by qualifying sixth in the No. 59 Gallagher Chevrolet (1:06.6172, 122.023 mph), notching the top starting position for first-year Verizon IndyCar Series team Carlin in the process.

Several contenders had their qualifying efforts derailed by incidents during the qualifying rounds. Sebastien Bourdais, the 2014 Mid-Ohio winner, slid into the Turn 2 tire barrier in the first round and will start last on the grid. James Hinchcliffe had just set the fastest lap of Round 2 when he went off track and into the tires in Turn 12. Penalized his two fastest laps in the round, Hinchcliffe will start 10th.

Championship leader Scott Dixon was on a hot lap when the Hinchcliffe incident brought out the red flag and will start ninth. Ohio favorite Graham Rahal was also on a flyer at the same time and settled for seventh on the grid.

Dixon leads Newgarden by 62 points entering Sunday’s 90-lap race. With the bonus point for winning the pole, is 69 points behind in third.